Northeast Middle

Set in Pasadena, Maryland, Northeast Middle is a reasonably sized 6-8 campus, part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools. It teaches 901 students across grades 6 through 8.

Within Anne Arundel County Public Schools, which oversees 125 schools and 85,029 students, Northeast Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Northeast Middle lists that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Northeast Middle has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages about 14.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Northeast Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 45.5%; actual is 29.0%, a gap of -16.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Anne Arundel County shows median household income runs about $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Anne Arundel County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), Northeast Middle is one campus in the mix.

High Point Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northeast Middle ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 9%: 823 students in 2018 compared to 901 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 61% across the same window.

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