Stemmers Run Middle

Stemmers Run Middle operates as a mid-tier 6-8 campus in Baltimore, Maryland, operated by Baltimore County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 831 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Stemmers Run Middle is one of 177 schools operated by Baltimore County Public Schools, a district that works with 110,872 students overall.

Demographically, Stemmers Run Middle reports that 36% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 33% White, 21% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Stemmers Run Middle shows 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Stemmers Run Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at Stemmers Run Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Baltimore County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Stemmers Run Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 32.7%; this one comes in at 17.5%, -15.2 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Baltimore County) records that the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Baltimore County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), of which Stemmers Run Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Middlesex Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stemmers Run Middle ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stemmers Run Middle has grew 7%, going from 777 students in 2018 to 831 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 52% to 33% over that span.

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