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Enrollment
1,019
Middle
DISTRICT 888 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000820
Earle B. Wood Middle
14615 Bauer Dr, Rockville, MD 20853 · (240) 740-7640 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,019 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Maryland public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.8:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
455 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 365 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 309 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 345 | 34% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
53.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
27.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.1% | 27.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 26.1% |
% 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Earle B. Wood Middle
Earle B. Wood Middle's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earle B. Wood Middle this school | 1,019 | 44.7% | 39.9% |
| Silver Spring International Middle Silver Spring | 1,015 | 43.7% | 38.3% |
| Eastern Middle Silver Spring | 963 | 52.4% | 43.4% |
| Sligo Middle Silver Spring | 685 | 46.7% | 35.3% |
| John T. Baker Middle School Damascus | 841 | 37.1% | 45.0% |
| Ridgeview Middle Gaithersburg | 722 | 41.7% | 41.0% |
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 Earle B. Wood Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #91 of 223 | #20 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #91 of 223 ▲ 1 | #21 of 40 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #98 of 223 ▼ 7 | #20 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,019 | #38 of 230 | #7 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #82 of 225 | #15 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #68 of 225 | #24 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.7% | #140 of 227 | #21 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #121 of 123 | #21 of 21 |
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
1,019
+21 (+2%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 821
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 1,019 | 74.1 | 13.8:1 | 45% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 1,039 | 74.6 | 13.9:1 | 44% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 1,068 | 73.5 | 14.5:1 | 50% (536) |
| 2020-21 | 998 | 73 | 13.7:1 | 45% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 1,026 | 75.2 | 13.6:1 | 36% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 970 | 66 | 14.7:1 | 36% (346) |
| 2010-11 | 845 | 60 | 14.1:1 | 33% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 950 | 59 | 16.1:1 | 22% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 821 | 55 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Earle B. Wood Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,026 to 1,019); teachers down 2% (75.2 to 74.1).
About Earle B. Wood Middle
A medium-sized middle school in Rockville, Maryland, Earle B. Wood Middle is part of Montgomery County Public Schools. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,019 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Maryland is about 764 students.
Montgomery County Public Schools counts 208 schools and 159,181 students, including Earle B. Wood Middle.
Earle B. Wood Middle's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 48%. The school is also 23% White, 14% Black, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 21%. The chance that two students picked at random at Earle B. Wood Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
Federal staffing data show 74.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Earle B. Wood Middle and a ratio of 13.8:1. Across middle schools in Maryland, the average ratio is about 14.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 45% of students.
Earle B. Wood Middle is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 54% of Maryland public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Maryland, Earle B. Wood Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 39.9% actual against a predicted 47.8%.
Across Montgomery County, median household income is about $132,450, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Earle B. Wood Middle is among the 211 public schools in Montgomery County.
The closest public school to Earle B. Wood Middle is Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Earle B. Wood Middle comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (998) to 2024-25 (1,019).
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Earle B. Wood MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Earle B. Wood Middle?
Earle B. Wood Middle enrolls approximately 1,019 students in grades 06-08.
Is Earle B. Wood Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Earle B. Wood Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Earle B. Wood Middle have?
Earle B. Wood Middle employs 74 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Earle B. Wood Middle?
At Earle B. Wood Middle, the student body is approximately 23% White, 48% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Earle B. Wood Middle in?
Earle B. Wood Middle is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.