Mount Savage Middle

Mount Savage Middle is one of the compact 6-8 campuss in Mount Savage, Maryland, part of Allegany County Public Schools, with 408 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 764 students per school, that is 47% below typical.

Within Allegany County Public Schools, which oversees 22 schools and 8,113 students, Mount Savage Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Mount Savage Middle logs that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Mount Savage Middle reports 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Mount Savage Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Allegany County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mount Savage Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.5%, the actual is 41.3%, a residual of -5.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Allegany County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,603, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mount Savage Middle is one of 22 public schools in Allegany County (combined enrollment of about 8,113 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mt. Savage Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mount Savage Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.3%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mount Savage Middle has edged up 5%, going from 390 students in 2018 to 408 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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