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Alumni: what's one memory from Silver Spring International Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,015
Middle
DISTRICT 888 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001128
Silver Spring International Middle
313 Wayne Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 · (240) 740-2750 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,015 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
444 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 | 340 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 343 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 332 | 33% |
Student demographics
69%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
48.5%
MD avg 50.6% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
25.4%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 25.4% |
| 2023-24 | 52.5% | 26.8% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Silver Spring International Middle
Silver Spring International Middle's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Spring International Middle this school | 1,015 | 43.7% | 38.3% |
| Earle B. Wood Middle Rockville | 1,019 | 44.7% | 39.9% |
| Sligo Middle Silver Spring | 685 | 46.7% | 35.3% |
| Eastern Middle Silver Spring | 963 | 52.4% | 43.4% |
| John T. Baker Middle School Damascus | 841 | 37.1% | 45.0% |
| Cockeysville Middle Cockeysville | 928 | 42.3% | 40.8% |
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 Silver Spring International Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #99 of 223 | #22 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #102 of 223 ▼ 18 | #26 of 40 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #115 of 223 ▼ 23 | #25 of 40 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,015 | #39 of 230 | #8 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #112 of 225 | #21 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #63 of 225 | #22 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.7% | #142 of 227 | #22 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #82 of 123 | #12 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
1,015
-145 (-12%) vs 2020
+15% since 2000-01, when it was 884
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 1,015 | 70.2 | 14.5:1 | 44% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 1,062 | 70.8 | 15.0:1 | 42% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 1,158 | 79.6 | 14.6:1 | 50% (579) |
| 2020-21 | 1,160 | 79 | 14.7:1 | 44% (516) |
| 2017-18 | 1,082 | 73.8 | 14.7:1 | 41% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 1,042 | 68 | 15.3:1 | 42% (441) |
| 2010-11 | 775 | 50 | 15.5:1 | 43% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 884 | 59 | 15.0:1 | 37% (328) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silver Spring International Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,082 to 1,015); teachers down 5% (73.8 to 70.2).
About Silver Spring International Middle
Silver Spring International Middle serves students in Silver Spring, Maryland, as a mid-sized middle school. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 1,015 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 764 students for middle schools in Maryland.
Enrollment across the 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools totals 159,181 students.
Hispanic students account for 44% of enrollment at Silver Spring International Middle, more than any other group. Other groups make up 26% White, 21% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 21% of Montgomery County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
Its staff includes 70.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.5 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. Silver Spring International Middle has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 44%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Silver Spring International Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.3%; the prediction is 48.3%.
For the population of Montgomery County, the median household earns about $132,450 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Silver Spring International Middle shares Montgomery County with 210 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Sligo Creek Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Silver Spring International Middle is 6th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A 12% decline took enrollment from 1,160 in 2020-21 to 1,015 in 2024-25.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Sligo Creek Elementary0.1 mi · 632
- Highland View Elementary0.4 mi · 334
- East Silver Spring Elementary0.6 mi · 540
- Oak View Elementary0.7 mi · 423
- Rolling Terrace Elementary1.0 mi · 645
- Takoma Park Middle1.0 mi · 1,177
Frequently asked questions
About Silver Spring International MiddleHow large is Silver Spring International Middle?
Silver Spring International Middle enrolls approximately 1,015 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Silver Spring International Middle serve?
Silver Spring International Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Silver Spring International Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Silver Spring International Middle is approximately 14.5:1 (70 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Silver Spring International Middle?
At Silver Spring International Middle, the student body is approximately 26% White, 44% Hispanic, 21% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Silver Spring International Middle public or private?
Silver Spring International 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.