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Enrollment
1,090
Middle
DISTRICT 788 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240033001536
Urbana Middle
3511 Pontius Ct, Ijamsville, MD 21754 · (227) 203-2600 · Frederick County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,090 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Maryland public middle schools
- A+Test 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
17.6:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
179 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 354 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 352 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 384 | 35% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
81.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.1% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 81.4% | 48.0% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Urbana Middle
Urbana Middle's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urbana Middle this school | 1,090 | 16.4% | 65.5% |
| Cabin John Middle Potomac | 983 | 12.3% | 70.0% |
| Tilden Middle Rockville | 1,112 | 24.1% | 57.7% |
| Oakdale Middle Ijamsville | 1,085 | 15.8% | 54.3% |
| Ridgely Middle Lutherville | 1,039 | 20.2% | 59.2% |
| North Bethesda Middle Bethesda | 1,224 | 15.9% | 63.7% |
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 Urbana Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Frederick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #10 of 223 | #1 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #17 of 223 ▲ 1 | #2 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #10 of 223 ▼ 1 | #1 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,090 | #22 of 230 | #1 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #216 of 225 | #11 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #17 of 225 | #2 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.4% | #209 of 227 | #11 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.1% | #35 of 95 | #4 of 7 |
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
1,090
+123 (+13%) vs 2020
+73% since 2010-11, when it was 630
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 1,090 | 62 | 17.6:1 | 16% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 1,114 | 64 | 17.4:1 | 15% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 1,128 | 59 | 19.1:1 | 14% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 967 | 55 | 17.6:1 | 9% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 964 | 50 | 19.3:1 | 6% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 843 | 45 | 18.7:1 | 6% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 9% (55) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Urbana Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (964 to 1,090); teachers up 24% (50 to 62).
About Urbana Middle
Urbana Middle is a public mid-sized middle school in Ijamsville, Maryland. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 1,090 students on the rolls. Across middle schools in Maryland, the average enrollment is about 764.
In Frederick County Public Schools, 67 schools enroll a combined 48,054 students.
The biggest share of students at Urbana Middle, 40%, is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 25% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 9% multiracial. In Frederick County overall, about 68% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Urbana Middle scores 74%.
The school lists 62 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Maryland average 14.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 16% of the student body. Across public schools in Frederick County, the average is 37%.
Among Maryland public middle schools, Urbana Middle outscored 94%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Maryland with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 64.5%. Urbana Middle scores 65.5%.
In Frederick County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $122,002 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Urbana Middle, Frederick County has 69 public schools.
The closest school to Urbana Middle is Urbana High, located about 0.2 miles away. Urbana Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Urbana Middle ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 65.5% against a local average of 67.1%.
NCES assigns Urbana Middle the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 967 (2020-21) to 1,090 (2024-25).
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Frederick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
287,048
Census ACS
Median income
$122,002
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
48,054 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frederick County Public Schools
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Urbana HighHigh · 1,989 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Oakdale HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
Other schools in Ijamsville
- Urbana HighHigh · 1,989 students
- Oakdale HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Oakdale ElementaryElementary · 1,167 students
- Oakdale MiddleMiddle · 1,085 students
- Windsor Knolls MiddleMiddle · 812 students
Other Urbana Middle schools
One other US public school is named Urbana Middle. Urbana Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Urbana Middle SchoolUrbana, IL · 877 students
Nearby schools
- Urbana High0.2 mi · 1,989
- Centerville Elementary0.4 mi · 471
- Urbana Elementary1.1 mi · 736
- Sugarloaf Elementary1.5 mi · 845
- Windsor Knolls Middle3.2 mi · 812
- Green Valley Elementary3.9 mi · 850
Frequently asked questions
About Urbana MiddleHow many students attend Urbana Middle?
Urbana Middle enrolls approximately 1,090 students in grades 06-08.
Is Urbana Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Urbana Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Urbana Middle have?
Urbana Middle employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Urbana Middle?
Student demographics at Urbana Middle are roughly 40% White, 14% Hispanic, 12% Black, 25% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Urbana Middle in?
Urbana Middle is part of Frederick County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.