Nicholas Orem Middle

Nicholas Orem Middle is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Hyattsville, Maryland, operated by Prince George's County Public Schools. The school educates 1,007 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 764 students per school, that is 32% bigger than typical.

Nicholas Orem Middle is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that works with 132,693 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Nicholas Orem Middle shows that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 12% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Nicholas Orem Middle shows 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at Nicholas Orem Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nicholas Orem Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Prince George's County put median household income runs about $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Prince George's County's 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), Nicholas Orem Middle is one campus in the mix.

Edward M. Felegy ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nicholas Orem Middle. On composite proficiency, Nicholas Orem Middle comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 28.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 986 students in 2018 compared to 1,007 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 78% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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