Takoma Park Middle

Takoma Park Middle is a middle-grades school of big scale in Silver Spring, Maryland, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, serveing 1,177 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 764 students each, so Takoma Park Middle sits 54% larger than that benchmark.

Montgomery County Public Schools runs 208 schools in total, collectively educating 159,181 students. Takoma Park Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Takoma Park Middle records that the most-represented group is Black (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% White, 18% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Takoma Park Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 35% of students at Takoma Park Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Takoma Park Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.5%, the actual is 59.9%, a residual of +6.4 points.

Around the school, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Takoma Park Middle is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Nearest neighbor: Takoma Park Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Takoma Park Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Takoma Park Middle's enrollment has expanded 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,090 (now 1,177). Asian enrollment moved from 18% to 12% across the same window.

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