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Enrollment
1,185
Middle
DISTRICT 888 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000891
Parkland Middle
4610 West Frankfort Dr, Rockville, MD 20853 · (240) 740-6800 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,185 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Maryland public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
711 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 403 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 436 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 346 | 29% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
50.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
27.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 27.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.2% | 27.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Parkland Middle
Parkland Middle's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkland Middle this school | 1,185 | 60.0% | 38.0% |
| Gaithersburg Middle Gaithersburg | 869 | 63.2% | 23.8% |
| Eastern Middle Silver Spring | 963 | 52.4% | 43.4% |
| Argyle Middle Silver Spring | 868 | 61.4% | 30.6% |
| A. Mario Loiederman Middle Silver Spring | 978 | 62.8% | 27.5% |
| Forest Oak Middle Gaithersburg | 828 | 58.3% | 25.2% |
Matched among Maryland middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Parkland Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #102 of 223 | #23 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #92 of 223 ▼ 10 | #22 of 40 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #110 of 223 ▲ 7 | #24 of 40 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,185 | #14 of 230 | #4 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #138 of 225 | #26 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #108 of 225 | #32 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #77 of 227 | #6 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.5% | #24 of 95 | #6 of 19 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,185
+27 (+2%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 874
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,185 | 77.8 | 15.2:1 | 60% (711) |
| 2023-24 | 1,092 | 73.8 | 14.8:1 | 55% (604) |
| 2022-23 | 1,050 | 72.4 | 14.5:1 | 71% (750) |
| 2020-21 | 1,158 | 73 | 15.9:1 | 59% (681) |
| 2017-18 | 1,000 | 67.6 | 14.8:1 | 56% (555) |
| 2015-16 | 964 | 60 | 16.1:1 | 48% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 826 | 56 | 14.8:1 | 51% (418) |
| 2000-01 | 1,230 | 76 | 16.2:1 | 51% (631) |
| 1990-91 | 874 | 57 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkland Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (1,000 to 1,185); teachers up 15% (67.6 to 77.8).
About Parkland Middle
Parkland Middle is a large middle-grades school that serves part of Rockville, Maryland. The school counts 1,185 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 55% bigger than the 764 average for middle schools in Maryland.
Within Montgomery County Public Schools, Parkland Middle is one of 208 schools. The district enrolls 159,181 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Parkland Middle, at 58%. Next come 19% Black, 13% Asian, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 21% Hispanic among all Montgomery County residents. Parkland Middle's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.2:1, with 77.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 0.9 students per teacher above the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 60% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
Parkland Middle is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of Maryland public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Parkland Middle falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 38.0% actual against 38.7% predicted.
Within Montgomery County, the median household income is $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Parkland Middle, Montgomery County has 210 other public schools.
Brookhaven Elementary is the public school closest to Parkland Middle, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Parkland Middle at 8th of 9.
The federal government classifies Parkland Middle's location as Suburb: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,158 students in 2020-21 and 1,185 in 2024-25.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
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- Rock Creek Valley Elementary0.6 mi · 332
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- Harmony Hills Elementary1.0 mi · 655
- Earle B. Wood Middle1.1 mi · 1,019
- Wheaton Woods Elementary1.1 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About Parkland MiddleHow large is Parkland Middle?
Parkland Middle enrolls approximately 1,185 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Parkland Middle serve?
Parkland Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Parkland Middle?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Parkland Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parkland Middle?
At Parkland Middle, the student body is approximately 7% White, 58% Hispanic, 19% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Parkland Middle public or private?
Parkland Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.