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Enrollment
652
Middle
DISTRICT 888 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001207
Newport Mill Middle
11311 Newport Mill Rd, Kensington, MD 20895 · (240) 740-7160 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL652 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% 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.
- 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
13.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
346 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 223 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 225 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 204 | 31% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
45.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
26.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 26.5% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 19.7% |
% 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
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Newport Mill Middle
Newport Mill Middle's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Mill Middle this school | 652 | 53.1% | 33.2% |
| Odessa Shannon Middle Silver Spring | 784 | 55.6% | 23.6% |
| Forest Oak Middle Gaithersburg | 828 | 58.3% | 25.2% |
| Montgomery Village Middle Montgomery Village | 780 | 59.2% | 17.5% |
| Shady Grove Middle Gaithersburg | 514 | 52.3% | 35.7% |
| White Oak Middle Silver Spring | 808 | 57.3% | 29.5% |
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 Newport Mill Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #126 of 223 | #29 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #98 of 223 ▲ 26 | #25 of 40 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #128 of 223 ▲ 20 | #29 of 40 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 652 | #161 of 230 | #37 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #56 of 225 | #10 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #115 of 225 | #35 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #111 of 227 | #14 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #64 of 95 | #12 of 19 |
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
652
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 652 | 50 | 13.0:1 | 53% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 47 | 12.9:1 | 50% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 47.4 | 13.1:1 | 65% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 670 | 54 | 12.4:1 | 60% (404) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 48 | 13.0:1 | 48% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 44 | 13.3:1 | 49% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 48 | 12.9:1 | 54% (333) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newport Mill Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (626 to 652); teachers up 4% (48 to 50).
About Newport Mill Middle
As a mid-sized middle-grades school, Newport Mill Middle serves students in Kensington, Maryland. It had 652 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
Montgomery County Public Schools serves 159,181 students across 208 schools.
The largest group at Newport Mill Middle is Hispanic students, at 59%. The remaining students are 18% White, 11% Black, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Montgomery County, the Hispanic share is about 21%. The diversity index for Newport Mill Middle is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 13.0:1 is based on 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Maryland average 14.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 53%. It compares with 40% for public schools in Montgomery County.
Newport Mill Middle earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of Maryland public middle schools.
Newport Mill Middle scores 33.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 42.8%.
In the wider Montgomery County area, median household income comes to about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Montgomery County's 211 public schools enroll about 159,181 students and include Newport Mill Middle.
Albert Einstein High is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Newport Mill Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 39.2% on proficiency, and Newport Mill Middle is below that at 33.2%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 3% drop took enrollment from 670 in 2020-21 to 652 in 2024-25.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Kensington
- Albert Einstein HighHigh · 1,991 students
- Silver Creek MiddleMiddle · 751 students
- Garrett Park ElementaryElementary · 724 students
- Rock View ElementaryElementary · 588 students
- Kensington Parkwood ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Stephen Knolls SchoolCombined · 51 students
Nearby schools
- Albert Einstein High0.2 mi · 1,991
- Rock View Elementary0.5 mi · 588
- Highland Elementary0.7 mi · 509
- Stephen Knolls School1.0 mi · 51
- Oakland Terrace Elementary1.0 mi · 500
- Viers Mill Elementary1.1 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About Newport Mill MiddleHow many students attend Newport Mill Middle?
Newport Mill Middle enrolls approximately 652 students in grades 06-08.
Is Newport Mill Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Newport Mill Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Newport Mill Middle have?
Newport Mill Middle employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
How diverse is Newport Mill Middle?
Newport Mill Middle reports a student body of 18% White, 59% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Newport Mill Middle?
Newport Mill Middle is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.