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Enrollment
697
Middle
DISTRICT 938 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000823
Meade Middle
1103 26th St, Fort Meade, MD 20755 · (410) 305-2400 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL697 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- 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.
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
11.1:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
519 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 | 226 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 233 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 238 | 34% |
Student demographics
61%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
39.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
10.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.3% | 10.6% |
| 2023-24 | 29.4% | 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
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Meade Middle
Meade Middle's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meade Middle this school | 697 | 74.5% | 22.3% |
| Lansdowne Middle Baltimore | 661 | 70.2% | 15.2% |
| Dundalk Middle Baltimore | 598 | 70.9% | 13.6% |
| Annapolis Middle Annapolis | 790 | 85.1% | 20.3% |
| Gaithersburg Middle Gaithersburg | 869 | 63.2% | 23.8% |
| Argyle Middle Silver Spring | 868 | 61.4% | 30.6% |
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 Meade Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #189 of 223 | #17 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #192 of 223 ▼ 1 | #17 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #172 of 223 ▲ 21 | #17 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 697 | #141 of 230 | #16 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #13 of 225 | #4 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #107 of 225 | #10 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #35 of 227 | #3 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.4% | #37 of 95 | #5 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
697
-129 (-16%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 833
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 697 | 63 | 11.1:1 | 74% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 779 | 66 | 11.8:1 | 78% (604) |
| 2022-23 | 788 | 65.5 | 12.0:1 | 79% (623) |
| 2020-21 | 826 | 69 | 12.0:1 | 72% (593) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 47.8 | 13.0:1 | 59% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 52 | 11.3:1 | 57% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 56 | 12.3:1 | 43% (299) |
| 2000-01 | 833 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 36% (297) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meade Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (620 to 697); teachers up 32% (47.8 to 63).
About Meade Middle
Meade Middle is a public medium-sized middle school in Fort Meade, Maryland. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 697 students.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools includes 125 schools. Together they enroll 85,029 students.
At 53%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Meade Middle combined. Smaller groups are 32% Black, 6% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 11% of Anne Arundel County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Meade Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
A ratio of 11.1:1 comes from the school's 63 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Maryland average 14.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 74% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Anne Arundel County, the average is 42%.
Meade Middle is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of Maryland public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Meade Middle's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (22.3%) and its predicted rate (30.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
Meade Middle is located in Anne Arundel County, where median household income is about $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County, with a combined enrollment of about 85,074.
The closest other public school is Meade High, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 22.3% is below the 36.5% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Meade Middle as Suburb: Large.
Meade Middle had 826 students in 2020-21 and 697 in 2024-25, a 16% decrease.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Nearby schools
- Meade High0.2 mi · 2,045
- MacArthur Middle0.8 mi · 992
- Manor View Elementary0.9 mi · 374
- Meade Heights Elementary1.1 mi · 494
- Pershing Hill Elementary1.1 mi · 434
- West Meade Early Education Center1.3 mi · 246
Frequently asked questions
About Meade MiddleHow many students attend Meade Middle?
Meade Middle enrolls approximately 697 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Meade Middle serve?
Meade Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Meade Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Meade Middle is approximately 11.1:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Meade Middle?
At Meade Middle, the student body is approximately 6% White, 53% Hispanic, 32% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Meade Middle?
Meade 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.