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Hyattsville Middle
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Hyattsville Middle
Set in Hyattsville, Maryland, Hyattsville Middle is a heavily attended 6-8 campus, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools. It works with 1,305 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 71% bigger than the state mean of about 764.
Within Prince George's County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 132,693 students, Hyattsville Middle is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Hyattsville Middle reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Black, 6% White. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Hyattsville Middle shows 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.
After controlling for student poverty, Hyattsville Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.2%, the actual is 19.0%, a residual of +0.8 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Prince George's County indicate the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Hyattsville Middle is one.
Hyattsville Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hyattsville Middle at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 32.2%.
Hyattsville Middle operates from a suburban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Hyattsville Middle's enrollment has grew 52% since 2018, when it stood at 861 (now 1,305). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 62% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.
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