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Walkersville Middle
- B+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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 265 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 243 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 271 | 35% |
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.9% | 34.1% |
| 2023-24 | 68.6% | 27.1% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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%.
Schools most like Walkersville Middle
Walkersville Middle's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walkersville Middle this school | 779 | 41.6% | 48.9% |
| Westminster East Middle Westminster | 796 | 38.1% | 43.5% |
| Northeast Middle Pasadena | 901 | 48.6% | 29.0% |
| Esperanza Middle Lexington Park | 835 | 42.8% | 43.3% |
| Calvert Middle Prince Frederick | 607 | 39.5% | 39.2% |
| Havre de Grace Middle Havre de Grace | 617 | 46.0% | 37.8% |
Where Walkersville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Frederick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #63 of 223 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #68 of 223 ▲ 12 | #7 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #56 of 223 ▼ 14 | #7 of 13 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 779 | #114 of 230 | #7 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #170 of 225 | #6 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #119 of 225 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.6% | #151 of 227 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #50 of 123 | N/A |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 779 | 48.5 | 16.1:1 | 42% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 805 | 49 | 16.4:1 | 36% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 841 | 51 | 16.5:1 | 36% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 836 | 51 | 16.4:1 | 29% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 880 | 48 | 18.3:1 | 24% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 812 | 47 | 17.3:1 | 24% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 796 | 46 | 17.3:1 | 22% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 875 | 57 | 15.3:1 | 10% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 687 | 40 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (880 to 779); teachers up 1% (48 to 48.5).
About Walkersville Middle
Federal records list Walkersville Middle as a middle-grades school in Walkersville, Maryland. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 779 students.
Walkersville Middle is a school in Frederick County Public Schools. The district has 67 schools and 48,054 students.
More than half of enrollment at Walkersville Middle is White: 60%. Enrollment also includes 15% Black, 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The diversity index for Walkersville Middle is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Walkersville Middle reports a ratio of 16.1 students per teacher, from 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Maryland, the average ratio is 14.3:1. Lunch program data show 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On the allk12 Grade, Walkersville Middle lands at A-, ahead of 80% of Maryland public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Walkersville Middle is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 48.9%. Predicted: 49.6%.
Census data for Frederick County show the median household earns about $122,002 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Frederick County number 69, with about 48,054 students.
Walkersville Middle's closest public school neighbor is Rock Creek, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Walkersville Middle ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Walkersville Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Enrollment was 779 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 836.
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