Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle

As a medium-sized intermediate school in Laurel, Maryland, Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle works with 1,047 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Prince George's County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 37% above the state mean of about 764.

Prince George's County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 132,693 students. Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 42% Black, 3% White, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle has 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 96% of students at Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.2%; this one delivers 21.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Prince George's County) reports that median household income runs about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Oaklands Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle has ticked up 12%, going from 931 students in 2018 to 1,047 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 37% to 51%.

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