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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Mill Creek Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
436
Middle
DISTRICT 586 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240015002946
Mill Creek Middle
12200 Southern Connector Blvd, Lusby, MD 20657 · (443) 550-9190 · Calvert County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Maryland public middle schools
- B-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.
- ·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
16.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
232 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 144 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 149 | 34% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
49.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
23.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +6.6pp 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 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.1% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 17.3% |
% 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Mill Creek Middle
Mill Creek Middle's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Middle this school | 436 | 53.2% | 35.3% |
| Southern Middle Lusby | 442 | 50.5% | 29.6% |
| Snow Hill Middle Snow Hill | 404 | 54.5% | 60.6% |
| Cherry Hill Middle Elkton | 387 | 49.9% | 30.0% |
| Bohemia Manor Middle Chesapeake City | 473 | 50.7% | 37.9% |
| North Dorchester Middle School Hurlock | 414 | 62.8% | 42.6% |
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 Mill Creek Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Calvert County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #118 of 223 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #113 of 223 ▲ 22 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #114 of 223 ▼ 15 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #207 of 230 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #177 of 225 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #127 of 225 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #110 of 227 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #54 of 123 | N/A |
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
436
-52 (-11%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 436 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 53% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 53% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 31.5 | 14.2:1 | 41% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 38% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 32.5 | 15.1:1 | 34% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 40% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 34% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 615 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 22% (133) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mill Creek Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (490 to 436); teachers down 17% (32.5 to 27).
About Mill Creek Middle
Mill Creek Middle is a small middle school. Its address is in Lusby, Maryland. The school serves 436 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in Maryland average about 764 students.
Calvert County Public Schools (24 schools, 14,849 students) runs Mill Creek Middle.
At 62%, White students outnumber all other groups at Mill Creek Middle combined. It is also 15% Black, 14% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Calvert County's residents are about 75% White, 13 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Mill Creek Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
Its teaching staff equals 27 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.1:1. That ratio is over the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. Around 53% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 21 points above the 32% average for public schools in Calvert County.
The allk12 Grade for Mill Creek Middle is C+. Compared with Maryland public middle schools, the school scored higher than 44% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 42.7% for a school in Maryland with Mill Creek Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Mill Creek Middle posts 35.3%.
Census Bureau estimates for Calvert County show that median household income is about $133,922, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 2% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 25 public schools operate in Calvert County, serving about 14,849 students.
Patuxent High is located about 0.5 miles from Mill Creek Middle. Other public schools within five miles: 5. The nearest schools with test data average 47.9%, higher than Mill Creek Middle's 35.3%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Small.
The student count in 2024-25 was 436, 11% below the 488 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 14.8 to 16.1 over 4 years.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Calvert County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
94,313
Census ACS
Median income
$133,922
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
2%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
14,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calvert County Public Schools
- Northern HighHigh · 1,478 students
- Huntingtown High SchoolHigh · 1,311 students
- Calvert HighHigh · 1,080 students
- Patuxent HighHigh · 928 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 745 students
- Windy Hill MiddleMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in Lusby
- Patuxent HighHigh · 928 students
- Patuxent Appeal Elementary CampusElementary · 641 students
- Dowell ElementaryElementary · 541 students
- Southern MiddleMiddle · 442 students
Other Mill Creek Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Mill Creek Middle. Mill Creek Middle is the 7th largest of the 8.
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolWoodstock, GA · 1,476 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolNolensville, TN · 932 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolKent, WA · 866 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolLenexa, KS · 676 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolDEXTER, MI · 525 students
Nearby schools
- Patuxent High0.5 mi · 928
- Dowell Elementary0.6 mi · 541
- Patuxent Appeal Elementary Campus1.1 mi · 641
- Southern Middle3.1 mi · 442
- Town Creek Elementary4.8 mi · 220
- Green Holly Elementary School5.1 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Mill Creek MiddleHow many students attend Mill Creek Middle?
Mill Creek Middle enrolls approximately 436 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mill Creek Middle serve?
Mill Creek Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mill Creek Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mill Creek Middle is approximately 16.1:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mill Creek Middle?
At Mill Creek Middle, the student body is approximately 62% White, 6% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Mill Creek Middle public or private?
Mill Creek Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Calvert County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.