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Enrollment
689
Middle
DISTRICT 913 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240039001352
Magnolia Middle
299 Fort Hoyle Rd, Joppa, MD 21085 · (410) 612-1525 · Harford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Maryland public middle schools
- CTest 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
10.9:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
525 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 229 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 230 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 230 | 33% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
42.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
14.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.1% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.7% | 11.7% |
% 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Magnolia Middle
Magnolia Middle's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Middle this school | 689 | 76.2% | 26.4% |
| Deep Creek Middle Baltimore | 670 | 75.5% | 22.2% |
| Wicomico Middle Salisbury | 827 | 68.2% | 20.1% |
| Edgewood Middle Edgewood | 936 | 69.2% | 26.5% |
| Stemmers Run Middle Baltimore | 831 | 70.2% | 17.5% |
| Middle River Middle Baltimore | 822 | 66.1% | 21.4% |
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 Magnolia Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Harford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #166 of 223 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #169 of 223 ▲ 6 | #8 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #156 of 223 ▲ 5 | #8 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #143 of 230 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #12 of 225 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #89 of 225 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.2% | #29 of 227 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #84 of 123 | #4 of 6 |
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
689
-123 (-15%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 769
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 689 | 63 | 10.9:1 | 76% (525) |
| 2023-24 | 724 | 64.3 | 11.3:1 | 71% (513) |
| 2022-23 | 730 | 64.8 | 11.3:1 | 78% (567) |
| 2020-21 | 812 | 55 | 14.8:1 | 70% (568) |
| 2017-18 | 731 | 58.8 | 12.4:1 | 62% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | 58 | 13.1:1 | 64% (489) |
| 2010-11 | 735 | 61 | 12.1:1 | 53% (388) |
| 2000-01 | 881 | 56 | 15.7:1 | 32% (281) |
| 1990-91 | 769 | 42 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Magnolia Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (731 to 689); teachers up 7% (58.8 to 63).
About Magnolia Middle
Magnolia Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Joppa, Maryland, under Harford County Public Schools. It has an enrollment of 689 students in grades 6 through 8.
Magnolia Middle sits within Harford County Public Schools, which has 55 schools and 37,771 students.
The student body at Magnolia Middle is 52% Black. The rest of enrollment is 23% White, 12% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. Among all residents of Harford County, the Black share is about 14%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Magnolia Middle reports a ratio of 10.9 students per teacher, from 63 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 10.9:1 compares with an average of 14.3:1 for middle schools in Maryland. Lunch program data show 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 37 points above the 39% average for public schools in Harford County.
Among Maryland public middle schools, Magnolia Middle outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Magnolia Middle's lunch-eligibility share in Maryland is predicted to score 29.1%. Magnolia Middle scores 26.4%, 2.8 points below that line.
In Harford County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $112,265, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 55 public schools in the county, enrolling about 37,771, Magnolia Middle among them.
Magnolia Elementary is the nearest public school to Magnolia Middle, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 26.4% is below the 29.4% average for nearby schools.
Magnolia Middle has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 123 students, from 812 to 689. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.9:1) than in 2020-21 (14.8:1).
On allk12, people connected to Magnolia Middle can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Harford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
263,757
Census ACS
Median income
$112,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
37,771 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harford County Public Schools
- Edgewood HighHigh · 1,440 students
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- North Harford HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
Other schools in Joppa
- Joppatowne HighHigh · 882 students
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- Joppatowne ElementaryElementary · 495 students
- Riverside ElementaryElementary · 481 students
Other Magnolia Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Magnolia Middle. Magnolia Middle is the largest of the 5.
- MAGNOLIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMAGNOLIA, AR · 492 students
- Magnolia Middle SchoolMagnolia, DE · 460 students
- Magnolia Middle SchoolMeridian, MS · 440 students
- Magnolia Middle SchoolMOSS POINT, MS · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Magnolia Elementary0.2 mi · 545
- Riverside Elementary0.6 mi · 481
- Joppatowne High1.2 mi · 882
- Joppatowne Elementary1.9 mi · 495
- Edgewood Elementary2.0 mi · 428
- Deerfield Elementary2.3 mi · 708
Frequently asked questions
About Magnolia MiddleHow many students attend Magnolia Middle?
Magnolia Middle enrolls approximately 689 students in grades 06-08.
Is Magnolia Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Magnolia Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Magnolia Middle have?
Magnolia Middle employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Magnolia Middle?
Student demographics at Magnolia Middle are roughly 23% White, 12% Hispanic, 52% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Magnolia Middle in?
Magnolia Middle is part of Harford County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.