Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School

Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School is one of the cozy middle-grades schools in Westover, Maryland, run under Somerset County Public Schools, with 389 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 7. Enrollment runs roughly 49% smaller than the state mean of about 764.

Somerset County Public Schools runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,901 students. Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School records that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 32% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. Roughly 73% of students at Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Somerset County put median household earnings sit near $64,943, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Somerset County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,901 students), Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Washington Academy and High School, around 5.8 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School has decreased 10%, going from 430 students in 2018 to 389 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment expanded from 44% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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