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Enrollment
538
Middle
DISTRICT 543 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CECIL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240024000567
Elkton Middle
615 North St, Elkton, MD 21921 · (410) 996-5010 · Cecil County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Maryland public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
329 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 189 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 31% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
27.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
12.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.7% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 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
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% 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 Elkton Middle
Elkton Middle's state test result (18.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkton Middle this school | 538 | 61.2% | 18.4% |
| General Smallwood Middle School Indian Head | 500 | 59.8% | 24.3% |
| Pocomoke Middle Pocomoke City | 465 | 71.6% | 56.5% |
| North Dorchester Middle School Hurlock | 414 | 62.8% | 42.6% |
| Northern Middle Hagerstown | 841 | 61.2% | 38.8% |
| General John Stricker Middle Baltimore | 713 | 73.4% | 15.2% |
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 Elkton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Cecil County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #206 of 223 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #180 of 223 ▲ 23 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #200 of 223 ▲ 11 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #187 of 230 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #21 of 225 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #44 of 225 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.2% | #74 of 227 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #116 of 123 | N/A |
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
538
-36 (-6%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 538 | 45.3 | 11.9:1 | 61% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 47 | 11.1:1 | 65% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 47 | 11.1:1 | 74% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 45 | 12.8:1 | 64% (366) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 51.1 | 10.7:1 | 63% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 54 | 10.3:1 | 67% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 48 | 12.2:1 | 60% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 546 | 45 | 12.1:1 | 36% (195) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 33 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elkton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (547 to 538); teachers down 11% (51.1 to 45.3).
About Elkton Middle
Elkton Middle is a small middle-grades school based in Elkton, Maryland. It reports enrollment of 538 students in grades 6 through 8. The school is 30% below the average for middle schools in Maryland.
The district, Cecil County Public Schools, has 14,853 students enrolled across 28 schools.
The largest group at Elkton Middle is White students, at 37%. The school is also 32% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. That is lower than the 82% White share among all Cecil County residents. The diversity index for Elkton Middle is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Elkton Middle reports a ratio of 11.9 students per teacher, from 45.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Maryland, the average ratio is 14.3:1. Lunch program data show 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 51% average for public schools in Cecil County is 10 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Elkton Middle lands at F, ahead of 2% of Maryland public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Elkton Middle posts 18.4% against a 38.0% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Maryland.
In the surrounding county, Cecil County, median household income comes to about $92,007, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 29, with about 14,853 students.
The closest school to Elkton Middle is Gilpin Manor Elementary, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Elkton Middle. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Elkton Middle is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 538, down from 574 in 2020-21.
The Elkton Middle discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cecil County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,960
Census ACS
Median income
$92,007
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
14,853 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cecil County Public Schools
- Rising Sun HighHigh · 1,074 students
- North East HighHigh · 1,057 students
- Elkton HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Perryville HighHigh · 858 students
- North East MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- North East ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Other schools in Elkton
- Elkton HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Gilpin Manor ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Thomson Estates ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Holly Hall ElementaryElementary · 432 students
- Elk Neck ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- Cecil Manor ElementaryElementary · 416 students
Other Elkton Middle schools
One other US public school is named Elkton Middle. Elkton Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Elkton MiddleElkton, VA · 561 students
Nearby schools
- Gilpin Manor Elementary0.2 mi · 478
- Elkton High0.3 mi · 1,050
- Thomson Estates Elementary1.9 mi · 456
- Holly Hall Elementary2.0 mi · 432
- Cecil Manor Elementary2.7 mi · 416
- Newark Charter School3.2 mi · 3,109
Frequently asked questions
About Elkton MiddleHow many students attend Elkton Middle?
Elkton Middle enrolls approximately 538 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Elkton Middle serve?
Elkton Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elkton Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elkton Middle is approximately 11.9:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elkton Middle?
At Elkton Middle, the student body is approximately 37% White, 18% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Elkton Middle public or private?
Elkton Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cecil County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.