Eastern Middle

Eastern Middle is a reasonably sized junior high in Silver Spring, Maryland, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools. The school caters to 963 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% bigger than the state mean of about 764.

Across the 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools (159,181 students total), Eastern Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Eastern Middle records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Black, 17% White, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Eastern Middle has 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. The state averages about 14.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 52% of students at Eastern Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eastern Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.2%, the actual is 43.4%, a residual of +0.2 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Montgomery County shows the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Eastern Middle is one campus in the mix.

Oak View Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eastern Middle at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 971 students in 2018 compared to 963 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 22% to 17% over that span.

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