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What's one thing Catonsville Middle gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
818
Middle
DISTRICT 818 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000354
Catonsville Middle
2301 Edmondson Ave, Catonsville, MD 21228 · (410) 887-0803 · Baltimore County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL818 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Maryland public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
299 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 277 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 254 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 287 | 35% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
57.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 29.4% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Catonsville Middle
Catonsville Middle's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catonsville Middle this school | 818 | 36.6% | 43.2% |
| Elkridge Landing Middle Elkridge | 686 | 31.0% | 45.1% |
| Bonnie Branch Middle Ellicott City | 739 | 29.2% | 49.6% |
| Lakelands Park Middle Gaithersburg | 993 | 34.0% | 50.8% |
| Silver Creek Middle Kensington | 751 | 32.6% | 52.6% |
| Tilden Middle Rockville | 1,112 | 24.1% | 57.7% |
Matched among Maryland middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Catonsville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #78 of 223 | #5 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #72 of 223 ▼ 2 | #5 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #84 of 223 ▲ 6 | #5 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 818 | #97 of 230 | #17 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #214 of 225 | #27 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #71 of 225 | #10 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #164 of 227 | #24 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #79 of 123 | #15 of 20 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
818
-3 (0%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 818 | 46.9 | 17.4:1 | 37% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 793 | 52 | 15.3:1 | 34% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 805 | 46.7 | 17.3:1 | 40% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 821 | 56 | 14.7:1 | 30% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 875 | 53 | 16.5:1 | 26% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 856 | 52 | 16.5:1 | 25% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 43 | 15.9:1 | 25% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 581 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 15% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 34 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Catonsville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (875 to 818); teachers down 12% (53 to 46.9).
About Catonsville Middle
Catonsville Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Catonsville, Maryland, administered by Baltimore County Public Schools. Enrollment totals 818 students across grades 6 through 8.
Catonsville Middle is in Baltimore County Public Schools, a district with 110,872 students across 177 schools.
The largest group at Catonsville Middle is White students, at 49%. The school is also 19% Asian, 17% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The diversity index for Catonsville Middle is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 17.4:1. Across middle schools in Maryland, the average ratio is 14.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 37%. The 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County is 16 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Catonsville Middle lands at B, ahead of 56% of Maryland public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Catonsville Middle would be expected to post about 52.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.2%.
For Baltimore County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $91,768, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 180 public schools and about 110,872 students.
Westchester Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Catonsville Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Catonsville Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Catonsville Middle comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Catonsville Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Catonsville Middle had 821 students in 2020-21 and 818 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The school's ratio increased from 14.7:1 to 17.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Baltimore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
850,796
Census ACS
Median income
$91,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
110,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltimore County Public Schools
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Dulaney HighHigh · 1,889 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
Other schools in Catonsville
- Catonsville ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Westowne ElementaryElementary · 635 students
Nearby schools
- Westchester Elementary0.2 mi · 662
- Hillcrest Elementary1.4 mi · 678
- Woodbridge Elementary1.5 mi · 484
- Catonsville Elementary2.2 mi · 653
- Johnnycake Elementary2.2 mi · 592
- Catonsville High2.4 mi · 1,735
Frequently asked questions
About Catonsville MiddleHow many students attend Catonsville Middle?
Catonsville Middle enrolls approximately 818 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Catonsville Middle serve?
Catonsville Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Catonsville Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Catonsville Middle is approximately 17.4:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Catonsville Middle?
At Catonsville Middle, the student body is approximately 49% White, 10% Hispanic, 17% Black, 19% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Catonsville Middle public or private?
Catonsville Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.