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Enrollment
702
Middle
DISTRICT 933 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001051
Gwynn Park Middle
8000 Dyson Rd, Brandywine, MD 20613 · (301) 372-0120 · Prince George's County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% 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.
- DBeats 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
18.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
394 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 | 231 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 239 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 232 | 33% |
Student demographics
39%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
40.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 40 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 up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.3% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.1% | 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Gwynn Park Middle
Gwynn Park Middle's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwynn Park Middle this school | 702 | 56.1% | 23.9% |
| Mattawoman Middle School Waldorf | 862 | 54.2% | 25.6% |
| James Madison Middle UPPER MARLBORO | 800 | 63.5% | 24.0% |
| John Hanson Middle School Waldorf | 727 | 56.8% | 23.2% |
| Loch Raven Technical Academy Baltimore | 722 | 62.6% | 23.1% |
| Windsor Mill Middle Baltimore | 606 | 61.1% | 27.7% |
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 Gwynn Park Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #180 of 223 | #13 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #214 of 223 ▼ 1 | #16 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #164 of 223 ▲ 8 | #11 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #138 of 230 | #22 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #219 of 225 | #24 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #189 of 225 | #20 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #93 of 227 | #23 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.0% | #32 of 95 | #8 of 17 |
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
702
+40 (+6%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 702 | 39 | 18.0:1 | 56% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 36 | 20.2:1 | 55% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 711 | 43 | 16.5:1 | 57% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 662 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 48% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 41% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 40 | 15.4:1 | 40% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 33% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 617 | 33 | 18.7:1 | 25% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 33 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gwynn Park Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (616 to 702); teachers unchanged (39 to 39).
About Gwynn Park Middle
In Brandywine, Maryland, Gwynn Park Middle is a medium-sized middle school. It educates 702 students in grades 6 through 8.
Within Prince George's County Public Schools, Gwynn Park Middle is one of 199 schools. The district enrolls 132,693 students.
Black students are the majority at Gwynn Park Middle, with 77% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 16% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Prince George's County, the Black share is about 59%. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 39 full-time positions, a ratio of 18.0:1. That is higher than the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 56%. That is 23 points below the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County.
Gwynn Park Middle is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Maryland public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Gwynn Park Middle posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.9%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Maryland are predicted to post 41.0%, so the school is 17.2 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Prince George's County show that the median household income is $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Gwynn Park Middle is one of 203 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Gwynn Park High is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Gwynn Park Middle. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Gwynn Park Middle is 6th of 8 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Gwynn Park Middle is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment climbed 6% from its 2020-21 level of 662. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.1:1 in 2020-21 to 18.0:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Gwynn Park Middle. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Brandywine
- Gwynn Park HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Brandywine ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- Baden ElementaryElementary · 184 students
- William Schmidt Environmental CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- Gwynn Park High0.3 mi · 1,147
- Brandywine Elementary1.1 mi · 572
- Waldon Woods Elementary3.4 mi · 523
- Surrattsville High4.2 mi · 875
- Rosaryville Elementary4.5 mi · 517
- Mattaponi Elementary4.5 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Gwynn Park MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Gwynn Park Middle?
Gwynn Park Middle enrolls approximately 702 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Gwynn Park Middle serve?
Gwynn Park Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Gwynn Park Middle?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Gwynn Park Middle.
What is the student diversity at Gwynn Park Middle?
Student demographics at Gwynn Park Middle are roughly 4% White, 16% Hispanic, 77% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Gwynn Park Middle in?
Gwynn Park Middle is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.