Dumbarton Middle

Dumbarton Middle operates as an average-sized 6-8 campus in Baltimore, Maryland, run under Baltimore County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,064 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 39% above the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 764 students.

Baltimore County Public Schools runs 177 schools in total, collectively educating 110,872 students. Dumbarton Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Dumbarton Middle lists that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 23% Black, 13% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Dumbarton Middle logs 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Dumbarton Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Baltimore County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dumbarton Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.9%; this one delivers 51.7%.

In the area at large, 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. Dumbarton Middle is one of 180 public schools in Baltimore County (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students).

The closest other public school is Rodgers Forge Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Dumbarton Middle comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dumbarton Middle has edged down 9%, going from 1,164 students in 2018 to 1,064 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 52% across the same window.

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