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Enrollment
900
Middle
DISTRICT 818 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000442
Parkville Middle
8711 Avondale Road, Baltimore, MD 21234 · (443) 809-5250 · Baltimore County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL900 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% 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.
- C-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
16.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
406 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 295 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 296 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 309 | 34% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
55.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +10.5pp since 2023
Math
24.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.3% | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.8% | 19.8% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Parkville Middle
Parkville Middle's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkville Middle this school | 900 | 45.1% | 36.1% |
| Esperanza Middle Lexington Park | 835 | 42.8% | 43.3% |
| Pine Grove Middle Baltimore | 804 | 53.4% | 27.4% |
| Old Mill Middle North Millersville | 958 | 41.3% | 31.3% |
| Milton M. Somers Middle School La Plata | 671 | 43.2% | 40.3% |
| Cockeysville Middle Cockeysville | 928 | 42.3% | 40.8% |
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 Parkville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #110 of 223 | #8 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #108 of 223 ▲ 15 | #7 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #92 of 223 ▲ 37 | #6 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 900 | #66 of 230 | #11 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #200 of 225 | #23 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #73 of 225 | #11 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #139 of 227 | #20 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #14 of 123 | #2 of 20 |
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
900
-176 (-16%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 736
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 900 | 53.6 | 16.8:1 | 45% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 1,022 | 66 | 15.5:1 | 48% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 999 | 66 | 15.1:1 | 55% (551) |
| 2020-21 | 1,076 | 73 | 14.7:1 | 49% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 1,129 | 70.2 | 16.1:1 | 47% (535) |
| 2015-16 | 1,068 | 64 | 16.7:1 | 39% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 1,040 | 64 | 16.3:1 | 36% (371) |
| 2000-01 | 1,141 | 75 | 15.2:1 | 17% (195) |
| 1990-91 | 736 | 60 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (1,129 to 900); teachers down 24% (70.2 to 53.6).
About Parkville Middle
At 8711 Avondale Road in Baltimore, Maryland, Parkville Middle operates as a medium-sized middle school. The school had 900 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
A total of 177 schools make up Baltimore County Public Schools, with 110,872 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Parkville Middle, at 39%. Beyond that, enrollment is 39% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 31%. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 16.8 students per teacher and 53.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.5 above the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 45%.
Parkville Middle is graded C by allk12, scoring above 33% of Maryland public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Maryland schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Parkville Middle's results are 11.4 points below predicted: 36.1% against 47.5%.
Parkville Middle is located in Baltimore County, where the median household income is $91,768, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Parkville Middle is one of 180 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Parkville High is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. Parkville Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 32.9%, lower than Parkville Middle's 36.1%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 16% from its 2020-21 level of 1,076. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.7:1 to 16.8:1 over the same years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Parkville Middle covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Baltimore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
850,796
Census ACS
Median income
$91,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
110,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltimore County Public Schools
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Dulaney HighHigh · 1,889 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
Other schools in Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Nearby schools
- Parkville High1.0 mi · 1,877
- Northeast EDLP at Parkville High School1.0 mi · 1
- Woodhome Elementary/Middle1.0 mi · 496
- Carney Elementary1.1 mi · 524
- Villa Cresta Elementary1.1 mi · 609
- Fullerton Elementary1.2 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Parkville MiddleHow large is Parkville Middle?
Parkville Middle enrolls approximately 900 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Parkville Middle serve?
Parkville Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Parkville Middle?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Parkville Middle.
How diverse is Parkville Middle?
Parkville Middle reports a student body of 39% White, 9% Hispanic, 39% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Parkville Middle?
Parkville Middle is overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools in Baltimore County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.