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What's the most underrated thing about Perry Hall Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,582
Middle
DISTRICT 818 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000447
Perry Hall Middle
4300 Ebenezer Rd, Baltimore, MD 21236 · (443) 809-5100 · Baltimore County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,582 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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
16.6:1
96 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
579 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 | 495 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 515 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 572 | 36% |
Student demographics
71%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
58.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.5% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 33.2% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Perry Hall Middle
Perry Hall Middle's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Hall Middle this school | 1,582 | 36.6% | 45.1% |
| Takoma Park Middle Silver Spring | 1,177 | 35.1% | 59.9% |
| Tilden Middle Rockville | 1,112 | 24.1% | 57.7% |
| Catonsville Middle Catonsville | 818 | 36.6% | 43.2% |
| Julius West Middle Rockville | 1,365 | 38.3% | 45.9% |
| Arundel Middle Odenton | 1,312 | 26.2% | 50.8% |
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 Perry Hall Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #70 of 223 | #4 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #58 of 223 ▼ 3 | #4 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #81 of 223 ▲ 14 | #4 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,582 | #1 of 230 | #1 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #196 of 225 | #22 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #51 of 225 | #4 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #163 of 227 | #23 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #23 of 123 | #4 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
1,582
-296 (-16%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 1,340
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 1,582 | 95.5 | 16.6:1 | 37% (579) |
| 2023-24 | 1,694 | 100.5 | 16.9:1 | 37% (631) |
| 2022-23 | 1,754 | 106.5 | 16.5:1 | 40% (709) |
| 2020-21 | 1,878 | 114 | 16.5:1 | 34% (644) |
| 2017-18 | 1,895 | 111.5 | 17.0:1 | 32% (599) |
| 2015-16 | 1,737 | 103 | 16.9:1 | 27% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 1,577 | 95 | 16.6:1 | 25% (391) |
| 2000-01 | 1,494 | 93 | 16.1:1 | 8% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 1,340 | 82 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perry Hall Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,895 to 1,582); teachers down 14% (111.5 to 95.5).
About Perry Hall Middle
Perry Hall Middle is classified as a middle school. It is located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school enrolls 1,582 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 764 students for middle schools in Maryland.
Perry Hall Middle is in Baltimore County Public Schools, a district with 110,872 students across 177 schools.
The biggest share of students at Perry Hall Middle, 41%, is White. Other reported shares: 27% Black, 21% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 53% White among all Baltimore County residents. The diversity index for Perry Hall Middle is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 95.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Perry Hall Middle, giving a ratio of 16.6:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Maryland is 14.3:1. A total of 579 students, or 37%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County is 16 points higher.
Among Maryland public middle schools, Perry Hall Middle outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Perry Hall Middle falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 45.1% actual against 52.6% predicted.
In Baltimore County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $91,768, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 180 public schools in the county, enrolling about 110,872, Perry Hall Middle among them.
Of the public schools around it, Perry Hall Middle is closest to Perry Hall Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Perry Hall Middle is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Perry Hall Middle's location as Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,582, down from 1,878 in 2020-21.
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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
- Perry Hall Elementary0.2 mi · 476
- Perry Hall High0.7 mi · 2,012
- Seven Oaks Elementary0.9 mi · 454
- Honeygo Elementary1.2 mi · 698
- Gunpowder Elementary1.2 mi · 443
- Joppa View Elementary1.3 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About Perry Hall MiddleHow large is Perry Hall Middle?
Perry Hall Middle enrolls approximately 1,582 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Perry Hall Middle serve?
Perry Hall Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Perry Hall Middle have?
Perry Hall Middle employs 96 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Perry Hall Middle?
At Perry Hall Middle, the student body is approximately 41% White, 5% Hispanic, 27% Black, 21% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Perry Hall Middle?
Perry Hall 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.