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If you could change one rule at Perryville Middle, what would it be?
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Enrollment
512
Middle
DISTRICT 543 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CECIL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240024000578
Perryville Middle
850 Aiken Ave, Perryville, MD 21903 · (410) 996-6010 · Cecil County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 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
13.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
238 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 164 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 165 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 183 | 36% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
48.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
29.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +13.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 47.2% | 16.6% |
% 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Perryville Middle
Perryville Middle's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perryville Middle this school | 512 | 46.5% | 35.4% |
| Sparrows Point Middle Baltimore | 555 | 48.8% | 29.0% |
| Smithsburg Middle Smithsburg | 554 | 46.4% | 55.6% |
| Thurmont Middle Thurmont | 507 | 48.3% | 31.1% |
| Berlin Intermediate Berlin | 613 | 46.8% | 57.0% |
| Bohemia Manor Middle Chesapeake City | 473 | 50.7% | 37.9% |
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 Perryville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Cecil County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #115 of 223 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #83 of 223 ▲ 57 | #1 of 6 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #118 of 223 ▼ 2 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #192 of 230 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #55 of 225 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #182 of 225 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.5% | #134 of 227 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #67 of 123 | N/A |
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
512
-73 (-12%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 512 | 39.3 | 13.0:1 | 46% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 41.1 | 13.0:1 | 50% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 557 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 50% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | 43 | 13.6:1 | 38% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 43 | 13.0:1 | 38% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 44 | 12.6:1 | 42% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 47 | 12.7:1 | 32% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 822 | 56 | 14.7:1 | 22% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 26 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perryville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (558 to 512); teachers down 9% (43 to 39.3).
About Perryville Middle
Perryville Middle is a low-enrollment middle school in Perryville, Maryland, administered by Cecil County Public Schools. Enrollment totals 512 students across grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Maryland enroll around 764, and this school is 33% below that mark.
Federal data list 28 schools in Cecil County Public Schools, with 14,853 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Perryville Middle is 75% White. The next largest groups are 11% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Perryville Middle are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Perryville Middle totals 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. Compared with the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 46% of students (238) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Perryville Middle lands at C, ahead of 33% of Maryland public middle schools.
Perryville Middle is 11.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (35.4% versus 46.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
American Community Survey estimates for Cecil County show that the median household earns about $92,007 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Cecil County has 29 public schools with about 14,853 students, including Perryville Middle.
Perryville Elementary is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Perryville Middle ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Perryville Middle is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 585 to 512, a 12% decline.
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Cecil County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,960
Census ACS
Median income
$92,007
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
14,853 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cecil County Public Schools
- Rising Sun HighHigh · 1,074 students
- North East HighHigh · 1,057 students
- Elkton HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Perryville HighHigh · 858 students
- North East MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- North East ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Other schools in Perryville
- Perryville HighHigh · 858 students
- Perryville ElementaryElementary · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Perryville Elementary0.2 mi · 423
- Perryville High1.0 mi · 858
- Meadowvale Elementary2.0 mi · 552
- Havre de Grace Middle2.4 mi · 617
- Havre de Grace High2.4 mi · 822
- Havre de Grace Elementary2.4 mi · 593
Frequently asked questions
About Perryville MiddleHow large is Perryville Middle?
Perryville Middle enrolls approximately 512 students in grades 06-08.
Is Perryville Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Perryville Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Perryville Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Perryville Middle is approximately 13.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Perryville Middle?
Student demographics at Perryville Middle are roughly 75% White, 5% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Perryville Middle public or private?
Perryville Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cecil County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.