North Dorchester Middle School

North Dorchester Middle School is one of the small middle-grades schools in Hurlock, Maryland, one of the schools within Dorchester County Public Schools, with 414 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 764 students each, so North Dorchester Middle School sits 46% below that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Dorchester County Public Schools (4,586 students total), North Dorchester Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, North Dorchester Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 20% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Dorchester County as a whole.

On the resource side, North Dorchester Middle School lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dorchester County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, North Dorchester Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.6%.

Around the school, census data for Dorchester County shows median household income runs about $61,839, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. North Dorchester Middle School is one of 13 public schools in Dorchester County (combined enrollment of about 4,586 students).

North Dorchester High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around North Dorchester Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Dorchester Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 473 students in 2018 compared to 414 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 65% to 61%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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