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What's the most underrated thing about Pikesville Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
943
Middle
DISTRICT 818 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000448
Pikesville Middle
7701 Seven Mile Ln, Baltimore, MD 21208 · (443) 809-1207 · Baltimore County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL943 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Maryland public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.6:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
543 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 | 314 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 301 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 328 | 35% |
Student demographics
60%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
30.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
13.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 13.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.8% | 14.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Pikesville Middle
Pikesville Middle's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikesville Middle this school | 943 | 57.6% | 21.9% |
| MacArthur Middle Fort Meade | 992 | 54.2% | 26.2% |
| Samuel Ogle Middle Bowie | 806 | 55.3% | 35.5% |
| Benjamin Stoddert Middle School Waldorf | 920 | 59.8% | 18.1% |
| Benjamin Tasker Middle Bowie | 1,058 | 53.8% | 38.9% |
| Salisbury Middle Salisbury | 847 | 61.3% | 31.6% |
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 Pikesville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #193 of 223 | #20 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #172 of 223 ▼ 16 | #17 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #197 of 223 ▼ 5 | #20 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 943 | #55 of 230 | #9 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #151 of 225 | #13 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #110 of 225 | #18 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.6% | #84 of 227 | #14 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #75 of 123 | #14 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
943
-24 (-2%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 1,054
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 943 | 60.7 | 15.6:1 | 58% (543) |
| 2023-24 | 905 | 58.7 | 15.4:1 | 59% (535) |
| 2022-23 | 967 | 60 | 16.1:1 | 56% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 967 | 64 | 15.1:1 | 59% (568) |
| 2017-18 | 1,013 | 60 | 16.9:1 | 53% (539) |
| 2015-16 | 952 | 61 | 15.6:1 | 44% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 975 | 64 | 15.2:1 | 44% (429) |
| 2000-01 | 1,094 | 69 | 15.9:1 | 27% (295) |
| 1990-91 | 1,054 | 70 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pikesville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,013 to 943); teachers up 1% (60 to 60.7).
About Pikesville Middle
Pikesville Middle sits in Baltimore, Maryland, and is classified as a middle school. The school reports 943 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 23% bigger than the 764 average for middle schools in Maryland.
Baltimore County Public Schools is responsible for 177 schools, Pikesville Middle included, with 110,872 students in all.
Black students account for 58% of enrollment at Pikesville Middle. The remaining students are 19% Hispanic, 14% White, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Baltimore County is about 31% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Pikesville Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Pikesville Middle employs 60.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Maryland is 14.3:1, lower than at this school. Pikesville Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 58%.
The allk12 Grade for Pikesville Middle is F. Compared with Maryland public middle schools, the school scored higher than 4% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Pikesville Middle ranks in the bottom 10% in Maryland. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 21.9%, against a prediction of 40.1%.
Across Baltimore County, median household income is about $91,768, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Pikesville Middle is among the 180 public schools in Baltimore County.
Pikesville High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Pikesville Middle is behind the 41.5% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 967 in 2020-21 and 943 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
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Nearby schools
- Pikesville High0.4 mi · 908
- Wellwood International School0.7 mi · 316
- Frederick Douglass High0.9 mi · 539
- Cross Country Elementary/Middle0.9 mi · 740
- Fallstaff Elementary/Middle1.1 mi · 611
- Milbrook Elementary1.2 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Pikesville MiddleHow large is Pikesville Middle?
Pikesville Middle enrolls approximately 943 students in grades 06-08.
Is Pikesville Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pikesville Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pikesville Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pikesville Middle is approximately 15.6:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pikesville Middle?
At Pikesville Middle, the student body is approximately 14% White, 19% Hispanic, 58% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Pikesville Middle in?
Pikesville Middle is part of Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.