Wiley H. Bates Middle

Located at 701 Chase Street, in Annapolis, Maryland, Wiley H. Bates Middle is a moderately sized middle-grades school that instructs 707 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

Across the 125 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools (85,029 students total), Wiley H. Bates Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Wiley H. Bates Middle reports that 35% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 33% White, 25% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

In terms of school funding signals, Wiley H. Bates Middle lists 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Wiley H. Bates Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Anne Arundel County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Wiley H. Bates Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 34.2%, a residual of -7.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Anne Arundel County put median household income runs about $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Anne Arundel County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), Wiley H. Bates Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mary Moss at Adams Academy, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wiley H. Bates Middle ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 25.1%.

Wiley H. Bates Middle operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 8%: 656 students in 2018 compared to 707 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 35% across the same window.

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