Crestwood Middle

Crestwood Middle, a mid-sized middle school in Frederick, Maryland, operated by Frederick County Public Schools, hosts 996 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 764 students per school, that is 30% above typical.

Within Frederick County Public Schools, which oversees 67 schools and 48,054 students, Crestwood Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Crestwood Middle shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 26% Black, 17% White, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Crestwood Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Frederick County's rate of about 37%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Crestwood Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.2%, the actual is 32.2%, a residual of -2.0 points.

Around the school, Frederick County reports that median household income runs about $122,002, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Frederick County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,054 students), of which Crestwood Middle is one.

Orchard Grove Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Crestwood Middle ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Crestwood Middle's enrollment has expanded 72% since 2018, when it stood at 579 (now 996). Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 43% across the same window.

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