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What's something Leonardtown Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
969
Middle
DISTRICT 899 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. MARY'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240060001229
Leonardtown Middle
24015 Point Lookout Rd, Leonardtown, MD 20650 · (301) 475-0230 · St. Mary's County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL969 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Maryland public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.3:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
255 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 322 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 323 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 324 | 33% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
74.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
53.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.4% | 53.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.5% | 44.2% |
% 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Leonardtown Middle
Leonardtown Middle's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonardtown Middle this school | 969 | 26.3% | 60.3% |
| Chesapeake Bay Middle Pasadena | 1,087 | 26.5% | 46.0% |
| Bel Air Middle Bel Air | 1,080 | 24.1% | 53.8% |
| Southampton Middle Bel Air | 1,192 | 22.8% | 62.2% |
| Westminster West Middle Westminster | 923 | 33.2% | 53.6% |
| Middletown Middle Middletown | 784 | 19.9% | 54.9% |
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 Leonardtown Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #21 of 223 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #14 of 223 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #33 of 223 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 969 | #50 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #211 of 225 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #180 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #184 of 227 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #122 of 123 |
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
969
-60 (-6%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 700
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 969 | 56 | 17.3:1 | 26% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 954 | 55 | 17.4:1 | 26% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 969 | 55 | 17.6:1 | 27% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 1,029 | 53 | 19.4:1 | 22% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 976 | 53.1 | 18.4:1 | 22% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 955 | 56 | 17.1:1 | 22% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 921 | 62 | 14.8:1 | 18% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 903 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 13% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 700 | 44 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leonardtown Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (976 to 969); teachers up 5% (53.1 to 56).
About Leonardtown Middle
Among the schools in Leonardtown, Maryland, is Leonardtown Middle, a mid-sized middle-grades school. Total enrollment is 969 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. That is 27% bigger than the average of about 764 students for middle schools in Maryland.
Leonardtown Middle reports to St. Mary's County Public Schools, which has 26 schools and 16,905 students.
Federal enrollment data show Leonardtown Middle is 75% White. Other groups make up 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. In St. Mary's County overall, the White share is about 71%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 17.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Leonardtown Middle, which has 56. Middle schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 14.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 26%. Public schools in St. Mary's County average 41%.
Among Maryland public middle schools, Leonardtown Middle outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Leonardtown Middle scores 60.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.6%.
The county, St. Mary's County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $119,446 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. St. Mary's County has 28 public schools with about 16,905 students, including Leonardtown Middle.
Leonardtown High, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. By average proficiency, Leonardtown Middle is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
Federal data place Leonardtown Middle in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 969, compared with 1,029 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.4:1 to 17.3:1.
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St. Mary's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
115,126
Census ACS
Median income
$119,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
16,905 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Mary's County Public Schools
- Leonardtown HighHigh · 2,118 students
- Great Mills HighHigh · 1,697 students
- Chopticon HighHigh · 1,526 students
- Spring Ridge MiddleMiddle · 913 students
- Margaret Brent MiddleMiddle · 878 students
- Esperanza MiddleMiddle · 835 students
Other schools in Leonardtown
- Leonardtown HighHigh · 2,118 students
- Captain Walter Francis Duke ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- Leonardtown ElementaryElementary · 509 students
- Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Leonardtown High0.3 mi · 2,118
- Leonardtown Elementary2.2 mi · 509
- Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary3.1 mi · 516
- Evergreen Elementary School3.2 mi · 715
- Benjamin Banneker Elementary5.2 mi · 543
- Hollywood Elementary5.8 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Leonardtown MiddleHow many students attend Leonardtown Middle?
Leonardtown Middle enrolls approximately 969 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Leonardtown Middle serve?
Leonardtown Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Leonardtown Middle?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Leonardtown Middle.
What is the student diversity at Leonardtown Middle?
Student demographics at Leonardtown Middle are roughly 75% White, 6% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Leonardtown Middle in?
Leonardtown Middle is part of St. Mary's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.