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What's something Southampton Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,192
Middle
DISTRICT 913 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240039000682
Southampton Middle
1200 Moores Mill Rd, Bel Air, MD 21014 · (410) 638-4150 · Harford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,192 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Maryland public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
272 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 382 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 426 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 384 | 32% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
77.9%
MD avg 50.6% . -6.5pp since 2023
Math
43.2%
MD avg 34.8% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.9% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 84.4% | 43.3% |
% 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Southampton Middle
Southampton Middle's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton Middle this school | 1,192 | 22.8% | 62.2% |
| Bel Air Middle Bel Air | 1,080 | 24.1% | 53.8% |
| Central Middle Edgewater | 1,204 | 20.0% | 58.1% |
| Leonardtown Middle Leonardtown | 969 | 26.3% | 60.3% |
| Chesapeake Bay Middle Pasadena | 1,087 | 26.5% | 46.0% |
| Fallston Middle School Fallston | 1,068 | 12.1% | 63.6% |
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 Southampton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Harford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #19 of 223 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #39 of 223 ▼ 9 | #2 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #22 of 223 ▼ 20 | #2 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,192 | #13 of 230 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #137 of 225 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.1% | #169 of 225 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.8% | #189 of 227 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #109 of 123 | #6 of 6 |
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
1,192
+19 (+2%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 1,265
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 1,192 | 78.5 | 15.2:1 | 23% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 1,194 | 78.8 | 15.2:1 | 22% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 1,175 | 76.3 | 15.4:1 | 21% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 1,173 | 74 | 15.8:1 | 19% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 1,228 | 77.3 | 15.9:1 | 15% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 1,251 | 80 | 15.6:1 | 16% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 1,270 | 88 | 14.4:1 | 11% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 1,951 | 112 | 17.4:1 | 6% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 1,265 | 62 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southampton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,228 to 1,192); teachers up 2% (77.3 to 78.5).
About Southampton Middle
Southampton Middle runs as a large middle school in Bel Air, Maryland. It teaches 1,192 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Maryland enroll about 764 students on average.
Harford County Public Schools has 37,771 students spread across 55 schools.
White students are 73% of those enrolled at Southampton Middle. The rest of enrollment is 9% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. That is in line with Harford County, where about 73% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 45%.
For every teacher at Southampton Middle, there are about 15.2 students; the school has 78.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 23%. It compares with 39% for public schools in Harford County.
On the allk12 Grade, Southampton Middle lands at A, ahead of 92% of Maryland public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Southampton Middle is +1.5 points: 62.2% actual, 60.7% predicted.
In Harford County, home to about 263,757 people, median household income comes to about $112,265, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 55 public schools in the county, enrolling about 37,771, Southampton Middle among them.
Of the public schools around it, Southampton Middle is closest to C. Milton Wright High, about 1.0 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Southampton Middle is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Southampton Middle in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,192, close to the 1,173 recorded in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Harford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
263,757
Census ACS
Median income
$112,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
37,771 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harford County Public Schools
- Edgewood HighHigh · 1,440 students
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- North Harford HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Youths Benefit ElementaryElementary · 1,151 students
Other schools in Bel Air
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- Bel Air MiddleMiddle · 1,080 students
- Homestead/Wakefield ElementaryElementary · 1,071 students
- Harford Technical HighHigh · 954 students
- Patterson Mill High SchoolHigh · 839 students
Other Southampton Middle schools
One other US public school is named Southampton Middle. Southampton Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Southampton MiddleCourtland, VA · 497 students
Nearby schools
- C. Milton Wright High1.0 mi · 1,291
- Bel Air Elementary1.1 mi · 521
- Bel Air High1.3 mi · 1,341
- Bel Air Middle1.5 mi · 1,080
- Homestead/Wakefield Elementary1.6 mi · 1,071
- Fountain Green Elementary1.6 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Southampton MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Southampton Middle?
Southampton Middle enrolls approximately 1,192 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Southampton Middle serve?
Southampton Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Southampton Middle have?
Southampton Middle employs 79 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southampton Middle?
At Southampton Middle, the student body is approximately 73% White, 7% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Southampton Middle public or private?
Southampton Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harford County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.