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What tradition at Sykesville Middle should never be changed?
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Enrollment
697
Middle
DISTRICT 658 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240021000547
Sykesville Middle
7301 Springfield Avenue, Sykesville, MD 21784 · (410) 751-3545 · Carroll County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL697 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% 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.
- A-Beats 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
14.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
128 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 231 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 238 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 228 | 33% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
78.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
47.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.1pp 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 48 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.2% | 47.8% |
| 2023-24 | 80.6% | 48.9% |
% 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Sykesville Middle
Sykesville Middle's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sykesville Middle this school | 697 | 18.4% | 63.9% |
| Patterson Mill Middle School Bel Air | 716 | 21.2% | 51.0% |
| New Market Middle New Market | 676 | 17.9% | 52.2% |
| Magothy River Middle Arnold | 655 | 18.2% | 57.3% |
| Oklahoma Road Middle Sykesville | 816 | 14.6% | 53.5% |
| Northern Middle Owings | 745 | 17.0% | 59.6% |
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 Sykesville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #14 of 223 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #25 of 223 ▼ 8 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #21 of 223 ▼ 11 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 697 | #142 of 230 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #125 of 225 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #177 of 225 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.4% | #202 of 227 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #65 of 123 | N/A |
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
697
-65 (-9%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 842
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 697 | 46.8 | 14.9:1 | 18% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 758 | 50.4 | 15.1:1 | 16% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 748 | 50.8 | 14.7:1 | 19% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 47 | 16.2:1 | 15% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 51.3 | 14.8:1 | 11% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | 53 | 15.1:1 | 10% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 822 | 51 | 16.1:1 | 7% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 910 | 48 | 19.0:1 | 5% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 842 | 47 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sykesville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (761 to 697); teachers down 9% (51.3 to 46.8).
About Sykesville Middle
Sykesville Middle is the name of a mid-sized middle school in Sykesville, Maryland. Federal data show 697 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Carroll County Public Schools has 43 schools and 26,141 students, and Sykesville Middle is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Sykesville Middle is White: 75%. Other groups make up 7% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. Carroll County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 43%.
The school lists 46.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Maryland is similar, at 14.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 18% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Carroll County is 28%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sykesville Middle lands at A, ahead of 91% of Maryland public middle schools.
Sykesville Middle posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.9%, compared with a predicted 63.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Carroll County show that median household income comes to about $118,211, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Carroll County counts 44 public schools with about 26,141 students.
Piney Ridge Elementary sits about 1.9 miles from Sykesville Middle. Sykesville Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Sykesville Middle ranks 6th on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Fringe, or in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 697 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 762. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.2:1 in 2020-21, and 14.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
175,321
Census ACS
Median income
$118,211
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
26,141 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County Public Schools
- Westminster HighHigh · 1,477 students
- Manchester Valley HighHigh · 1,339 students
- Winters Mill HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Century HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,007 students
- South Carroll HighHigh · 933 students
Other schools in Sykesville
- Century HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,007 students
- South Carroll HighHigh · 933 students
- Oklahoma Road MiddleMiddle · 816 students
- Linton Springs ElementaryElementary · 759 students
- Freedom District ElementaryElementary · 627 students
Nearby schools
- Piney Ridge Elementary1.9 mi · 578
- Carrolltowne Elementary2.2 mi · 593
- Eldersburg Elementary2.5 mi · 470
- Oklahoma Road Middle2.7 mi · 816
- Liberty High2.9 mi · 1,007
- Freedom District Elementary3.4 mi · 627
Frequently asked questions
About Sykesville MiddleHow large is Sykesville Middle?
Sykesville Middle enrolls approximately 697 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Sykesville Middle serve?
Sykesville Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Sykesville Middle?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Sykesville Middle.
How diverse is Sykesville Middle?
Sykesville Middle reports a student body of 75% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Sykesville Middle?
Sykesville Middle is overseen by Carroll County Public Schools in Carroll County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.