Southern Middle

Southern Middle operates as a small junior high in Lusby, Maryland, part of Calvert County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 442 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 764 students.

Calvert County Public Schools comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 14,849 students; Southern Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Southern Middle lists that 58% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 21% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Calvert County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Southern Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 44.4%; this one comes in at 29.6%, -14.7 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Calvert County reports that the typical household earns roughly $133,922 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 2%. Southern Middle is one of 25 public schools in Calvert County (combined enrollment of about 14,849 students).

Nearest neighbor: Patuxent Appeal Elementary Campus, around 2.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southern Middle ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.5%.

Southern Middle operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southern Middle has contracted 7%, going from 473 students in 2018 to 442 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 68% to 58%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.