Southampton Middle

Located at 1200 Moores Mill Rd, in Bel Air, Maryland, Southampton Middle is a well-populated 6-8 campus that teaches 1,192 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Harford County Public Schools. That puts it 56% larger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 764 students.

Southampton Middle is one of 55 schools operated by Harford County Public Schools, a district that instructs 37,771 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Southampton Middle reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 9% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. Compared to Harford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harford County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Southampton Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.7%; this one delivers 62.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Harford County) records that median household earnings sit near $112,265, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Southampton Middle is one of 55 public schools in Harford County (combined enrollment of about 37,771 students).

Nearest neighbor: C. Milton Wright High, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southampton Middle. On composite proficiency, Southampton Middle comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 61.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southampton Middle has decreased 3%, going from 1,228 students in 2018 to 1,192 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 80% to 73%.

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