Enrollment
360
Middle
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240054001644
Matapeake Middle School
671 Romancoke Road, Stevensville, MD 21666 · (410) 643-7330 · Queen Anne's County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Maryland public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
125 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 113 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 122 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 125 | 35% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
81.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
35.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.1% | 35.6% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 27.2% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Matapeake Middle School
Matapeake Middle School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matapeake Middle School this school | 360 | 34.7% | 53.3% |
| Stevensville Middle School Stevensville | 452 | 37.2% | 41.2% |
| Centreville Middle School Centreville | 501 | 35.9% | 48.7% |
| Mount Savage Middle Mount Savage | 408 | 46.8% | 41.3% |
| Perryville Middle Perryville | 512 | 46.5% | 35.4% |
| Thurmont Middle Thurmont | 507 | 48.3% | 31.1% |
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 Matapeake Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #48 of 223 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #64 of 223 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #11 of 223 ▲ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #215 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #50 of 225 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #196 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #168 of 227 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #93 of 123 |
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
360
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 360 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 35% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 32% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 23% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 19% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 25.5 | 14.8:1 | 14% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 22% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 13% (51) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Matapeake Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (378 to 360); teachers up 10% (25.5 to 28).
About Matapeake Middle School
Among the schools in Stevensville, Maryland, is Matapeake Middle School, a small middle school. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 360 students. By comparison, middle schools in Maryland enroll about 764 students on average.
Queen Anne's County Public Schools has a total of 14 schools and 7,478 students, Matapeake Middle School among them.
Of every 100 students at Matapeake Middle School, about 79 are White. Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Matapeake Middle School scores 36%.
On staff are 28 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. Middle schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 14.3:1. About 35% of students at Matapeake Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Matapeake Middle School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 85% of Maryland public middle schools.
Matapeake Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.3% and a predicted 53.7%.
For Queen Anne's County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $112,826 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Queen Anne's County number 14, with about 7,478 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Matapeake Elementary School, is about 0.1 miles. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Matapeake Middle School ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
Matapeake Middle School is in a town close to an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Fringe.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 6%. The school's ratio dropped from 15.2:1 to 12.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for Matapeake Middle School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Queen Anne's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,825
Census ACS
Median income
$112,826
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
7,478 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Queen Anne's County Public Schools
- Kent Island High SchoolHigh · 1,153 students
- Queen Anne's County High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Centreville Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Centreville Middle SchoolMiddle · 501 students
- Kennard Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Grasonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
Other schools in Stevensville
- Kent Island High SchoolHigh · 1,153 students
- Matapeake Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Kent Island Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Stevensville Middle SchoolMiddle · 452 students
- Bayside Elementary SchoolElementary · 368 students
Nearby schools
- Matapeake Elementary School0.1 mi · 472
- Stevensville Middle School1.8 mi · 452
- Kent Island Elementary School1.9 mi · 452
- Bayside Elementary School2.1 mi · 368
- Kent Island High School2.5 mi · 1,153
- Grasonville Elementary School7.8 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About Matapeake Middle SchoolHow large is Matapeake Middle School?
Matapeake Middle School enrolls approximately 360 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Matapeake Middle School serve?
Matapeake Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Matapeake Middle School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Matapeake Middle School.
How diverse is Matapeake Middle School?
Matapeake Middle School reports a student body of 79% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Matapeake Middle School?
Matapeake Middle School is overseen by Queen Anne's County Public Schools in Queen Anne's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.