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Enrollment
888
Middle
DISTRICT 888 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000493
Roberto W. Clemente Middle
18808 Waring Station Rd, Germantown, MD 20874 · (301) 284-4750 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL888 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Maryland public middle schools
- C+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
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
488 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 | 328 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 287 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 273 | 31% |
Student demographics
73%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
45.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
24.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.3pp 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 24 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.1% | 24.4% |
| 2023-24 | 46.8% | 20.1% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Roberto W. Clemente Middle
Roberto W. Clemente Middle's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto W. Clemente Middle this school | 888 | 55.0% | 34.1% |
| Neelsville Middle Germantown | 781 | 55.1% | 27.7% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle Germantown | 841 | 54.1% | 35.7% |
| Rocky Hill Middle Clarksburg | 1,010 | 45.6% | 38.7% |
| Francis Scott Key Middle Silver Spring | 950 | 63.3% | 27.3% |
| Eastern Middle Silver Spring | 963 | 52.4% | 43.4% |
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 Roberto W. Clemente Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #124 of 223 | #28 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #109 of 223 ▲ 11 | #28 of 40 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #137 of 223 ▼ 18 | #30 of 40 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 888 | #67 of 230 | #19 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #99 of 225 | #19 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #23 of 225 | #9 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #100 of 227 | #12 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.3% | #1 of 123 | #1 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
888
-152 (-15%) vs 2020
+13% since 2000-01, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 888 | 62.7 | 14.2:1 | 55% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 866 | 62.2 | 13.9:1 | 51% (442) |
| 2022-23 | 857 | 64 | 13.4:1 | 59% (508) |
| 2020-21 | 1,040 | 73 | 14.3:1 | 45% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 1,373 | 85 | 16.1:1 | 34% (463) |
| 2015-16 | 1,277 | 77 | 16.6:1 | 34% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 1,139 | 70 | 16.3:1 | 32% (364) |
| 2000-01 | 785 | 52 | 15.1:1 | 26% (204) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roberto W. Clemente Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (1,373 to 888); teachers down 26% (85 to 62.7).
About Roberto W. Clemente Middle
Roberto W. Clemente Middle serves students in Germantown, Maryland, as a medium-sized middle-grades school. The latest federal count shows 888 students in grades 6 through 8.
Montgomery County Public Schools is the local district for Roberto W. Clemente Middle. It runs 208 schools with 159,181 students.
Enrollment at Roberto W. Clemente Middle is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 36%. Other reported shares: 31% Black, 16% Asian, 11% White, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 21% Hispanic among all Montgomery County residents. Roberto W. Clemente Middle has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 62.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Roberto W. Clemente Middle in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.2:1. Middle schools in Maryland average about 14.3:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 55% of students at Roberto W. Clemente Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 40% average among public schools in Montgomery County.
Measured against Maryland public middle schools, Roberto W. Clemente Middle receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Roberto W. Clemente Middle, the prediction is 41.7% and the result is 34.1%.
In Montgomery County (population about 1,065,949), median household income is about $132,450, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Roberto W. Clemente Middle is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 159,181 students.
Fox Chapel Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Roberto W. Clemente Middle at 6th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,040 in 2020-21 and 888 in 2024-25, a 15% decrease.
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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
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- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Germantown
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Northwest HighHigh · 2,300 students
- Kingsview MiddleMiddle · 908 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Neelsville MiddleMiddle · 781 students
- Waters Landing ElementaryElementary · 735 students
Nearby schools
- Fox Chapel Elementary0.6 mi · 617
- S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary0.7 mi · 467
- Clopper Mill Elementary0.9 mi · 458
- Seneca Valley High1.1 mi · 2,409
- Great Seneca Creek Elementary1.5 mi · 487
- Germantown Elementary1.6 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Roberto W. Clemente MiddleHow many students attend Roberto W. Clemente Middle?
Roberto W. Clemente Middle enrolls approximately 888 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Roberto W. Clemente Middle serve?
Roberto W. Clemente Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Roberto W. Clemente Middle?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Roberto W. Clemente Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roberto W. Clemente Middle?
At Roberto W. Clemente Middle, the student body is approximately 11% White, 36% Hispanic, 31% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Roberto W. Clemente Middle public or private?
Roberto W. Clemente Middle 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.