Samuel Ogle Middle

Set in Bowie, Maryland, Samuel Ogle Middle is a mid-tier 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Prince George's County Public Schools. It enrolls 806 students across grades 6 through 8.

Samuel Ogle Middle is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that hosts 132,693 students overall.

Demographically, Samuel Ogle Middle records that 59% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Hispanic, 12% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Prince George's County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Samuel Ogle Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Samuel Ogle Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 35.5%, a residual of -6.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Prince George's County indicate median household income runs about $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Samuel Ogle Middle is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

Yorktown Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Samuel Ogle Middle comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 46.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 892 students in 2018 compared to 806 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 14% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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