Matapeake Middle School

Set in Stevensville, Maryland, Matapeake Middle School is a small junior high, operated by Queen Anne's County Public Schools. It works with 360 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 764 students each, so Matapeake Middle School sits 53% below that benchmark.

Queen Anne's County Public Schools comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 7,478 students; Matapeake Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Matapeake Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 14.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Matapeake Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.7%; this one delivers 53.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Queen Anne's County indicate median household earnings sit near $112,826, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Queen Anne's County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,478 students), of which Matapeake Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Matapeake Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Matapeake Middle School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Matapeake Middle School's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 360). Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Matapeake Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.