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Enrollment
731
Middle
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042090477
Mayfield Woods Middle
7950 Redbarn Way, Elkridge, MD 21075 · (410) 313-5022 · Howard County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL731 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Maryland public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
293 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 251 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 242 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 238 | 33% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
49.4%
MD avg 50.6% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
28.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.4% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 50.2% | 26.6% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Mayfield Woods Middle
Mayfield Woods Middle's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield Woods Middle this school | 731 | 40.1% | 38.7% |
| Ridgeview Middle Gaithersburg | 722 | 41.7% | 41.0% |
| Ballenger Creek Middle Frederick | 777 | 42.3% | 43.3% |
| Murray Hill Middle Laurel | 616 | 37.3% | 42.4% |
| Cockeysville Middle Cockeysville | 928 | 42.3% | 40.8% |
| Patuxent Valley Middle Jessup | 840 | 43.7% | 34.6% |
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 Mayfield Woods Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #98 of 223 | #15 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #87 of 223 ▼ 1 | #16 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #112 of 223 ▼ 10 | #16 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 731 | #126 of 230 | #6 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #45 of 225 | #4 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.5% | #4 of 225 | #2 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #154 of 227 | #6 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #75 of 95 | #10 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
731
-64 (-8%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 802
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 731 | 57.4 | 12.7:1 | 40% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 56.2 | 12.4:1 | 43% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 56.3 | 12.7:1 | 44% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 795 | 61 | 13.0:1 | 36% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 712 | 53.6 | 13.3:1 | 30% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 51 | 13.1:1 | 32% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | 54 | 13.2:1 | 24% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 802 | 53 | 15.1:1 | 20% (160) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mayfield Woods Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (712 to 731); teachers up 7% (53.6 to 57.4).
About Mayfield Woods Middle
A mid-sized middle school in Elkridge, Maryland, Mayfield Woods Middle is part of Howard County Public Schools. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 731 students in 2024-25.
Howard County Public Schools has 77 schools; together they serve 57,565 students.
The biggest share of students at Mayfield Woods Middle, 33%, is Hispanic. The next largest groups are 27% Black, 21% White, 14% Asian, and 5% multiracial. In Howard County overall, about 9% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 75%.
Mayfield Woods Middle has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1, with 57.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 40% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Howard County, the average is 27%.
On the allk12 Grade, Mayfield Woods Middle lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Maryland public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Mayfield Woods Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.7%; the prediction is 50.5%.
The school is in Howard County, where median household income comes to about $149,763, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Howard County's 78 public schools enroll about 57,565 students and include Mayfield Woods Middle.
Mayfield Woods Middle's closest public school neighbor is Bellows Spring Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Mayfield Woods Middle is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
Mayfield Woods Middle has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 795 to 731, an 8% decline.
This page is set up for the Mayfield Woods Middle community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
336,328
Census ACS
Median income
$149,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
57,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howard County Public Schools
- Marriotts Ridge HighHigh · 1,741 students
- Reservoir HighHigh · 1,597 students
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
Other schools in Elkridge
- Elkridge ElementaryElementary · 798 students
- Elkridge Landing MiddleMiddle · 686 students
- Rockburn ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Deep Run ElementaryElementary · 638 students
- Ducketts Lane ElementaryElementary · 573 students
Nearby schools
- Bellows Spring Elementary0.4 mi · 806
- Deep Run Elementary0.9 mi · 638
- Waterloo Elementary0.9 mi · 666
- Long Reach High1.5 mi · 1,334
- Rockburn Elementary1.5 mi · 649
- Ducketts Lane Elementary2.2 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Mayfield Woods MiddleHow large is Mayfield Woods Middle?
Mayfield Woods Middle enrolls approximately 731 students in grades 06-08.
Is Mayfield Woods Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mayfield Woods Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Mayfield Woods Middle have?
Mayfield Woods Middle employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Mayfield Woods Middle?
Student demographics at Mayfield Woods Middle are roughly 21% White, 33% Hispanic, 27% Black, 14% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Mayfield Woods Middle public or private?
Mayfield Woods Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Howard County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.