Odessa Shannon Middle

As a mid-sized middle school in Silver Spring, Maryland, Odessa Shannon Middle hosts 784 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools.

Within Montgomery County Public Schools, which oversees 208 schools and 159,181 students, Odessa Shannon Middle is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Odessa Shannon Middle shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment; the rest reads as 24% Black, 6% Asian, 4% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Odessa Shannon Middle reports 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 14.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Odessa Shannon Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.3%; this one comes in at 23.6%, -17.8 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Montgomery County shows median household earnings sit near $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Odessa Shannon Middle is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Nearest neighbor: Arcola Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Odessa Shannon Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Odessa Shannon Middle ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.5%.

Odessa Shannon Middle operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Odessa Shannon Middle's enrollment has grew 4% since 2018, when it stood at 757 (now 784).

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