Sudbrook Magnet Middle

As a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Baltimore, Maryland, Sudbrook Magnet Middle educates 821 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Baltimore County Public Schools.

Sudbrook Magnet Middle is one of 177 schools operated by Baltimore County Public Schools, a district that instructs 110,872 students overall.

On demographics, Sudbrook Magnet Middle logs that the largest single group is Black, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 9% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at school resources, Sudbrook Magnet Middle logs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages about 14.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Baltimore County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sudbrook Magnet Middle is in the bottom 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.3%; Sudbrook Magnet Middle posts 32.9%, -15.5 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Baltimore County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Baltimore County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), of which Sudbrook Magnet Middle is one.

Bedford Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sudbrook Magnet Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.9%.

Sudbrook Magnet Middle operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 1,063 students in 2018 compared to 821 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 63% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Sudbrook Magnet Middle community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.