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Enrollment
617
Middle
DISTRICT 913 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240039000696
Havre de Grace Middle
445 Lewis Lane, Havre de Grace, MD 21078 · (410) 939-6608 · Harford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Maryland public middle schools
- B-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.
- ·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
13.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
284 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 212 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 218 | 35% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
50.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
21.2%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.1% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.6% | 26.1% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Havre de Grace Middle
Havre de Grace Middle's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Havre de Grace Middle this school | 617 | 46.0% | 37.8% |
| Calvert Middle Prince Frederick | 607 | 39.5% | 39.2% |
| Berlin Intermediate Berlin | 613 | 46.8% | 57.0% |
| Stephen Decatur Middle Berlin | 665 | 48.9% | 62.9% |
| Walkersville Middle Walkersville | 779 | 41.6% | 48.9% |
| Northwest Middle Taneytown | 655 | 44.4% | 38.9% |
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 Havre de Grace Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Harford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #104 of 223 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #126 of 223 ▼ 37 | #6 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #111 of 223 ▼ 25 | #6 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #169 of 230 | #9 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #63 of 225 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #106 of 225 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #136 of 227 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.8% | #41 of 95 | N/A |
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
617
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 617 | 46.7 | 13.2:1 | 46% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 46.5 | 12.6:1 | 47% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 43.3 | 14.5:1 | 47% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 43% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 40.3 | 13.8:1 | 34% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 39% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 45 | 11.8:1 | 38% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 599 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 28% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 27 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Havre de Grace Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (557 to 617); teachers up 16% (40.3 to 46.7).
About Havre de Grace Middle
Havre de Grace Middle is a small middle school in Havre de Grace, Maryland. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 617 students in 2024-25.
Havre de Grace Middle is run by Harford County Public Schools, whose 55 schools enroll 37,771 students.
White students are 56% of those enrolled at Havre de Grace Middle. The rest of enrollment is 22% Black, 11% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Harford County's population at about 73%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
Havre de Grace Middle reported 46.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.2:1. The school's 13.2:1 compares with an average of 14.3:1 for middle schools in Maryland. Roughly 46% of students at Havre de Grace Middle can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Havre de Grace Middle earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 43% of Maryland public middle schools.
Havre de Grace Middle is 9.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (37.8% versus 47.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
In Harford County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $112,265 a year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Harford County number 55, with about 37,771 students.
Havre de Grace High, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Havre de Grace Middle places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Havre de Grace Middle's location as Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment at Havre de Grace Middle was 613 in 2020-21 and 617 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The ratio was 15.7:1 in 2020-21 and 13.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Harford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
263,757
Census ACS
Median income
$112,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
37,771 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harford County Public Schools
- Edgewood HighHigh · 1,440 students
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- North Harford HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
Other schools in Havre de Grace
- Havre de Grace HighHigh · 822 students
- Havre de Grace ElementaryElementary · 593 students
- Meadowvale ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Roye-Williams ElementaryElementary · 444 students
Nearby schools
- Havre de Grace High0.0 mi · 822
- Havre de Grace Elementary0.3 mi · 593
- Meadowvale Elementary1.3 mi · 552
- Perryville Elementary2.3 mi · 423
- Perryville Middle2.4 mi · 512
- Roye-Williams Elementary2.5 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About Havre de Grace MiddleHow large is Havre de Grace Middle?
Havre de Grace Middle enrolls approximately 617 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Havre de Grace Middle serve?
Havre de Grace Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Havre de Grace Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Havre de Grace Middle is approximately 13.2:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Havre de Grace Middle?
Havre de Grace Middle reports a student body of 56% White, 9% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Havre de Grace Middle?
Havre de Grace Middle is overseen by Harford County Public Schools in Harford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.