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Enrollment
1,039
Middle
DISTRICT 818 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012001434
Ridgely Middle
121 Ridgely Road, Lutherville, MD 21093 · (443) 809-7650 · Baltimore County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,039 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% 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
16.3:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
210 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 | 330 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 362 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 347 | 33% |
Student demographics
59%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
78.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
45.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.4% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 43.1% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
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 Ridgely Middle
Ridgely Middle's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgely Middle this school | 1,039 | 20.2% | 59.2% |
| Oakdale Middle Ijamsville | 1,085 | 15.8% | 54.3% |
| Windsor Knolls Middle Ijamsville | 812 | 13.4% | 59.4% |
| North Bethesda Middle Bethesda | 1,224 | 15.9% | 63.7% |
| Westland Middle Bethesda | 839 | 17.5% | 67.3% |
| Rosa M. Parks Middle Olney | 863 | 16.5% | 57.6% |
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 Ridgely Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #26 of 223 | #2 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #31 of 223 ▲ 1 | #2 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #19 of 223 ▲ 17 | #1 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,039 | #34 of 230 | #6 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #186 of 225 | #20 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #120 of 225 | #19 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.2% | #196 of 227 | #27 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #39 of 123 | #10 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
1,039
-61 (-6%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 861
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 1,039 | 63.6 | 16.3:1 | 20% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 1,074 | 68.6 | 15.7:1 | 22% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 1,061 | 70.6 | 15.0:1 | 21% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 1,100 | 71 | 15.5:1 | 14% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 1,188 | 77.1 | 15.4:1 | 12% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 1,171 | 69 | 17.0:1 | 9% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 1,034 | 64 | 16.2:1 | 11% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 1,029 | 68 | 15.1:1 | 6% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 861 | 55 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgely Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,188 to 1,039); teachers down 18% (77.1 to 63.6).
About Ridgely Middle
Ridgely Middle is a middle school with a street address in Lutherville, Maryland. There are 1,039 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 36% above the 764-student average for middle schools in Maryland.
The 177 schools in Baltimore County Public Schools enroll 110,872 students altogether, Ridgely Middle among them.
More than half of the students at Ridgely Middle are White (60%). It is also 16% Asian, 10% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
Teacher count: 63.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.3:1. Across middle schools in Maryland, the average ratio is 14.3:1. Roughly 20% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 33 points below the 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County.
Ridgely Middle holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 88% of Maryland public middle schools.
Ridgely Middle is 3.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (59.2% versus 62.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
The school's county is Baltimore County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $91,768 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Baltimore County number 180, with about 110,872 students.
Ridgely Middle's closest public school neighbor is Lutherville Laboratory, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Ridgely Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Ridgely Middle is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
Ridgely Middle falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 1,039 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,100.
Ridgely Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Lutherville
- Hampton ElementaryElementary · 555 students
- Lutherville LaboratoryElementary · 405 students
Nearby schools
- Lutherville Laboratory0.5 mi · 405
- Timonium Elementary0.5 mi · 445
- Hampton Elementary1.2 mi · 555
- George W. Carver Center for Arts & Technology1.5 mi · 1,017
- Pinewood Elementary1.6 mi · 598
- Pot Spring Elementary1.6 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgely MiddleHow many students attend Ridgely Middle?
Ridgely Middle enrolls approximately 1,039 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ridgely Middle serve?
Ridgely Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ridgely Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ridgely Middle is approximately 16.3:1 (64 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ridgely Middle?
Ridgely Middle reports a student body of 60% White, 8% Hispanic, 10% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Ridgely Middle?
Ridgely 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.