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Enrollment
603
Middle
DISTRICT 933 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001211
G. James Gholson Middle
900 Nalley Rd, Landover, MD 20785 · (301) 883-8390 · Prince George's County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL603 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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.
- A-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
12.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
574 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 185 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 198 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 36% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
24.9%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.9% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.4% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 G. James Gholson Middle
G. James Gholson Middle's state test result (17.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. James Gholson Middle this school | 603 | 95.2% | 17.8% |
| Benjamin Stoddert Middle Temple Hills | 628 | 94.7% | 20.6% |
| Thurgood Marshall Middle Temple Hills | 707 | 93.5% | 19.9% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle Beltsville | 605 | 88.6% | 26.1% |
| Mace's Lane Middle School Cambridge | 490 | 87.8% | 15.9% |
| Drew-Freeman Middle District Heights | 1,022 | 96.6% | 16.9% |
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 G. James Gholson Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #208 of 223 | #22 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #217 of 223 ▼ 1 | #19 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #208 of 223 ▼ 7 | #22 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 603 | #176 of 230 | #25 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #31 of 225 | #2 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.6% | #159 of 225 | #12 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #9 of 227 | #8 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #4 of 123 | #1 of 6 |
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
603
-346 (-36%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 735
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 603 | 49 | 12.3:1 | 95% (574) |
| 2023-24 | 749 | 36 | 20.8:1 | 87% (648) |
| 2022-23 | 867 | 45 | 19.3:1 | 91% (788) |
| 2020-21 | 949 | 60 | 15.8:1 | 83% (790) |
| 2017-18 | 860 | 49 | 17.6:1 | 81% (695) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 55 | 11.8:1 | 71% (461) |
| 2010-11 | 735 | 55 | 13.4:1 | 63% (461) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for G. James Gholson Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (860 to 603); teachers unchanged (49 to 49).
About G. James Gholson Middle
Families in Landover, Maryland, are served by G. James Gholson Middle, a small middle school. The school enrolls 603 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 764 students for middle schools in Maryland.
Prince George's County Public Schools operates 199 schools. Combined enrollment is 132,693 students.
Federal enrollment data show G. James Gholson Middle is 63% Black. Enrollment also includes 35% Hispanic. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at G. James Gholson Middle are from different groups.
G. James Gholson Middle reported 49 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.3:1. Middle schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 14.3:1. Roughly 95% of students at G. James Gholson Middle can receive free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Prince George's County average 79%.
Among Maryland public middle schools, G. James Gholson Middle outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, G. James Gholson Middle falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 17.8% actual against 17.9% predicted.
Looking at the county, Prince George's County, the median household earns about $101,798 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Prince George's County has 203 public schools with about 132,693 students, including G. James Gholson Middle.
G. James Gholson Middle is less than a tenth of a mile from Cora L. Rice Elementary, its nearest public school. G. James Gholson Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. G. James Gholson Middle ranks 8th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 17.8% against a local average of 31.8%.
The federal government classifies G. James Gholson Middle's location as Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 603, down from 949 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.8:1 to 12.3:1.
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Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Landover
- Fairmont Heights HighHigh · 1,090 students
- Kenmoor MiddleMiddle · 1,021 students
- Thomas G. PullenElementary · 740 students
- Templeton ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- William Paca ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Cora L. Rice ElementaryElementary · 516 students
Nearby schools
- Cora L. Rice Elementary0.0 mi · 516
- William Paca Elementary0.6 mi · 563
- Judith P. Hoyer Montessori0.7 mi · 361
- Carmody Hills Elementary0.8 mi · 389
- Highland Park Elementary1.0 mi · 210
- Columbia Park Elementary1.1 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About G. James Gholson MiddleHow many students attend G. James Gholson Middle?
G. James Gholson Middle enrolls approximately 603 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does G. James Gholson Middle serve?
G. James Gholson Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at G. James Gholson Middle?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at G. James Gholson Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at G. James Gholson Middle?
At G. James Gholson Middle, the student body is approximately 1% White, 35% Hispanic, 63% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is G. James Gholson Middle in?
G. James Gholson Middle is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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