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Enrollment
758
Middle
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042001720
Thomas Viaduct Middle
7000 Banbury Drive, Hanover, MD 21076 · (410) 313-8711 · Howard County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL758 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
360 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 244 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 253 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 34% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
42.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
17.7%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 17.7% |
| 2023-24 | 35.3% | 18.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Viaduct Middle
Thomas Viaduct Middle's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Viaduct Middle this school | 758 | 47.5% | 28.6% |
| Patuxent Valley Middle Jessup | 840 | 43.7% | 34.6% |
| Murray Hill Middle Laurel | 616 | 37.3% | 42.4% |
| Benjamin Banneker Middle Burtonsville | 705 | 51.9% | 27.5% |
| Roberto W. Clemente Middle Germantown | 888 | 55.0% | 34.1% |
| Mayfield Woods Middle Elkridge | 731 | 40.1% | 38.7% |
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 Viaduct Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #155 of 223 | #20 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #147 of 223 ▼ 17 | #20 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #154 of 223 ▲ 16 | #17 of 20 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 758 | #120 of 230 | #4 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #61 of 225 | #7 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #45 of 225 | #11 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #128 of 227 | #3 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.3% | #43 of 95 | #3 of 10 |
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
758
-77 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 758 | 57.6 | 13.2:1 | 47% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 764 | 60.9 | 12.6:1 | 50% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 858 | 62.2 | 13.8:1 | 47% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 835 | 56 | 14.9:1 | 32% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 687 | 52 | 13.2:1 | 32% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 601 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 40% (243) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Viaduct Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (687 to 758); teachers up 11% (52 to 57.6).
About Thomas Viaduct Middle
Families in Hanover, Maryland, are served by Thomas Viaduct Middle, a medium-sized middle-grades school. Enrolled students number 758 students, in grades 6 through 8.
Thomas Viaduct Middle reports to Howard County Public Schools, which has 77 schools and 57,565 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Thomas Viaduct Middle is Black (44%). Smaller groups are 22% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 11% White, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Howard County is roughly 20% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Thomas Viaduct Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
The teaching staff at Thomas Viaduct Middle is 57.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.2:1. That ratio is under the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 47%. On average, public schools in Howard County report 27%.
Thomas Viaduct Middle is a bottom-10% school in Maryland on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.6% against a predicted 46.1%.
Within Howard County, median household income is about $149,763, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Howard County number 78 and enroll about 57,565.
The nearest other public school, Hanover Hills Elementary, is about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Thomas Viaduct Middle. On state test proficiency, Thomas Viaduct Middle ranks 9th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 758 was 9% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 835. Students per teacher fell from 14.9 in 2020-21 to 13.2 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Thomas Viaduct Middle can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
336,328
Census ACS
Median income
$149,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
57,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howard County Public Schools
- Marriotts Ridge HighHigh · 1,741 students
- Reservoir HighHigh · 1,597 students
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
Other schools in Hanover
- Chesapeake Science PointCombined · 1,051 students
- Hanover Hills ElementaryElementary · 875 students
- Hebron - Harman ElementaryElementary · 459 students
Nearby schools
- Hanover Hills Elementary0.1 mi · 875
- Chesapeake Science Point1.2 mi · 1,051
- Ducketts Lane Elementary1.3 mi · 573
- Elkridge Landing Middle1.9 mi · 686
- Elkridge Elementary2.0 mi · 798
- Rockburn Elementary2.7 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Viaduct MiddleHow many students attend Thomas Viaduct Middle?
Thomas Viaduct Middle enrolls approximately 758 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Thomas Viaduct Middle serve?
Thomas Viaduct Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Thomas Viaduct Middle?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Thomas Viaduct Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thomas Viaduct Middle?
At Thomas Viaduct Middle, the student body is approximately 11% White, 22% Hispanic, 44% Black, 17% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Thomas Viaduct Middle?
Thomas Viaduct Middle is overseen by Howard County Public Schools in Howard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.