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Enrollment
670
Middle
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000748
Patapsco Middle
8885 Old Frederick Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043 · (410) 313-2848 · Howard County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Maryland public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
15.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
137 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 241 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 209 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 33% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
69.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.9% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.7% | 50.5% |
% 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Patapsco Middle
Patapsco Middle's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patapsco Middle this school | 670 | 20.4% | 58.6% |
| Dunloggin Middle Ellicott City | 623 | 25.4% | 55.9% |
| Ellicott Mills Middle Ellicott City | 698 | 14.6% | 63.9% |
| Burleigh Manor Middle Ellicott City | 777 | 17.5% | 64.7% |
| Robert Frost Middle School Rockville | 915 | 16.4% | 64.5% |
| Herbert Hoover Middle Potomac | 930 | 11.8% | 70.9% |
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 Patapsco Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #27 of 223 | #8 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #22 of 223 ▼ 7 | #8 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #46 of 223 ▲ 5 | #9 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #155 of 230 | #12 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #130 of 225 | #16 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #40 of 225 | #10 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #194 of 227 | #12 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #89 of 123 | #6 of 10 |
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
670
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 670 | 44.6 | 15.0:1 | 20% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 44.4 | 14.4:1 | 18% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 661 | 48.5 | 13.6:1 | 18% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 693 | 48 | 14.4:1 | 14% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 48 | 14.7:1 | 12% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 700 | 48 | 14.6:1 | 14% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 9% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 678 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 7% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 614 | 40 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patapsco Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (706 to 670); teachers down 7% (48 to 44.6).
About Patapsco Middle
Patapsco Middle runs as a mid-sized middle school in Ellicott City, Maryland. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 670 students.
Howard County Public Schools runs 77 schools with a combined 57,565 students. Patapsco Middle is one of them.
The biggest share of students at Patapsco Middle, 38%, is Asian. The next largest groups are 33% White, 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Howard County overall, about 19% of residents are Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
Its staff includes 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.0 students per teacher. The gap from the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland is 0.7 students per teacher. Roughly 20% of students at Patapsco Middle can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Patapsco Middle lands at A, ahead of 86% of Maryland public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Patapsco Middle, the prediction is 62.1% and the result is 58.6%.
In Howard County, home to about 336,328 people, median household income comes to about $149,763, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 78 public schools in the county, enrolling about 57,565, Patapsco Middle among them.
About 0.3 miles separate Patapsco Middle from the closest public school, Hollifield Station Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Patapsco Middle is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% drop, from 693 to 670.
Patapsco Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
336,328
Census ACS
Median income
$149,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
57,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howard County Public Schools
- Marriotts Ridge HighHigh · 1,741 students
- Reservoir HighHigh · 1,597 students
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
Other schools in Ellicott City
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 1,377 students
- Veterans ElementaryElementary · 883 students
- Waverly ElementaryElementary · 827 students
- Bellows Spring ElementaryElementary · 806 students
Nearby schools
- Hollifield Station Elementary0.3 mi · 677
- St. Johns Lane Elementary1.0 mi · 636
- Mount Hebron High1.2 mi · 1,455
- Waverly Elementary2.8 mi · 827
- Catonsville Middle2.9 mi · 818
- Dunloggin Middle3.0 mi · 623
Frequently asked questions
About Patapsco MiddleHow large is Patapsco Middle?
Patapsco Middle enrolls approximately 670 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Patapsco Middle serve?
Patapsco Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Patapsco Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Patapsco Middle is approximately 15.0:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Patapsco Middle?
Student demographics at Patapsco Middle are roughly 33% White, 10% Hispanic, 13% Black, 38% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Patapsco Middle in?
Patapsco Middle is part of Howard County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.