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Enrollment
598
Middle
DISTRICT 818 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000376
Dundalk Middle
7400 Dunmanway, Baltimore, MD 21222 · (410) 887-7018 · Baltimore County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL598 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
424 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 | 182 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 185 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 231 | 39% |
Student demographics
70%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
21.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +8.7pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 22 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.5% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 12.8% | 10.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Dundalk Middle
Dundalk Middle's state test result (13.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk Middle this school | 598 | 70.9% | 13.6% |
| Lansdowne Middle Baltimore | 661 | 70.2% | 15.2% |
| Corkran Middle School Glen Burnie | 553 | 76.9% | 22.2% |
| Easton Middle Easton | 703 | 69.7% | 29.2% |
| Meade Middle Fort Meade | 697 | 74.5% | 22.3% |
| Brooklyn Park Middle Baltimore | 784 | 65.3% | 30.6% |
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 Dundalk Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #219 of 223 | #26 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #204 of 223 ▼ 7 | #22 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #214 of 223 ▲ 6 | #24 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #177 of 230 | #26 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #19 of 225 | #1 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #57 of 225 | #5 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #40 of 227 | #3 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #26 of 123 | #5 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
598
-229 (-28%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 598 | 51 | 11.7:1 | 71% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 775 | 61.2 | 12.7:1 | 62% (482) |
| 2022-23 | 860 | 62.2 | 13.8:1 | 64% (549) |
| 2020-21 | 827 | 66 | 12.5:1 | 69% (573) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 100% (709) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 45 | 14.1:1 | 72% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 35 | 13.3:1 | 72% (334) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 45 | 12.9:1 | 57% (328) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 35 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dundalk Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (709 to 598); teachers up 4% (49 to 51).
About Dundalk Middle
Dundalk Middle sits in Baltimore, Maryland, and is classified as a middle school. There are 598 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 22% below the 764-student average for middle schools in Maryland.
Baltimore County Public Schools has 110,872 students in 177 schools, and Dundalk Middle is one of those schools.
The biggest share of students at Dundalk Middle, 43%, is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 24% Black, 22% White, and 9% multiracial. That compares with about 8% Hispanic among all Baltimore County residents. The diversity index for Dundalk Middle is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 11.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Dundalk Middle, which has 51. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Maryland is 14.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Dundalk Middle is about 71%. The 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County is 18 points lower.
BeatsExpectations places Dundalk Middle in the bottom 10% of Maryland schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 18.7 points below it (13.6% actual, 32.3% predicted).
In Baltimore County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $91,768, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 180 public schools in the county, enrolling about 110,872, Dundalk Middle among them.
About 0.2 miles separate Dundalk Middle from the closest public school, Logan Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Dundalk Middle at 8th of 8.
In the federal locale system, Dundalk Middle is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 598 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 827.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Baltimore County Public Schools
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Dulaney HighHigh · 1,889 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
Other schools in Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Nearby schools
- Logan Elementary0.2 mi · 556
- Dundalk Elementary0.2 mi · 757
- Southeast EDLP at Dundalk High School0.5 mi · 2
- Dundalk High0.5 mi · 2,087
- Grange Elementary0.7 mi · 483
- Holabird Middle1.2 mi · 1,027
Frequently asked questions
About Dundalk MiddleHow many students attend Dundalk Middle?
Dundalk Middle enrolls approximately 598 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Dundalk Middle serve?
Dundalk Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Dundalk Middle?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Dundalk Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dundalk Middle?
At Dundalk Middle, the student body is approximately 22% White, 43% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Dundalk Middle in?
Dundalk Middle is part of Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.