Corkran Middle School

Corkran Middle School, a tight-knit intermediate school in Glen Burnie, Maryland, operated by Anne Arundel County Public Schools, serves 553 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 28% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 764 students.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools runs 125 schools in total, collectively educating 85,029 students. Corkran Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Corkran Middle School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% White, 15% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, The school lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Anne Arundel County's rate of about 42%.

With demographic context factored in, Corkran Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.7%, the actual is 22.2%, a residual of -6.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Anne Arundel County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,911 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Anne Arundel County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), of which Corkran Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Richard Henry Lee Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Corkran Middle School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Corkran Middle School has decreased 5%, going from 585 students in 2018 to 553 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 18% to 46% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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