Washington Middle

Washington Middle operates as a small intermediate school in Cumberland, Maryland, run under Allegany County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 577 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 24% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 764 students.

Allegany County Public Schools runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 8,113 students. Washington Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Washington Middle shows that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 2% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 63% of students at Washington Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Washington Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 30.4%, a residual of -6.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Allegany County indicate median household income runs about $59,603, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Allegany County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,113 students), Washington Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fort Hill High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Washington Middle at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.5%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 574 students in 2018 compared to 577 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 85% to 81%.

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