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Enrollment
494
Middle
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000732
Glenwood Middle
2680 Rt 97, Glenwood, MD 21738 · (410) 313-5520 · Howard County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Maryland public middle schools
- ATest 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
13.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
69 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 160 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 177 | 36% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
68.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -14.7pp since 2023
Math
55.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.2% | 55.3% |
| 2023-24 | 82.9% | 51.0% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Glenwood Middle
Glenwood Middle's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood Middle this school | 494 | 14.0% | 64.3% |
| John Poole Middle Poolesville | 467 | 20.8% | 56.6% |
| Sykesville Middle Sykesville | 697 | 18.4% | 63.9% |
| Magothy River Middle Arnold | 655 | 18.2% | 57.3% |
| New Market Middle New Market | 676 | 17.9% | 52.2% |
| Patterson Mill Middle School Bel Air | 716 | 21.2% | 51.0% |
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 Glenwood Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #13 of 223 | #6 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #13 of 223 ▲ 1 | #5 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #50 of 223 ▼ 45 | #10 of 20 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #196 of 230 | #18 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #60 of 225 | #6 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #148 of 225 | #20 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.0% | #216 of 227 | #16 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #123 of 123 | #10 of 10 |
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
494
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 494 | 37.6 | 13.1:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 37.7 | 13.1:1 | 15% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 37.5 | 13.2:1 | 11% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 35.3 | 14.0:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 3% (18) |
| 2000-01 | 766 | 51 | 15.0:1 | 3% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 672 | 41 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenwood Middle.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (495 to 494); teachers up 7% (35.3 to 37.6).
About Glenwood Middle
Glenwood Middle, located in Glenwood, Maryland, is a small middle school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 494 students. The school is 35% below the average for middle schools in Maryland.
The district, Howard County Public Schools, operates 77 schools serving 57,565 students.
The largest group at Glenwood Middle is White students, at 68%. Other students are 10% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. By comparison, Howard County residents are about 47% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Glenwood Middle scores 51%.
Teacher count: 37.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.1:1. The gap from the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland is 1.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 14%. That is 13 points below the 27% average for public schools in Howard County.
Glenwood Middle earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 90% of Maryland public middle schools.
Glenwood Middle posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.3%, compared with a predicted 66.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Howard County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $149,763, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 78 public schools and about 57,565 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Bushy Park Elementary, is about 0.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Glenwood Middle is 7th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Glenwood Middle as Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 16 students, from 510 to 494. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.1:1, from 14.6:1.
On allk12, people connected to Glenwood Middle can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
336,328
Census ACS
Median income
$149,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
57,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howard County Public Schools
- Marriotts Ridge HighHigh · 1,741 students
- Reservoir HighHigh · 1,597 students
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
Other Glenwood Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Glenwood Middle. Glenwood Middle is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Glenwood Middle SchoolChatham, IL · 735 students
- Glenwood Middle SchoolFindlay, OH · 579 students
- Glenwood Middle SchoolGlenwood, IA · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Bushy Park Elementary0.3 mi · 631
- Glenelg High1.9 mi · 1,363
- Folly Quarter Middle3.1 mi · 682
- Triadelphia Ridge Elementary3.2 mi · 619
- Lisbon Elementary3.5 mi · 480
- West Friendship Elementary4.2 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Glenwood MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Glenwood Middle?
Glenwood Middle enrolls approximately 494 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Glenwood Middle serve?
Glenwood Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Glenwood Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Glenwood Middle is approximately 13.1:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Glenwood Middle?
At Glenwood Middle, the student body is approximately 68% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Glenwood Middle?
Glenwood Middle is overseen by Howard County Public Schools in Howard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.