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Which teacher or staff member at Crestwood Middle deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
996
Middle
DISTRICT 788 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240033001357
Crestwood Middle
7100 Foxcroft Dr, Frederick, MD 21703 · (227) 203-2250 · Frederick County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL996 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- A-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
15.1:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
674 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 355 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 325 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 316 | 32% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
44.9%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.2pp since 2023
Math
16.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.9% | 16.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 15.2% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Crestwood Middle
Crestwood Middle's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood Middle this school | 996 | 67.7% | 32.2% |
| West Frederick Middle Frederick | 820 | 64.5% | 34.4% |
| Marley Middle Glen Burnie | 991 | 72.0% | 25.0% |
| Francis Scott Key Middle Silver Spring | 950 | 63.3% | 27.3% |
| Argyle Middle Silver Spring | 868 | 61.4% | 30.6% |
| Holabird Middle Baltimore | 1,027 | 67.9% | 22.8% |
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 Crestwood Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Frederick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #130 of 223 | #11 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #157 of 223 ▼ 12 | #13 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #138 of 223 ▼ 44 | #13 of 13 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 996 | #43 of 230 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #133 of 225 | #4 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #47 of 225 | #6 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #53 of 227 | #1 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +72.0% | #1 of 95 | #1 of 7 |
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
996
+326 (+49%) vs 2020
+79% since 2010-11, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 996 | 66 | 15.1:1 | 68% (674) |
| 2023-24 | 747 | 51.5 | 14.5:1 | 58% (435) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 59% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 670 | 45 | 14.9:1 | 53% (358) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 44% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 49% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 40% (225) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crestwood Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 72% (579 to 996); teachers up 83% (36 to 66).
About Crestwood Middle
At 7100 Foxcroft Dr in Frederick, Maryland, Crestwood Middle operates as a mid-sized middle school. It had 996 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Maryland enroll about 764 students on average.
Frederick County Public Schools has a total of 67 schools and 48,054 students, Crestwood Middle among them.
About 43% of students at Crestwood Middle are Hispanic, the largest single group. It is also 26% Black, 17% White, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Frederick County's residents are about 13% Hispanic, 30 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.1:1. The school has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Maryland, the average ratio is 14.3:1. Federal data show 68% of students (674) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 37% average for public schools in Frederick County is 31 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Crestwood Middle lands at B, ahead of 59% of Maryland public middle schools.
Crestwood Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.2% and a predicted 34.2%.
In Frederick County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $122,002 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Frederick County number 69, with about 48,054 students.
The closest school to Crestwood Middle is Orchard Grove Elementary, located about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Crestwood Middle's average proficiency of 32.2% compares with 45.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Crestwood Middle is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
Crestwood Middle reported 670 students in 2020-21 and 996 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.
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Frederick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
287,048
Census ACS
Median income
$122,002
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
48,054 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frederick County Public Schools
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Urbana HighHigh · 1,989 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Oakdale HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
Other schools in Frederick
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
- Waverley ElementaryElementary · 965 students
- Sugarloaf ElementaryElementary · 845 students
Other Crestwood Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Crestwood Middle. Crestwood Middle is the largest of the 4.
- Crestwood Middle SchoolGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 700 students
- Crestwood MiddleChesapeake, VA · 557 students
- Crestwood Middle SchoolCresco, IA · 283 students
Nearby schools
- Orchard Grove Elementary1.0 mi · 613
- Lincoln Elementary1.1 mi · 615
- Ballenger Creek Middle1.1 mi · 777
- Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter1.1 mi · 317
- Ballenger Creek Elementary1.2 mi · 715
- Parkway Elementary1.4 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Crestwood MiddleHow many students attend Crestwood Middle?
Crestwood Middle enrolls approximately 996 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Crestwood Middle serve?
Crestwood Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Crestwood Middle have?
Crestwood Middle employs 66 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Crestwood Middle?
At Crestwood Middle, the student body is approximately 17% White, 43% Hispanic, 26% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Crestwood Middle public or private?
Crestwood Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Frederick County Public Schools.
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