Shady Grove Middle

Shady Grove Middle is a middle school of compact scale in Gaithersburg, Maryland, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools, enrolling 514 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 764.

Montgomery County Public Schools comprises 208 schools with combined enrollment of 159,181 students; Shady Grove Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shady Grove Middle records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 19% White, 18% Black, 12% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Shady Grove Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.3%; this one delivers 35.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Montgomery County shows median household income runs about $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Shady Grove Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Mill Creek Towne Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Shady Grove Middle comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Shady Grove Middle's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 614 (now 514).

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.