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What's the most underrated thing about Corkran Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
553
Middle
DISTRICT 938 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000059
Corkran Middle School
7600 Quarterfield Rd, Glen Burnie, MD 21061 · (410) 787-6350 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Maryland public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
425 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 188 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 178 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 34% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
35.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.6% | 10.4% |
% 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
22.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Corkran Middle School
Corkran Middle School's state test result (22.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corkran Middle School this school | 553 | 76.9% | 22.2% |
| Dundalk Middle Baltimore | 598 | 70.9% | 13.6% |
| Lansdowne Middle Baltimore | 661 | 70.2% | 15.2% |
| Easton Middle Easton | 703 | 69.7% | 29.2% |
| Meade Middle Fort Meade | 697 | 74.5% | 22.3% |
| Brooklyn Park Middle Baltimore | 784 | 65.3% | 30.6% |
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 Corkran Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #191 of 223 | #18 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #197 of 223 ▼ 10 | #19 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #181 of 223 ▲ 2 | #18 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #186 of 230 | #19 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #11 of 225 | #3 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #77 of 225 | #9 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #28 of 227 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #86 of 123 | #6 of 9 |
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
553
-85 (-13%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 553 | 51 | 10.8:1 | 77% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 52.5 | 11.9:1 | 67% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 644 | 48 | 13.4:1 | 68% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 53 | 12.0:1 | 61% (389) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 47.7 | 12.3:1 | 51% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 48 | 11.5:1 | 54% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 56 | 11.3:1 | 47% (295) |
| 2000-01 | 747 | 45 | 16.6:1 | 20% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 762 | 43 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Corkran Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (585 to 553); teachers up 7% (47.7 to 51).
About Corkran Middle School
Corkran Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 553 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Maryland is about 764 students.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools (125 schools, 85,029 students) runs Corkran Middle School.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Corkran Middle School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 46%. The next largest groups are 31% White, 15% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Anne Arundel County overall, about 11% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 51 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 10.8:1. That is 3.4 students per teacher below the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 77%. That is 35 points above the 42% average for public schools in Anne Arundel County.
allk12 grades Corkran Middle School a C. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Corkran Middle School would score about 28.7%. It scores 22.2%, 6.5 points below that figure.
Within Anne Arundel County, the median household income is $124,911, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. In all, Anne Arundel County has 129 public schools and roughly 85,074 students.
The nearest other public school, Richard Henry Lee Elementary, is about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Corkran Middle School ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 85 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.8:1.
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Anne Arundel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
598,166
Census ACS
Median income
$124,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
85,074 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools
- Glen Burnie HighHigh · 2,226 students
- North County HighHigh · 2,161 students
- Broadneck HighHigh · 2,143 students
- Annapolis HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Meade HighHigh · 2,045 students
- Crofton High SchoolHigh · 1,906 students
Other schools in Glen Burnie
- Glen Burnie HighHigh · 2,226 students
- North County HighHigh · 2,161 students
- Marley MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Rippling Woods ElementaryElementary · 702 students
- Monarch AcademyElementary · 687 students
- Solley ElementaryElementary · 674 students
Nearby schools
- Richard Henry Lee Elementary0.4 mi · 378
- Oakwood Elementary0.8 mi · 309
- Glen Burnie High0.9 mi · 2,226
- Glen Burnie Park Elementary1.0 mi · 555
- Glendale Elementary1.3 mi · 438
- Woodside Elementary1.4 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Corkran Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Corkran Middle School?
Corkran Middle School enrolls approximately 553 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Corkran Middle School serve?
Corkran Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Corkran Middle School?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Corkran Middle School.
How diverse is Corkran Middle School?
Corkran Middle School reports a student body of 31% White, 46% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Corkran Middle School?
Corkran Middle School is overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Anne Arundel County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.