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Enrollment
592
Middle
DISTRICT 543 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CECIL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240024000580
Rising Sun Middle School
289 Pearl Street, Rising Sun, MD 21911 · (410) 658-5535 · Cecil County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% 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
14.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
240 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 | 185 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 199 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 208 | 35% |
Student demographics
21%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
45.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -15.8pp since 2023
Math
17.4%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 17.4% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% 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 Rising Sun Middle School
Rising Sun Middle School's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Sun Middle School this school | 592 | 40.5% | 35.9% |
| Boonsboro Middle Boonsboro | 673 | 33.4% | 53.1% |
| Northwest Middle Taneytown | 655 | 44.4% | 38.9% |
| Centreville Middle School Centreville | 501 | 35.9% | 48.7% |
| Smithsburg Middle Smithsburg | 554 | 46.4% | 55.6% |
| Perryville Middle Perryville | 512 | 46.5% | 35.4% |
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 Rising Sun Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Cecil County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #111 of 223 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #148 of 223 ▼ 27 | #4 of 6 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #136 of 223 ▼ 72 | #3 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #178 of 230 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #98 of 225 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.8% | #214 of 225 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.5% | #153 of 227 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #42 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
592
-93 (-14%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 1,042
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 592 | 41.8 | 14.2:1 | 41% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 44.6 | 13.7:1 | 37% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 43.4 | 14.3:1 | 38% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 26% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 48.3 | 13.9:1 | 29% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 46 | 14.8:1 | 27% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 25% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 15% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 1,042 | 57 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rising Sun Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (674 to 592); teachers down 13% (48.3 to 41.8).
About Rising Sun Middle School
Rising Sun Middle School is a public middle-grades school in Rising Sun, Maryland. It reported 592 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 764 students for middle schools in Maryland.
Cecil County Public Schools operates 28 schools. Combined enrollment is 14,853 students.
Roughly 89% of students at Rising Sun Middle School are White. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 21%.
The school's 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Maryland is similar, at 14.3:1. Income data for the school show 41% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cecil County average 51%.
Among Maryland public middle schools, Rising Sun Middle School outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Rising Sun Middle School is -14.3 points, in the bottom 10% of Maryland. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.9%, and the predicted rate is 50.2%.
American Community Survey estimates for Cecil County show that the median household earns about $92,007 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Cecil County, 29 public schools serve about 14,853 students.
The closest school to Rising Sun Middle School is Rising Sun Elementary, located about 1.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. On proficiency, Rising Sun Middle School is behind the 45.7% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
In the federal locale system, Rising Sun Middle School is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
A 14% decline took enrollment from 685 in 2020-21 to 592 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Rising Sun Middle School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Rising Sun
- Rising Sun ElementaryElementary · 609 students
- Calvert ElementaryElementary · 390 students
Nearby schools
- Rising Sun Elementary1.4 mi · 609
- Calvert Elementary4.4 mi · 390
- Rising Sun High5.1 mi · 1,074
- Conowingo Elementary5.2 mi · 379
- Bainbridge Elementary6.6 mi · 294
- Bay View Elementary7.3 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About Rising Sun Middle SchoolHow many students attend Rising Sun Middle School?
Rising Sun Middle School enrolls approximately 592 students in grades 06-08.
Is Rising Sun Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rising Sun Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Rising Sun Middle School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Rising Sun Middle School.
How diverse is Rising Sun Middle School?
Rising Sun Middle School reports a student body of 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Rising Sun Middle School?
Rising Sun Middle School is overseen by Cecil County Public Schools in Cecil County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.