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Enrollment
1,054
Middle
DISTRICT 933 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001477
Walker Mill Middle
800 Karen Blvd, Capitol Heights, MD 20743 · (301) 808-4055 · Prince George's County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,054 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Maryland public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
16.1:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
797 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 | 367 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 362 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 325 | 31% |
Student demographics
46%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
38.5%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
22.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.5% | 22.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 18.4% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Walker Mill Middle
Walker Mill Middle's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Mill Middle this school | 1,054 | 75.6% | 30.1% |
| Kettering Middle Upper Marlboro | 874 | 69.5% | 25.8% |
| Stephen Decatur Middle Clinton | 751 | 75.1% | 24.6% |
| Wicomico Middle Salisbury | 827 | 68.2% | 20.1% |
| James Madison Middle UPPER MARLBORO | 800 | 63.5% | 24.0% |
| Benjamin Stoddert Middle School Waldorf | 920 | 59.8% | 18.1% |
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 Walker Mill Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #140 of 223 | #5 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #121 of 223 ▲ 11 | #5 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #175 of 223 ▼ 30 | #13 of 24 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,054 | #32 of 230 | #9 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #173 of 225 | #18 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #166 of 225 | #15 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #30 of 227 | #19 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.6% | #4 of 95 | #2 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
1,054
+294 (+39%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 1,054 | 65.5 | 16.1:1 | 76% (797) |
| 2023-24 | 1,049 | 56.5 | 18.6:1 | 75% (791) |
| 2022-23 | 693 | 44.5 | 15.6:1 | 73% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 760 | 47 | 16.2:1 | 69% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 734 | 51.5 | 14.3:1 | 63% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 742 | 49 | 15.1:1 | 61% (449) |
| 2010-11 | 759 | 47 | 16.1:1 | 51% (389) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 32 | 20.9:1 | 48% (324) |
| 1990-91 | 681 | 41 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walker Mill Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 44% (734 to 1,054); teachers up 27% (51.5 to 65.5).
About Walker Mill Middle
Walker Mill Middle is a medium-sized middle school located in Capitol Heights, Maryland. The school enrolls 1,054 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Maryland is about 764, so this school runs 38% larger than that.
District-wide, Prince George's County Public Schools has 199 schools and 132,693 students.
Black students make up a majority at Walker Mill Middle, at 69%. Next come 27% Hispanic and 2% White. That compares with about 59% Black among all Prince George's County residents. Walker Mill Middle's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 65.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Walker Mill Middle in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.1:1. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 76%.
Measured against Maryland public middle schools, Walker Mill Middle receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Walker Mill Middle posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.1%, compared with a predicted 29.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across Prince George's County, the median household income is $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Prince George's County is home to 203 public schools and about 132,693 public school students.
John H. Bayne Elementary is the public school closest to Walker Mill Middle, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 27.2%; Walker Mill Middle's is 30.1%, ranking 2nd of 9.
In the federal locale system, Walker Mill Middle is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 1,054 students in 2024-25, 294 more than the 760 it had in 2020-21.
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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 Capitol Heights
- Central HighHigh · 754 students
- William W. Hall AcademyElementary · 444 students
- Carmody Hills ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- H Winship Wheatley E C CElementary · 345 students
- John H. Bayne ElementaryElementary · 339 students
- Capitol Heights ElementaryElementary · 317 students
Nearby schools
- John H. Bayne Elementary0.3 mi · 339
- Central High0.5 mi · 754
- Carmody Hills Elementary1.3 mi · 389
- Doswell E. Brooks Elementary1.4 mi · 291
- District Heights Elementary1.4 mi · 365
- Capitol Heights Elementary1.5 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About Walker Mill MiddleHow large is Walker Mill Middle?
Walker Mill Middle enrolls approximately 1,054 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Walker Mill Middle serve?
Walker Mill Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Walker Mill Middle have?
Walker Mill Middle employs 66 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Walker Mill Middle?
Student demographics at Walker Mill Middle are roughly 2% White, 27% Hispanic, 69% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Walker Mill Middle in?
Walker Mill Middle is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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