Lansdowne Middle

Lansdowne Middle is one of the mid-tier junior highs in Baltimore, Maryland, operated by Baltimore County Public Schools, with 661 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Baltimore County Public Schools comprises 177 schools with combined enrollment of 110,872 students; Lansdowne Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, Lansdowne Middle lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% Black, 18% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Lansdowne Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at Lansdowne Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Baltimore County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lansdowne Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 32.7%; actual is 15.2%, a gap of -17.4 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Baltimore County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Baltimore County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), of which Lansdowne Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Lansdowne Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lansdowne Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 22.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 762 students in 2018 compared to 661 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 25% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.