Deep Creek Middle

Located at 1000 S Marlyn Ave, in Baltimore, Maryland, Deep Creek Middle is a moderately sized middle school that educates 670 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Baltimore County Public Schools.

Within Baltimore County Public Schools, which oversees 177 schools and 110,872 students, Deep Creek Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Deep Creek Middle shows that Black students make up the majority at 56%; the rest breaks down as 19% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Baltimore County as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Deep Creek Middle records 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages about 14.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 76% of students at Deep Creek Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Baltimore County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Deep Creek Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.5%, the actual is 22.2%, a residual of -7.3 points.

In the broader community, Baltimore County reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Baltimore County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), of which Deep Creek Middle is one.

Sandalwood Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Deep Creek Middle comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.7%.

Deep Creek Middle operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Deep Creek Middle has contracted 17%, going from 809 students in 2018 to 670 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 24% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.