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Enrollment
623
Middle
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000727
Dunloggin Middle
9129 Northfield Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21042 · (410) 313-2831 · Howard County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Maryland public middle schools
- A-Test 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
13.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
158 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 180 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 217 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 226 | 36% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
71.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
50.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.8% | 50.3% |
| 2023-24 | 59.8% | 41.8% |
% 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Dunloggin Middle
Dunloggin Middle's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunloggin Middle this school | 623 | 25.4% | 55.9% |
| Patapsco Middle Ellicott City | 670 | 20.4% | 58.6% |
| Elkridge Landing Middle Elkridge | 686 | 31.0% | 45.1% |
| Ellicott Mills Middle Ellicott City | 698 | 14.6% | 63.9% |
| Lime Kiln Middle Fulton | 675 | 8.6% | 65.7% |
| Burleigh Manor Middle Ellicott City | 777 | 17.5% | 64.7% |
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 Dunloggin Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #39 of 223 | #9 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #20 of 223 ▲ 16 | #7 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #42 of 223 ▲ 24 | #8 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #167 of 230 | #14 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #89 of 225 | #11 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #15 of 225 | #4 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.4% | #186 of 227 | #11 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #117 of 123 | #8 of 10 |
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
623
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 839
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 623 | 44.8 | 13.9:1 | 25% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 43.2 | 14.8:1 | 26% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 42.6 | 14.5:1 | 26% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 43 | 14.5:1 | 14% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 46 | 13.7:1 | 15% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 18% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 14% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | 40 | 14.3:1 | 7% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 839 | 52 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dunloggin Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (630 to 623); teachers down 3% (46 to 44.8).
About Dunloggin Middle
Families in Ellicott City, Maryland, are served by Dunloggin Middle, a small middle-grades school. It educates 623 students in grades 6 through 8.
In Howard County Public Schools, 77 schools enroll a combined 57,565 students.
Federal enrollment data show Asian students as the largest group at Dunloggin Middle, at 33%. Other groups make up 30% White, 23% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 19% of Howard County residents are Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Dunloggin Middle in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.9:1. That matches the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland fairly closely. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 25%. For comparison, public schools in Howard County average 27%.
Measured against Maryland public middle schools, Dunloggin Middle receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Dunloggin Middle is -3.3 points: 55.9% actual, 59.2% predicted.
Howard County has about 336,328 residents, and the median household income is $149,763, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Dunloggin Middle, Howard County has 77 other public schools.
Northfield Elementary is the public school closest to Dunloggin Middle, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Dunloggin Middle's average proficiency of 55.9% compares with 65.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place Dunloggin Middle in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 624 in 2020-21, 623 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
336,328
Census ACS
Median income
$149,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
57,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howard County Public Schools
- Marriotts Ridge HighHigh · 1,741 students
- Reservoir HighHigh · 1,597 students
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
Other schools in Ellicott City
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 1,377 students
- Veterans ElementaryElementary · 883 students
- Waverly ElementaryElementary · 827 students
- Bellows Spring ElementaryElementary · 806 students
Nearby schools
- Northfield Elementary0.1 mi · 764
- Veterans Elementary1.0 mi · 883
- Ellicott Mills Middle1.3 mi · 698
- Centennial Lane Elementary1.7 mi · 749
- Burleigh Manor Middle1.9 mi · 777
- Thunder Hill Elementary1.9 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Dunloggin MiddleHow many students attend Dunloggin Middle?
Dunloggin Middle enrolls approximately 623 students in grades 06-08.
Is Dunloggin Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dunloggin Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Dunloggin Middle have?
Dunloggin Middle employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Dunloggin Middle?
Student demographics at Dunloggin Middle are roughly 30% White, 9% Hispanic, 23% Black, 33% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Dunloggin Middle in?
Dunloggin Middle is part of Howard County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.