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Greenbelt Middle
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 19% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Maryland's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Greenbelt Middle
As a sizable intermediate school in Greenbelt, Maryland, Greenbelt Middle enrolls 1,270 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 66% above the state mean of about 764.
Greenbelt Middle is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that educates 132,693 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Greenbelt Middle lists that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 39% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix visibly less Black than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 93% of students at Greenbelt Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Greenbelt Middle ranks in the top 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 19.1%; Greenbelt Middle posts 34.7%, +15.6 points above that line.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Prince George's County put the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Greenbelt Middle is one.
Nearest neighbor: Dora Kennedy French Immersion, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Greenbelt Middle comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 31.7%.
Greenbelt Middle operates from an outer-ring location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Greenbelt Middle's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,315 (now 1,270). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 34% to 39%.
On allk12, the feed for Greenbelt Middle typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Prince George's County at a glance
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