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What's something Magothy River Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
655
Middle
DISTRICT 938 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000091
Magothy River Middle
241 Peninsula Farm Rd, Arnold, MD 21012 · (410) 544-0926 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL655 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- 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
14.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
119 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 200 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 233 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 222 | 34% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
76.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 40.8% |
% 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
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Magothy River Middle
Magothy River Middle's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magothy River Middle this school | 655 | 18.2% | 57.3% |
| New Market Middle New Market | 676 | 17.9% | 52.2% |
| Severn River Middle Arnold | 675 | 20.3% | 58.4% |
| Northern Middle Owings | 745 | 17.0% | 59.6% |
| Plum Point Middle Huntingtown | 619 | 20.7% | 56.6% |
| Mount Airy Middle Mount Airy | 761 | 19.4% | 52.6% |
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 Magothy River Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #33 of 223 | #4 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #44 of 223 ▼ 6 | #4 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #27 of 223 ▼ 2 | #3 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #159 of 230 | #18 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #122 of 225 | #14 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #174 of 225 | #17 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #203 of 227 | #18 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #53 of 123 | #3 of 9 |
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
655
-59 (-8%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 916
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 655 | 44.3 | 14.8:1 | 18% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 45.3 | 14.8:1 | 18% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 47.8 | 14.3:1 | 19% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 714 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 13% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 49.5 | 14.9:1 | 11% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 50 | 15.0:1 | 12% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 789 | 50 | 15.8:1 | 11% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 780 | 42 | 18.6:1 | 6% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 916 | 48 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Magothy River Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (738 to 655); teachers down 11% (49.5 to 44.3).
About Magothy River Middle
Magothy River Middle is a public middle school in Arnold, Maryland. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 655 students on the rolls.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools runs Magothy River Middle along with 124 other schools, enrolling 85,029 students in total.
The largest group at Magothy River Middle is White students, at 74%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Anne Arundel County residents are about 63% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Magothy River Middle scores 44%.
There are about 14.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Magothy River Middle, which has 44.3. The average ratio among middle schools in Maryland is similar, at 14.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Magothy River Middle is about 18%. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Anne Arundel County.
Magothy River Middle holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 78% of Maryland public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Magothy River Middle is -6.2 points: 57.3% actual, 63.5% predicted.
The county, Anne Arundel County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $124,911, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 129 public schools and about 85,074 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, AACPS Virtual Academy, is the closest to Magothy River Middle. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Magothy River Middle. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Magothy River Middle ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 714 (2020-21) to 655 (2024-25).
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Anne Arundel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
598,166
Census ACS
Median income
$124,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
85,074 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools
- Glen Burnie HighHigh · 2,226 students
- North County HighHigh · 2,161 students
- Broadneck HighHigh · 2,143 students
- Annapolis HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Meade HighHigh · 2,045 students
- Crofton High SchoolHigh · 1,906 students
Other schools in Arnold
- Severn River MiddleMiddle · 675 students
- Broadneck ElementaryElementary · 652 students
- Belvedere ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Arnold ElementaryElementary · 454 students
- AACPS Virtual AcademyCombined · 384 students
Nearby schools
- AACPS Virtual Academy0.0 mi · 384
- Severn River Middle0.0 mi · 675
- Belvedere Elementary0.6 mi · 542
- Jones Elementary1.2 mi · 334
- Broadneck Elementary1.8 mi · 652
- Arnold Elementary1.8 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About Magothy River MiddleHow many students attend Magothy River Middle?
Magothy River Middle enrolls approximately 655 students in grades 06-08.
Is Magothy River Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Magothy River Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Magothy River Middle have?
Magothy River Middle employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Magothy River Middle?
Student demographics at Magothy River Middle are roughly 74% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Magothy River Middle in?
Magothy River Middle is part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
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