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Enrollment
915
Middle
DISTRICT 888 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001447
Robert Frost Middle School
9201 Scott Dr, Rockville, MD 20850 · (240) 740-7610 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL915 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% 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.
- A-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
16.1:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
150 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 277 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 319 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 319 | 35% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
79.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
50.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.1% | 50.9% |
| 2023-24 | 78.6% | 49.6% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Robert Frost Middle School
Robert Frost Middle School's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Frost Middle School this school | 915 | 16.4% | 64.5% |
| Hallie Wells Middle Clarksburg | 931 | 18.5% | 58.5% |
| Burleigh Manor Middle Ellicott City | 777 | 17.5% | 64.7% |
| Herbert Hoover Middle Potomac | 930 | 11.8% | 70.9% |
| Ellicott Mills Middle Ellicott City | 698 | 14.6% | 63.9% |
| Cabin John Middle Potomac | 983 | 12.3% | 70.0% |
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 Robert Frost Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #12 of 223 | #5 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #19 of 223 ▼ 3 | #6 of 40 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #17 of 223 ▼ 4 | #6 of 40 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 915 | #62 of 230 | #17 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #174 of 225 | #32 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #32 of 225 | #11 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.4% | #210 of 227 | #36 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #27 of 123 | #5 of 21 |
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
915
-102 (-10%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 915 | 56.8 | 16.1:1 | 16% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 958 | 58.8 | 16.3:1 | 14% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 968 | 56.8 | 17.0:1 | 14% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 1,017 | 58 | 17.5:1 | 8% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 1,083 | 61.2 | 17.7:1 | 6% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 1,112 | 63 | 17.6:1 | 6% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 1,122 | 65 | 17.3:1 | 5% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 1,059 | 61 | 17.4:1 | 5% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 738 | 44 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Frost Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,083 to 915); teachers down 7% (61.2 to 56.8).
About Robert Frost Middle School
Robert Frost Middle School is a middle school with a street address in Rockville, Maryland. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 915 students.
Montgomery County Public Schools runs 208 schools with a combined 159,181 students. Robert Frost Middle School is one of them.
No group is above 50% at Robert Frost Middle School; the largest is Asian, at 41%. After that, the student body is 27% White, 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among all residents of Montgomery County, the Asian share is about 15%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robert Frost Middle School is 16.1:1, based on 56.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Maryland average 14.3:1. Lunch program data show 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Montgomery County is 40%.
Robert Frost Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of Maryland public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Robert Frost Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 64.5% actual against 64.5% predicted.
The school is in Montgomery County, where median household income comes to about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Montgomery County counts 211 public schools with about 159,181 students.
Robert Frost Middle School is about 0.3 miles from Thomas S. Wootton High, its nearest public school. Robert Frost Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Robert Frost Middle School's average proficiency of 64.5% compares with 70.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Enrollment decreased 10% over 4 years, reaching 915 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.5:1 in 2020-21 to 16.1:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Robert Frost Middle School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Rockville
- Richard Montgomery HighHigh · 2,366 students
- Thomas S. Wootton HighHigh · 1,870 students
- Col. Zadok Magruder HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 1,654 students
- Rockville HighHigh · 1,550 students
- Julius West MiddleMiddle · 1,365 students
Other Robert Frost Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Robert Frost Middle. Robert Frost Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Robert Frost MiddleGranada Hills, CA · 1,505 students
- ROBERT FROST MIDDLE SCHOOLDEER PARK, NY · 913 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas S. Wootton High0.3 mi · 1,870
- Fallsmead Elementary0.6 mi · 512
- Lakewood Elementary0.9 mi · 406
- Ritchie Park Elementary1.1 mi · 342
- Cold Spring Elementary1.2 mi · 362
- Julius West Middle1.3 mi · 1,365
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Frost Middle SchoolHow large is Robert Frost Middle School?
Robert Frost Middle School enrolls approximately 915 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Robert Frost Middle School serve?
Robert Frost Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Robert Frost Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robert Frost Middle School is approximately 16.1:1 (57 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Robert Frost Middle School?
Robert Frost Middle School reports a student body of 27% White, 10% Hispanic, 13% Black, 41% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Robert Frost Middle School public or private?
Robert Frost Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.