North Bethesda Middle

North Bethesda Middle operates as a heavily attended intermediate school in Bethesda, Maryland, part of Montgomery County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,224 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 764 students each, so North Bethesda Middle sits 60% bigger than that benchmark.

North Bethesda Middle is one of 208 schools operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, a district that educates 159,181 students overall.

On demographics, North Bethesda Middle lists that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 18% Hispanic, 13% Black, 12% Asian, 9% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school reports having 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. The state averages around 14.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Bethesda Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household earnings sit near $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. North Bethesda Middle is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Wyngate Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 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), North Bethesda Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 70.1%.

North Bethesda Middle operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. North Bethesda Middle's enrollment has climbed 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,165 (now 1,224). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 59% to 47%.

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