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Enrollment
1,180
Middle
DISTRICT 933 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001175
Thomas Johnson Middle
5401 Barker Pl, Lanham, MD 20706 · (301) 918-8680 · Prince George's County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,180 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Maryland public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.9:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
1,120 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 374 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 404 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 402 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
35.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.1% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 10.0% |
% 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
20.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Thomas Johnson Middle
Thomas Johnson Middle's state test result (20.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Johnson Middle this school | 1,180 | 94.9% | 20.5% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle Laurel | 1,047 | 96.4% | 21.2% |
| Greenbelt Middle Greenbelt | 1,270 | 93.1% | 34.7% |
| Hyattsville Middle Hyattsville | 1,305 | 94.6% | 19.0% |
| Kenmoor Middle Landover | 1,021 | 93.1% | 36.1% |
| Charles Carroll Middle New Carrollton | 884 | 96.8% | 20.1% |
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 Thomas Johnson Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #199 of 223 | #17 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #215 of 223 no change | #17 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #183 of 223 ▲ 16 | #15 of 24 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,180 | #15 of 230 | #4 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #166 of 225 | #14 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #135 of 225 | #6 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #10 of 227 | #9 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #89 of 95 | #17 of 17 |
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
1,180
-102 (-8%) vs 2020
+128% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 1,180 | 74 | 15.9:1 | 95% (1,120) |
| 2023-24 | 1,239 | 74 | 16.7:1 | 82% (1,015) |
| 2022-23 | 1,274 | 80 | 15.9:1 | 80% (1,024) |
| 2020-21 | 1,282 | 84 | 15.3:1 | 78% (995) |
| 2017-18 | 1,170 | 72 | 16.3:1 | 76% (892) |
| 2015-16 | 1,071 | 74 | 14.5:1 | 70% (749) |
| 2010-11 | 932 | 56 | 16.6:1 | 59% (546) |
| 2000-01 | 708 | 53 | 13.4:1 | 47% (335) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 39 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Johnson Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,170 to 1,180); teachers up 3% (72 to 74).
About Thomas Johnson Middle
Thomas Johnson Middle is a large middle school located in Lanham, Maryland. The school's enrollment of 1,180 students covers grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 54% higher than the average for middle schools in Maryland, which is about 764.
The 199 schools of Prince George's County Public Schools, including Thomas Johnson Middle, enroll 132,693 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Thomas Johnson Middle, at 50%. Smaller groups are 43% Black and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Prince George's County is roughly 23% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Thomas Johnson Middle is 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.9:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. About 95% of students, or 1,120, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Prince George's County averages 79%, lower than here.
Thomas Johnson Middle is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 38% of Maryland public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Thomas Johnson Middle are 2.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (20.5% actual, 18.1% predicted).
Prince George's County has about 959,754 residents, and the median household income is $101,798, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Prince George's County has 203 public schools and roughly 132,693 students.
The school nearest to Thomas Johnson Middle is Legends Public Charter School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Thomas Johnson Middle is 7th among 9 schools close by.
Federal data place Thomas Johnson Middle in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Thomas Johnson Middle's enrollment dropped from 1,282 in 2020-21 to 1,180 in 2024-25.
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Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Lanham
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Legends Public Charter SchoolElementary · 897 students
- James McHenry ElementaryElementary · 610 students
- Gaywood ElementaryElementary · 525 students
- Glenarden Woods ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 442 students
Nearby schools
- Legends Public Charter School0.2 mi · 897
- Seabrook Elementary0.5 mi · 365
- James McHenry Elementary0.5 mi · 610
- Gaywood Elementary1.3 mi · 525
- Ardmore Elementary1.9 mi · 470
- Robert Goddard Montessori1.9 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Johnson MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas Johnson Middle?
Thomas Johnson Middle enrolls approximately 1,180 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Thomas Johnson Middle serve?
Thomas Johnson Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas Johnson Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas Johnson Middle is approximately 15.9:1 (74 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Thomas Johnson Middle?
Thomas Johnson Middle reports a student body of 2% White, 50% Hispanic, 43% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Johnson Middle in?
Thomas Johnson Middle is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.