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What's something Gaithersburg Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
869
Middle
DISTRICT 888 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000837
Gaithersburg Middle
2 Teachers' Way, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 · (240) 740-4950 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL869 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Maryland public middle schools
- C-Test 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.
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
11.6:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
549 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 | 283 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 299 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 287 | 33% |
Student demographics
60%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
34.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
13.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.1% | 13.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 15.1% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Gaithersburg Middle
Gaithersburg Middle's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaithersburg Middle this school | 869 | 63.2% | 23.8% |
| Argyle Middle Silver Spring | 868 | 61.4% | 30.6% |
| Forest Oak Middle Gaithersburg | 828 | 58.3% | 25.2% |
| Montgomery Village Middle Montgomery Village | 780 | 59.2% | 17.5% |
| A. Mario Loiederman Middle Silver Spring | 978 | 62.8% | 27.5% |
| White Oak Middle Silver Spring | 808 | 57.3% | 29.5% |
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 Gaithersburg Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #181 of 223 | #38 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #173 of 223 ▼ 27 | #39 of 40 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #190 of 223 ▼ 2 | #39 of 40 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 869 | #74 of 230 | #20 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #17 of 225 | #1 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #111 of 225 | #33 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.2% | #64 of 227 | #2 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #62 of 95 | #11 of 19 |
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
869
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 948
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 869 | 74.8 | 11.6:1 | 63% (549) |
| 2023-24 | 899 | 68 | 13.2:1 | 55% (494) |
| 2022-23 | 875 | 75.8 | 11.5:1 | 63% (554) |
| 2020-21 | 868 | 69 | 12.6:1 | 55% (477) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 65.4 | 12.7:1 | 47% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 752 | 55 | 13.7:1 | 48% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 665 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 38% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 769 | 53 | 14.5:1 | 21% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 948 | 57 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gaithersburg Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (830 to 869); teachers up 14% (65.4 to 74.8).
About Gaithersburg Middle
Gaithersburg Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Total enrollment is 869 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8.
Federal data list 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools, with 159,181 students enrolled.
More than half of enrollment at Gaithersburg Middle is Hispanic: 58%. The remaining shares are 21% Black, 8% White, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Montgomery County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Gaithersburg Middle scores 60%.
With 74.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.6:1. Middle schools in Maryland average 14.3:1, 2.7 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 63% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
Gaithersburg Middle holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Maryland public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Gaithersburg Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.8%; the prediction is 36.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Montgomery County show that median household income comes to about $132,450, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 211, with about 159,181 students.
Gaithersburg Middle is about 0.2 miles from Gaithersburg Elementary, its nearest public school. Gaithersburg Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 28.3% on proficiency, and Gaithersburg Middle is below that at 23.8%.
In the federal locale system, Gaithersburg Middle is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (868) to 2024-25 (869).
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Gaithersburg
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Quince Orchard HighHigh · 2,100 students
- Watkins Mill HighHigh · 1,577 students
- Lakelands Park MiddleMiddle · 993 students
- Forest Oak MiddleMiddle · 828 students
- South Lake ElementaryElementary · 746 students
Nearby schools
- Gaithersburg Elementary0.2 mi · 603
- Harriet R. Tubman Elementary0.4 mi · 571
- Gaithersburg High0.7 mi · 2,441
- Forest Oak Middle0.7 mi · 828
- South Lake Elementary0.9 mi · 746
- Washington Grove Elementary1.0 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Gaithersburg MiddleHow large is Gaithersburg Middle?
Gaithersburg Middle enrolls approximately 869 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Gaithersburg Middle serve?
Gaithersburg Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Gaithersburg Middle?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Gaithersburg Middle.
How diverse is Gaithersburg Middle?
Gaithersburg Middle reports a student body of 8% White, 58% Hispanic, 21% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Gaithersburg Middle public or private?
Gaithersburg Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.