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Alumni: what's one memory from Deep Creek Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
670
Middle
DISTRICT 818 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000370
Deep Creek Middle
1000 S Marlyn Ave, Baltimore, MD 21221 · (443) 809-0112 · Baltimore County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Maryland public middle schools
- DTest 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
13.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
506 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 | 228 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 206 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 236 | 35% |
Student demographics
62%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
35.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.2pp 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.7% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 11.2% |
% 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
22.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Deep Creek Middle
Deep Creek Middle's state test result (22.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Creek Middle this school | 670 | 75.5% | 22.2% |
| Magnolia Middle Joppa | 689 | 76.2% | 26.4% |
| Wicomico Middle Salisbury | 827 | 68.2% | 20.1% |
| Stephen Decatur Middle Clinton | 751 | 75.1% | 24.6% |
| Edgewood Middle Edgewood | 936 | 69.2% | 26.5% |
| Middle River Middle Baltimore | 822 | 66.1% | 21.4% |
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 Deep Creek Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #190 of 223 | #19 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #203 of 223 ▼ 22 | #21 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #182 of 223 ▲ 5 | #16 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #154 of 230 | #23 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #77 of 225 | #4 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #100 of 225 | #17 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.5% | #31 of 227 | #1 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #22 of 123 | #3 of 20 |
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
670
-237 (-26%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 796
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 670 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 76% (506) |
| 2023-24 | 728 | 52 | 14.0:1 | 73% (529) |
| 2022-23 | 752 | 52.7 | 14.3:1 | 74% (556) |
| 2020-21 | 907 | 60 | 15.1:1 | 81% (733) |
| 2017-18 | 809 | 54 | 15.0:1 | 78% (629) |
| 2015-16 | 836 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 74% (616) |
| 2010-11 | 791 | 55 | 14.4:1 | 72% (569) |
| 2000-01 | 939 | 63 | 14.9:1 | 55% (519) |
| 1990-91 | 796 | 50 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deep Creek Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (809 to 670); teachers down 9% (54 to 49).
About Deep Creek Middle
Deep Creek Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Maryland, with an address in Baltimore. Its 670 students are spread across grades 6 through 8.
Baltimore County Public Schools oversees Deep Creek Middle and 176 other schools, with 110,872 students in total.
Black students make up a majority at Deep Creek Middle, at 56%. Next come 19% White, 14% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. That compares with about 31% Black among all Baltimore County residents. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.7:1, with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, middle schools in Maryland average 14.3:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 76%. The gap from the 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County is 23 points.
allk12 grades Deep Creek Middle a C-. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Deep Creek Middle falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 22.2% actual against 29.5% predicted.
Baltimore County has about 850,796 residents, and the median household income is $91,768, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Baltimore County has 180 public schools and roughly 110,872 students.
The nearest public school is Sandalwood Elementary, at about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Deep Creek Middle ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Deep Creek Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment is down 26% from 2020-21, when Deep Creek Middle had 907 students, to 2024-25, when it had 670. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.7:1, from 15.1:1.
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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
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Other Deep Creek Middle schools
One other US public school is named Deep Creek Middle. Deep Creek Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Deep Creek MiddleChesapeake, VA · 764 students
Nearby schools
- Sandalwood Elementary0.2 mi · 440
- Deep Creek Elementary1.0 mi · 385
- Sussex Elementary1.1 mi · 475
- Middleborough Elementary1.3 mi · 288
- Mars Estates Elementary1.4 mi · 400
- Essex Elementary1.8 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Deep Creek MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Deep Creek Middle?
Deep Creek Middle enrolls approximately 670 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Deep Creek Middle serve?
Deep Creek Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Deep Creek Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deep Creek Middle is approximately 13.7:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Deep Creek Middle?
Student demographics at Deep Creek Middle are roughly 19% White, 14% Hispanic, 56% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Deep Creek Middle in?
Deep Creek Middle is part of Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.