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Enrollment
490
Middle
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DORCHESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240030001423
Mace's Lane Middle School
1101 Mace's Lane, Cambridge, MD 21613 · (410) 228-2111 · Dorchester County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Maryland public middle schools
- FTest 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
12.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
430 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 179 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 159 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 152 | 31% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
23.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.2% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.3% | 10.0% |
% 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
15.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Mace's Lane Middle School
Mace's Lane Middle School's state test result (15.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mace's Lane Middle School this school | 490 | 87.8% | 15.9% |
| Benjamin Stoddert Middle Temple Hills | 628 | 94.7% | 20.6% |
| G. James Gholson Middle Landover | 603 | 95.2% | 17.8% |
| Deep Creek Middle Baltimore | 670 | 75.5% | 22.2% |
| Katherine Johnson Global Academy Baltimore | 473 | 90.5% | 11.1% |
| Magnolia Middle Joppa | 689 | 76.2% | 26.4% |
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 Mace's Lane Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #212 of 223 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #210 of 223 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #210 of 223 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #197 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #29 of 225 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #117 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.8% | #22 of 227 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #76 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
490
-113 (-19%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 490 | 40 | 12.3:1 | 88% (430) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 43 | 10.8:1 | 100% (465) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 39 | 12.3:1 | 100% (481) |
| 2020-21 | 603 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 100% (603) |
| 2017-18 | 526 | 40 | 13.2:1 | 100% (526) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 79% (423) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 43 | 11.7:1 | 71% (357) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 38 | 16.7:1 | 55% (349) |
| 1990-91 | 664 | 41 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mace's Lane Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (526 to 490); teachers unchanged (40 to 40).
About Mace's Lane Middle School
As a low-enrollment middle school, Mace's Lane Middle School serves students in Cambridge, Maryland. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 490 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Maryland is about 764 students, so this school is 36% smaller than average.
Mace's Lane Middle School reports to Dorchester County Public Schools, which has 11 schools and 4,586 students.
At Mace's Lane Middle School, Black students make up 59% of the student body. The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic, 13% White, and 10% multiracial. The school's Black share is 34 points above the 25% share among Dorchester County residents. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 40 full-time equivalents, or about 12.3 students per teacher. On average, middle schools in Maryland have 14.3:1, compared with 12.3:1 here. About 88% of students, or 430, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Dorchester County report 73%.
allk12 grades Mace's Lane Middle School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Maryland, Mace's Lane Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 15.9% actual against a predicted 22.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Dorchester County, the median household income is $61,839, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Dorchester County is home to 13 public schools and about 4,586 public school students.
Nearest public school: Choptank Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Mace's Lane Middle School places 7th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, Mace's Lane Middle School's enrollment dropped 19%, to 490. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.7:1 in 2020-21 to 12.3:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Mace's Lane Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Dorchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,754
Census ACS
Median income
$61,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,586 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dorchester County Public Schools
- Cambridge-South Dorchester High SchoolHigh · 811 students
- North Dorchester High SchoolHigh · 526 students
- Maple Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- North Dorchester Middle SchoolMiddle · 414 students
- Sandy Hill ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Hurlock Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
Other schools in Cambridge
- Cambridge-South Dorchester High SchoolHigh · 811 students
- Maple Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Sandy Hill ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Choptank Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
- Dorchester County Career and Technology CenterHigh
- Judith P. Hoyer Early Childhood CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- Choptank Elementary School0.1 mi · 319
- Cambridge-South Dorchester High School0.9 mi · 811
- Maple Elementary School1.2 mi · 483
- Sandy Hill Elementary1.6 mi · 393
- White Marsh Elementary7.8 mi · 289
- Warwick Elementary School8.8 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Mace's Lane Middle SchoolHow large is Mace's Lane Middle School?
Mace's Lane Middle School enrolls approximately 490 students in grades 06-08.
Is Mace's Lane Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mace's Lane Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Mace's Lane Middle School have?
Mace's Lane Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mace's Lane Middle School?
At Mace's Lane Middle School, the student body is approximately 13% White, 18% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Mace's Lane Middle School public or private?
Mace's Lane Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dorchester County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.