Hallie Wells Middle

Hallie Wells Middle is a reasonably sized junior high in Clarksburg, Maryland, run under Montgomery County Public Schools. The school instructs 931 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 22% larger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 764 students.

Across the 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools (159,181 students total), Hallie Wells Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hallie Wells Middle logs that the largest single group is Asian at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 20% Black, 18% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hallie Wells Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.3%, the actual is 58.5%, a residual of -4.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Montgomery County reports that median household earnings sit near $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Hallie Wells Middle is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Snowden Farm Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hallie Wells Middle at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.4%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Hallie Wells Middle's enrollment has expanded 24% since 2018, when it stood at 752 (now 931). Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 35% to 44%.

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