Thomas W. Pyle Middle

Thomas W. Pyle Middle is one of the sprawling 6-8 campuss in Bethesda, Maryland, part of Montgomery County Public Schools, with 1,259 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 65% larger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 764 students.

Thomas W. Pyle Middle is one of 208 schools operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, a district that works with 159,181 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Thomas W. Pyle Middle shows that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 16% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, Thomas W. Pyle Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.4%; this one delivers 75.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Thomas W. Pyle Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Walt Whitman High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thomas W. Pyle Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thomas W. Pyle Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 76.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas W. Pyle Middle has shrank 15%, going from 1,485 students in 2018 to 1,259 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 66% to 55% over that span.

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