Ellicott Mills Middle

Ellicott Mills Middle is one of the average-sized middle schools in Ellicott City, Maryland, run under Howard County Public Schools, with 698 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Howard County Public Schools comprises 77 schools with combined enrollment of 57,565 students; Ellicott Mills Middle is among them.

Demographically, Ellicott Mills Middle lists that the largest single group is Asian at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 28% White, 16% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Ellicott Mills Middle has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages about 14.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Howard County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Ellicott Mills Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.6%, the actual is 63.9%, a residual of -1.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Howard County indicate median household income runs about $149,763, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Howard County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students), Ellicott Mills Middle is one campus in the mix.

Veterans Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ellicott Mills Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ellicott Mills Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 61.7%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Ellicott Mills Middle's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 853 (now 698). The White share of enrollment contracted from 44% to 28% over that span.

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