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Enrollment
993
Middle
DISTRICT 888 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001441
Lakelands Park Middle
1200 Main St, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 · (240) 740-6450 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL993 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- B+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
15.1:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
338 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 337 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 325 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 331 | 33% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
69.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
40.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.4% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 62.5% | 30.9% |
% 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Lakelands Park Middle
Lakelands Park Middle's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakelands Park Middle this school | 993 | 34.0% | 50.8% |
| Tilden Middle Rockville | 1,112 | 24.1% | 57.7% |
| Julius West Middle Rockville | 1,365 | 38.3% | 45.9% |
| Bonnie Branch Middle Ellicott City | 739 | 29.2% | 49.6% |
| Kingsview Middle Germantown | 908 | 35.6% | 49.7% |
| Ridgeview Middle Gaithersburg | 722 | 41.7% | 41.0% |
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 Lakelands Park Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #58 of 223 | #14 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #50 of 223 ▲ 17 | #13 of 40 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #47 of 223 ▲ 13 | #10 of 40 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 993 | #44 of 230 | #10 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #135 of 225 | #25 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.1% | #6 of 225 | #3 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #169 of 227 | #28 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #56 of 123 | #10 of 21 |
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
993
-189 (-16%) vs 2020
+14% since 2010-11, when it was 873
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 993 | 65.6 | 15.1:1 | 34% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 1,014 | 69 | 14.7:1 | 30% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 1,042 | 73.2 | 14.2:1 | 34% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 1,182 | 78 | 15.2:1 | 27% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 1,103 | 69.2 | 15.9:1 | 23% (256) |
| 2015-16 | 1,049 | 69 | 15.2:1 | 22% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 873 | 58 | 15.1:1 | 20% (172) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakelands Park Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,103 to 993); teachers down 5% (69.2 to 65.6).
About Lakelands Park Middle
Lakelands Park Middle is a middle school located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in Montgomery County. Its enrollment is 993 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Maryland average about 764 students, which makes this school 30% larger than average.
Montgomery County Public Schools runs Lakelands Park Middle along with 207 other schools, enrolling 159,181 students in total.
The student body at Lakelands Park Middle has no majority group. White students lead at 33%. The next largest groups are 29% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 13% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's White share is 9 points below the 42% share among Montgomery County residents. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Lakelands Park Middle are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakelands Park Middle is 15.1:1, based on 65.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Maryland is 14.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Lakelands Park Middle counts 34% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Lakelands Park Middle lands at A-, ahead of 78% of Maryland public middle schools.
A school with Lakelands Park Middle's lunch-eligibility share in Maryland is predicted to score 54.1%. Lakelands Park Middle scores 50.8%, 3.3 points below that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Montgomery County show that the median household earns about $132,450 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Montgomery County has 211 public schools with about 159,181 students, including Lakelands Park Middle.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Rachel Carson Elementary, is the closest to Lakelands Park Middle. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Lakelands Park Middle comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 993, compared with 1,182 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Lakelands Park Middle can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Gaithersburg
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Quince Orchard HighHigh · 2,100 students
- Watkins Mill HighHigh · 1,577 students
- Gaithersburg MiddleMiddle · 869 students
- Forest Oak MiddleMiddle · 828 students
- South Lake ElementaryElementary · 746 students
Nearby schools
- Rachel Carson Elementary0.8 mi · 671
- Fields Road Elementary1.0 mi · 453
- DuFief Elementary1.0 mi · 276
- Quince Orchard High1.2 mi · 2,100
- Ridgeview Middle1.2 mi · 722
- Diamond Elementary1.4 mi · 654
Frequently asked questions
About Lakelands Park MiddleHow many students attend Lakelands Park Middle?
Lakelands Park Middle enrolls approximately 993 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lakelands Park Middle serve?
Lakelands Park Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lakelands Park Middle?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Lakelands Park Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakelands Park Middle?
At Lakelands Park Middle, the student body is approximately 33% White, 29% Hispanic, 13% Black, 19% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Lakelands Park Middle public or private?
Lakelands Park Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.