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What's the one class at White Oak Middle every student should take?
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Enrollment
808
Middle
DISTRICT 888 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000954
White Oak Middle
12201 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20904 · (301) 288-8200 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL808 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Maryland public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.6:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
463 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 275 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 258 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 34% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
48.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +9.4pp since 2023
Math
17.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 14.1% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 White Oak Middle
White Oak Middle's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak Middle this school | 808 | 57.3% | 29.5% |
| Argyle Middle Silver Spring | 868 | 61.4% | 30.6% |
| Forest Oak Middle Gaithersburg | 828 | 58.3% | 25.2% |
| Odessa Shannon Middle Silver Spring | 784 | 55.6% | 23.6% |
| Gaithersburg Middle Gaithersburg | 869 | 63.2% | 23.8% |
| Montgomery Village Middle Montgomery Village | 780 | 59.2% | 17.5% |
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 White Oak Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #146 of 223 | #32 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #155 of 223 ▲ 3 | #37 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #117 of 223 ▲ 40 | #26 of 40 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 808 | #101 of 230 | #28 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #37 of 225 | #5 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #112 of 225 | #34 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.3% | #88 of 227 | #9 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #80 of 95 | #17 of 19 |
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
808
-52 (-6%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 949
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 808 | 64.4 | 12.6:1 | 57% (463) |
| 2023-24 | 805 | 59.2 | 13.6:1 | 60% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 852 | 58.8 | 14.5:1 | 78% (661) |
| 2020-21 | 860 | 62 | 13.9:1 | 67% (575) |
| 2017-18 | 789 | 58.6 | 13.5:1 | 66% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 760 | 54 | 14.1:1 | 62% (469) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 48 | 13.4:1 | 56% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 894 | 60 | 14.9:1 | 30% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 949 | 59 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Oak Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (789 to 808); teachers up 10% (58.6 to 64.4).
About White Oak Middle
White Oak Middle is a medium-sized middle school with an address in Silver Spring, Maryland. Its 808 students are spread across grades 6 through 8.
White Oak Middle sits within Montgomery County Public Schools, which has 208 schools and 159,181 students.
White Oak Middle's enrollment is 55% Hispanic. Other groups include 30% Black, 6% Asian, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County residents are about 21% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at White Oak Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Staffing totals 64.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. That ratio is under the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at White Oak Middle is 57%. That is 17 points above the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
allk12 grades White Oak Middle a C. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, White Oak Middle falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 29.5% actual against 40.3% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Montgomery County show that median household income is about $132,450, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. White Oak Middle is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 159,181 students.
The school nearest to White Oak Middle is Jackson Road Elementary, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, White Oak Middle is 8th on average proficiency.
White Oak Middle is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 808 was 6% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 860. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.6:1) than in 2020-21 (13.9:1).
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Silver Spring
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- James Hubert Blake HighHigh · 1,960 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Springbrook HighHigh · 1,838 students
- Takoma Park MiddleMiddle · 1,177 students
Other White Oak Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named White Oak Middle. White Oak Middle is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- White Oak Middle SchoolPORTER, TX · 833 students
- White Oak Middle SchoolCincinnati, OH · 703 students
- White Oak Middle SchoolWHITE OAK, TX · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Road Elementary0.2 mi · 623
- Springbrook High0.6 mi · 1,838
- Cannon Road Elementary0.9 mi · 388
- Burnt Mills Elementary1.2 mi · 747
- Kemp Mill Elementary1.4 mi · 412
- William Tyler Page Elementary1.4 mi · 620
Frequently asked questions
About White Oak MiddleHow many students attend White Oak Middle?
White Oak Middle enrolls approximately 808 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does White Oak Middle serve?
White Oak Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at White Oak Middle?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at White Oak Middle.
How diverse is White Oak Middle?
White Oak Middle reports a student body of 4% White, 55% Hispanic, 30% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees White Oak Middle?
White Oak Middle is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.