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Enrollment
707
Middle
DISTRICT 933 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001465
Thurgood Marshall Middle
4909 Brinkley Rd, Temple Hills, MD 20748 · (301) 702-7540 · Prince George's County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL707 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
661 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 | 235 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 237 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 235 | 33% |
Student demographics
52%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
35.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +10.3pp 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 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
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Thurgood Marshall Middle
Thurgood Marshall Middle's state test result (19.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall Middle this school | 707 | 93.5% | 19.9% |
| G. James Gholson Middle Landover | 603 | 95.2% | 17.8% |
| Benjamin Stoddert Middle Temple Hills | 628 | 94.7% | 20.6% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle Beltsville | 605 | 88.6% | 26.1% |
| Kenmoor Middle Landover | 1,021 | 93.1% | 36.1% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle Laurel | 1,047 | 96.4% | 21.2% |
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 Thurgood Marshall Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #203 of 223 | #19 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #219 of 223 no change | #21 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #184 of 223 ▲ 23 | #16 of 24 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 707 | #135 of 230 | #21 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #191 of 225 | #22 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #143 of 225 | #7 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #14 of 227 | #13 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.2% | #25 of 95 | #6 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
707
-55 (-7%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 707 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 93% (661) |
| 2023-24 | 731 | 41 | 17.8:1 | 82% (602) |
| 2022-23 | 704 | 39 | 18.1:1 | 83% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 78% (596) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 73% (439) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 46 | 11.8:1 | 72% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 781 | 49 | 15.9:1 | 55% (430) |
| 2000-01 | 897 | 55 | 16.3:1 | 48% (427) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 38 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thurgood Marshall Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (598 to 707); teachers up 2% (42 to 43).
About Thurgood Marshall Middle
Thurgood Marshall Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Maryland, with an address in Temple Hills. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 707 students.
Prince George's County Public Schools is responsible for 199 schools, Thurgood Marshall Middle included, with 132,693 students in all.
Black students are 55% of those enrolled at Thurgood Marshall Middle. Other reported shares: 41% Hispanic. That is in line with Prince George's County, where about 59% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Thurgood Marshall Middle are from different groups.
The school lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. Compared with the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 93% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Prince George's County is 79%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Thurgood Marshall Middle is 18.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 19.9%.
For Prince George's County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $101,798 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Prince George's County number 203, with about 132,693 students.
Measured in a straight line, Allenwood Elementary is about 0.4 miles from Thurgood Marshall Middle. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 32.6%, higher than Thurgood Marshall Middle's 19.9%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 762 to 707, a 7% decrease.
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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 Temple Hills
- Crossland HighHigh · 1,094 students
- Benjamin Stoddert MiddleMiddle · 628 students
- Panorama ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Hillcrest Heights ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- Allenwood ElementaryElementary · 371 students
- Imagine Lincoln PCSElementary · 371 students
Other Thurgood Marshall Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Thurgood Marshall Middle. Thurgood Marshall Middle is the largest of the 5.
- Thurgood Marshall MiddleAntioch, TN · 603 students
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolOLYMPIA, WA · 469 students
- THURGOOD MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOLROCHESTER, NY · 325 students
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolEvergreen, AL · 167 students
Nearby schools
- Allenwood Elementary0.4 mi · 371
- Crossland High0.7 mi · 1,094
- Avalon Elementary1.3 mi · 302
- James Ryder Randall E C C1.3 mi · 193
- James Ryder Randall Elementary1.3 mi · 299
- Princeton Elementary1.4 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Thurgood Marshall MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Thurgood Marshall Middle?
Thurgood Marshall Middle enrolls approximately 707 students in grades 06-08.
Is Thurgood Marshall Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thurgood Marshall Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Thurgood Marshall Middle?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Thurgood Marshall Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thurgood Marshall Middle?
At Thurgood Marshall Middle, the student body is approximately 1% White, 41% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Thurgood Marshall Middle public or private?
Thurgood Marshall Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.