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Mount View Middle
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 284 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 274 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 323 | 37% |
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 68.8% |
| 2023-24 | 82.5% | 68.2% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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%.
Schools most like Mount View Middle
Mount View Middle's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount View Middle this school | 881 | 9.3% | 74.9% |
| Burleigh Manor Middle Ellicott City | 777 | 17.5% | 64.7% |
| Clarksville Middle Clarksville | 679 | 6.6% | 72.6% |
| Ellicott Mills Middle Ellicott City | 698 | 14.6% | 63.9% |
| Robert Frost Middle School Rockville | 915 | 16.4% | 64.5% |
| Hallie Wells Middle Clarksburg | 931 | 18.5% | 58.5% |
Where Mount View Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #3 of 223 | #2 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #1 of 223 no change | #1 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #13 of 223 ▼ 5 | #4 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 881 | #71 of 230 | #1 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #198 of 225 | #20 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #95 of 225 | #19 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.3% | #222 of 227 | #17 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #52 of 95 | #5 of 10 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 881 | 52.8 | 16.7:1 | 9% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 876 | 54.4 | 16.1:1 | 8% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 894 | 55.4 | 16.1:1 | 8% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 835 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 3% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 819 | 51.8 | 15.8:1 | 3% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 745 | 48 | 15.5:1 | 2% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 682 | 44 | 15.5:1 | 2% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 718 | 47 | 15.3:1 | 4% (27) |
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (819 to 881); teachers up 2% (51.8 to 52.8).
About Mount View Middle
This page covers Mount View Middle, a medium-sized middle school in Marriottsville, Maryland. The school enrolls 881 students, from grades 6 through 8.
Mount View Middle sits within Howard County Public Schools, which has 77 schools and 57,565 students.
Asian students are the majority at Mount View Middle, with 51% of enrollment. Other groups make up 31% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Howard County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.7:1, with 52.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Mount View Middle is 9%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Howard County is 27%.
The allk12 Grade for Mount View Middle is A+. Compared with Maryland public middle schools, the school scored higher than 99% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Mount View Middle would be expected to post about 68.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 74.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Howard County show that the median household income is $149,763, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Besides Mount View Middle, Howard County has 77 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Marriotts Ridge High, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Mount View Middle is ahead of the 70.6% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
Federal data place Mount View Middle in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show a 6% enrollment rise, from 835 in 2020-21 to 881 in 2024-25.
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