Tilden Middle

Tilden Middle is one of the middle-of-the-pack middle schools in Rockville, Maryland, part of Montgomery County Public Schools, with 1,112 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 764 students per school, that is 46% above typical.

Within Montgomery County Public Schools, which oversees 208 schools and 159,181 students, Tilden Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Tilden Middle logs that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 21% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 15% Black, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Montgomery County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Tilden Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tilden Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.0%, the actual is 57.7%, a residual of -2.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household income runs about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tilden Middle is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Rock Terrace School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tilden Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tilden Middle at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 17%: 947 students in 2018 compared to 1,112 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 39% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.