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What's the most underrated thing about Mount Airy Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
761
Middle
DISTRICT 658 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240021000539
Mount Airy Middle
102 Watersville Road, Mount Airy, MD 21771 · (410) 751-3554 · Carroll County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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.
- CBeats 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
17.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
148 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 252 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 276 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 233 | 31% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
74.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
31.7%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.4% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 70.5% | 33.8% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Mount Airy Middle
Mount Airy Middle's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Airy Middle this school | 761 | 19.4% | 52.6% |
| Middletown Middle Middletown | 784 | 19.9% | 54.9% |
| New Market Middle New Market | 676 | 17.9% | 52.2% |
| Magothy River Middle Arnold | 655 | 18.2% | 57.3% |
| Northern Middle Owings | 745 | 17.0% | 59.6% |
| Severn River Middle Arnold | 675 | 20.3% | 58.4% |
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 Mount Airy Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #52 of 223 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #77 of 223 ▼ 24 | #5 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #32 of 223 ▼ 2 | #2 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #118 of 230 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #207 of 225 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.1% | #201 of 225 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.4% | #200 of 227 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #69 of 95 | 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
761
+71 (+10%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 761 | 44.5 | 17.1:1 | 19% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 754 | 48.6 | 15.5:1 | 18% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 50 | 14.4:1 | 23% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 690 | 45 | 15.3:1 | 17% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 737 | 46.5 | 15.8:1 | 12% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 39 | 16.4:1 | 9% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 34 | 17.0:1 | 5% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 36 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Airy Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (737 to 761); teachers down 4% (46.5 to 44.5).
About Mount Airy Middle
Mount Airy, Maryland, is home to Mount Airy Middle, a mid-sized middle school. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 761 students.
Carroll County Public Schools includes 43 schools. Together they enroll 26,141 students.
Of every 100 students at Mount Airy Middle, about 80 are White. It is also 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% multiracial, and 2% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mount Airy Middle, giving a ratio of 17.1:1. Middle schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 14.3:1. By family income, 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 28% average among public schools in Carroll County.
Among Maryland public middle schools, Mount Airy Middle outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Mount Airy Middle are 10.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (52.6% actual, 62.7% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Carroll County show that median household income comes to about $118,211, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 44, with about 26,141 students.
Mount Airy Middle's closest public school neighbor is Mount Airy Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Mount Airy Middle holds 3 other public schools. Mount Airy Middle ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 52.6% against a local average of 64.0%.
In the federal locale system, Mount Airy Middle is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count increased 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.3 to 17.1 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Mount Airy Middle. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
175,321
Census ACS
Median income
$118,211
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
26,141 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County Public Schools
- Westminster HighHigh · 1,477 students
- Manchester Valley HighHigh · 1,339 students
- Winters Mill HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Century HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,007 students
- South Carroll HighHigh · 933 students
Other Mount Airy Middle schools
One other US public school is named Mount Airy Middle. Mount Airy Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Mount Airy MiddleMount Airy, NC · 395 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Airy Elementary0.1 mi · 462
- Parr's Ridge Elementary0.2 mi · 391
- Twin Ridge Elementary1.7 mi · 703
- Lisbon Elementary5.3 mi · 480
- Kemptown Elementary5.8 mi · 448
- Linganore High6.4 mi · 1,647
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Airy MiddleHow many students attend Mount Airy Middle?
Mount Airy Middle enrolls approximately 761 students in grades 06-08.
Is Mount Airy Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Airy Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mount Airy Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mount Airy Middle is approximately 17.1:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mount Airy Middle?
Mount Airy Middle reports a student body of 80% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Mount Airy Middle in?
Mount Airy Middle is part of Carroll County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.