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Enrollment
928
Middle
DISTRICT 818 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000366
Cockeysville Middle
10401 Greenside Dr, Cockeysville, MD 21030 · (443) 809-7626 · Baltimore County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL928 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Maryland public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
15.4:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
393 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 | 310 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 308 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 310 | 33% |
Student demographics
73%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
51.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
29.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 29.3% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Cockeysville Middle
Cockeysville Middle's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cockeysville Middle this school | 928 | 42.3% | 40.8% |
| Old Mill Middle North Millersville | 958 | 41.3% | 31.3% |
| Ballenger Creek Middle Frederick | 777 | 42.3% | 43.3% |
| John T. Baker Middle School Damascus | 841 | 37.1% | 45.0% |
| Ridgeview Middle Gaithersburg | 722 | 41.7% | 41.0% |
| Silver Creek Middle Kensington | 751 | 32.6% | 52.6% |
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 Cockeysville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #88 of 223 | #6 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #86 of 223 ▼ 15 | #6 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #105 of 223 ▼ 17 | #7 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 928 | #59 of 230 | #10 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #143 of 225 | #11 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #22 of 225 | #1 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #147 of 227 | #22 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #84 of 95 | #6 of 6 |
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
928
+50 (+6%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 752
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 928 | 60.3 | 15.4:1 | 42% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 878 | 61 | 14.4:1 | 38% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 840 | 58 | 14.5:1 | 42% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 878 | 62 | 14.2:1 | 40% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 911 | 55.5 | 16.4:1 | 35% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 817 | 51 | 16.0:1 | 31% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 768 | 49 | 15.7:1 | 25% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 820 | 49 | 16.7:1 | 10% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 752 | 47 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cockeysville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (911 to 928); teachers up 9% (55.5 to 60.3).
About Cockeysville Middle
The public middle-grades school Cockeysville Middle is located in Cockeysville, Maryland. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 928 students. By comparison, middle schools in Maryland enroll about 764 students on average.
District-wide, Baltimore County Public Schools has 177 schools and 110,872 students.
About 38% of students at Cockeysville Middle are White, the largest single group. It is also 24% Black, 24% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Baltimore County's residents are about 53% White, 15 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Cockeysville Middle are from different groups.
Cockeysville Middle has 60.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Maryland is 14.3:1. At Cockeysville Middle, 42% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Baltimore County averages 53%, higher than here.
Cockeysville Middle earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 53% of Maryland public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Cockeysville Middle is 8.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Maryland schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Baltimore County show that median household income comes to about $91,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Baltimore County counts 180 public schools with about 110,872 students.
About 0.8 miles separate Cockeysville Middle from the closest public school, Padonia International Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.0%; Cockeysville Middle's is 40.8%, ranking 7th of 9.
Cockeysville Middle falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 928, from 878 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.2 to 15.4 over 4 years.
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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 Cockeysville
- Padonia International ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Warren ElementaryElementary · 381 students
Nearby schools
- Padonia International Elementary0.8 mi · 505
- Warren Elementary1.2 mi · 381
- Dulaney High1.3 mi · 1,889
- Pot Spring Elementary1.5 mi · 434
- Pinewood Elementary2.0 mi · 598
- Mays Chapel Elementary2.3 mi · 657
Frequently asked questions
About Cockeysville MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Cockeysville Middle?
Cockeysville Middle enrolls approximately 928 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cockeysville Middle serve?
Cockeysville Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Cockeysville Middle?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Cockeysville Middle.
How diverse is Cockeysville Middle?
Cockeysville Middle reports a student body of 38% White, 24% Hispanic, 24% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Cockeysville Middle in?
Cockeysville Middle is part of Baltimore County Public Schools.
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