Lindale Middle

As a moderately sized middle school in Linthicum, Maryland, Lindale Middle instructs 884 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools comprises 125 schools with combined enrollment of 85,029 students; Lindale Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, Lindale Middle records that the largest single group is Black at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 32% White, 23% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lindale Middle has 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Anne Arundel County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Lindale Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.5%, the actual is 28.7%, a residual of -11.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Anne Arundel County shows median household income runs about $124,911, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lindale Middle is one of 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students).

The closest other public school is Linthicum Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lindale Middle comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.4%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Lindale Middle's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,091 (now 884). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 45% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Lindale Middle typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.