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Enrollment
991
Middle
DISTRICT 938 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000095
Marley Middle
10 Davis Ct, Glen Burnie, MD 21060 · (410) 424-3220 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL991 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Maryland public middle schools
- C-Test 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
12.7:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
714 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 | 307 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 341 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 343 | 35% |
Student demographics
72%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
41.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
13.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +3.4pp 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 13 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.7% | 13.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.8% | 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
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Marley Middle
Marley Middle's state test result (25.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marley Middle this school | 991 | 72.0% | 25.0% |
| Crestwood Middle Frederick | 996 | 67.7% | 32.2% |
| West Frederick Middle Frederick | 820 | 64.5% | 34.4% |
| E. Russell Hicks Middle Hagerstown | 841 | 68.8% | 42.4% |
| Brooklyn Park Middle Baltimore | 784 | 65.3% | 30.6% |
| Western Heights Middle Hagerstown | 883 | 69.9% | 30.0% |
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 Marley Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #174 of 223 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #175 of 223 ▲ 15 | #16 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #159 of 223 ▲ 14 | #14 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 991 | #46 of 230 | #8 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #43 of 225 | #7 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #41 of 225 | #6 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #38 of 227 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.8% | #26 of 95 | #3 of 10 |
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
991
+35 (+4%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 800
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 991 | 78 | 12.7:1 | 72% (714) |
| 2023-24 | 990 | 69 | 14.3:1 | 70% (695) |
| 2022-23 | 924 | 73.5 | 12.6:1 | 73% (674) |
| 2020-21 | 956 | 75 | 12.8:1 | 63% (606) |
| 2017-18 | 841 | 65.3 | 12.9:1 | 51% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 823 | 66 | 12.5:1 | 59% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | 61 | 12.6:1 | 51% (393) |
| 2000-01 | 952 | 54 | 17.6:1 | 32% (300) |
| 1990-91 | 800 | 45 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marley Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (841 to 991); teachers up 20% (65.3 to 78).
About Marley Middle
Marley Middle is one of the public schools in Glen Burnie, Maryland. It is a mid-sized middle school. The school enrolls 991 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 764 students for middle schools in Maryland.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools runs 125 schools with a combined 85,029 students. Marley Middle is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Marley Middle, about 35 are Hispanic, the largest group. The school is also 28% Black, 27% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 11% Hispanic share among all Anne Arundel County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
On staff are 78 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. The average for middle schools in Maryland is 14.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 72% of students at Marley Middle are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Anne Arundel County average 42%.
Among Maryland public middle schools, Marley Middle outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Marley Middle scores 25.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 31.6%.
Looking at the county, Anne Arundel County, 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.
Marley Middle is about 0.3 miles from Marley Elementary, its nearest public school. Marley Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 36.4% on proficiency, and Marley Middle is below that at 25.0%.
The federal government classifies Marley Middle's location as Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 4%.
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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 Glen Burnie
- Glen Burnie HighHigh · 2,226 students
- North County HighHigh · 2,161 students
- Rippling Woods ElementaryElementary · 702 students
- Monarch AcademyElementary · 687 students
- Solley ElementaryElementary · 674 students
- Marley ElementaryElementary · 618 students
Nearby schools
- Marley Elementary0.3 mi · 618
- Marley Glen School0.4 mi · 99
- Freetown Elementary1.1 mi · 530
- Glendale Elementary1.1 mi · 438
- Woodside Elementary1.2 mi · 330
- Glen Burnie High1.4 mi · 2,226
Frequently asked questions
About Marley MiddleHow large is Marley Middle?
Marley Middle enrolls approximately 991 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Marley Middle serve?
Marley Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Marley Middle?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Marley Middle.
How diverse is Marley Middle?
Marley Middle reports a student body of 27% White, 35% Hispanic, 28% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Marley Middle?
Marley Middle is overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Anne Arundel County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.