Magnolia Middle

As a medium-sized middle school in Joppa, Maryland, Magnolia Middle serves 689 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Harford County Public Schools.

Within Harford County Public Schools, which oversees 55 schools and 37,771 students, Magnolia Middle is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Magnolia Middle logs that 52% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 23% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Harford County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Magnolia Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harford County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Magnolia Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.1%, the actual is 26.4%, a residual of -2.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Harford County put the typical household earns roughly $112,265 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Harford County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,771 students), Magnolia Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Magnolia Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Magnolia Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Magnolia Middle at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 29.4%.

Magnolia Middle operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Magnolia Middle has edged down 6%, going from 731 students in 2018 to 689 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 30% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.