Deer Park Middle Magnet School

As an average-sized 6-8 campus in Randallstown, Maryland, Deer Park Middle Magnet School instructs 1,127 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Baltimore County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 48% above the state mean of about 764.

Within Baltimore County Public Schools, which oversees 177 schools and 110,872 students, Deer Park Middle Magnet School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Deer Park Middle Magnet School shows that nearly all students (80%) are Black. The remainder consists of 13% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, Deer Park Middle Magnet School reports 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages around 14.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at Deer Park Middle Magnet School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Deer Park Middle Magnet School is in the bottom 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.3%; Deer Park Middle Magnet School posts 27.8%, -13.5 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Baltimore County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Baltimore County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), of which Deer Park Middle Magnet School is one.

Deer Park Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Deer Park Middle Magnet School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Deer Park Middle Magnet School has declined 11%, going from 1,272 students in 2018 to 1,127 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 4% to 13% over that span.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.