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Enrollment
707
Middle
DISTRICT 938 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000041
Wiley H. Bates Middle
701 Chase Street, Annapolis, MD 21401 · (410) 263-0270 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL707 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Maryland public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
10.5:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
387 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 261 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 225 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 221 | 31% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
45.3%
MD avg 50.6% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
22.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 22.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.4% | 20.3% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Wiley H. Bates Middle
Wiley H. Bates Middle's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley H. Bates Middle this school | 707 | 54.7% | 34.2% |
| Monocacy Middle Frederick | 710 | 56.5% | 30.7% |
| Sligo Middle Silver Spring | 685 | 46.7% | 35.3% |
| Brooklyn Park Middle Baltimore | 784 | 65.3% | 30.6% |
| West Frederick Middle Frederick | 820 | 64.5% | 34.4% |
| Lindale Middle Linthicum | 884 | 56.9% | 28.7% |
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 Wiley H. Bates Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #123 of 223 | #10 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #119 of 223 no change | #10 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #135 of 223 ▼ 26 | #11 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 707 | #134 of 230 | #15 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #8 of 225 | #1 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #59 of 225 | #7 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.7% | #101 of 227 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #51 of 95 | #8 of 10 |
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
707
+25 (+4%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 707 | 67.3 | 10.5:1 | 55% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 657 | 65.5 | 10.0:1 | 53% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 682 | 66 | 10.3:1 | 51% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 682 | 67 | 10.2:1 | 50% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 67.9 | 9.7:1 | 44% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 878 | 78 | 11.3:1 | 50% (438) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | 64 | 10.1:1 | 50% (323) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 35% (214) |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 35 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wiley H. Bates Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (656 to 707); teachers down 1% (67.9 to 67.3).
About Wiley H. Bates Middle
Wiley H. Bates Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Annapolis, Maryland. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 707 students.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools oversees Wiley H. Bates Middle and 124 other schools, with 85,029 students in total.
Hispanic students account for 35% of enrollment at Wiley H. Bates Middle, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 33% White, 25% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 11% of Anne Arundel County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
The school's 67.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. Statewide, middle schools in Maryland average 14.3:1. Income data for the school show 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Anne Arundel County, the average is 42%.
Wiley H. Bates Middle earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of Maryland public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 41.8%.
In Anne Arundel County, home to about 598,166 people, median household income comes to about $124,911, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 129 public schools in the county, enrolling about 85,074, Wiley H. Bates Middle among them.
Mary Moss at Adams Academy is the nearest public school to Wiley H. Bates Middle, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Wiley H. Bates Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Wiley H. Bates Middle is ahead of the 25.1% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
NCES describes the area around Wiley H. Bates Middle as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 4% rise took enrollment from 682 in 2020-21 to 707 in 2024-25.
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Anne Arundel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
598,166
Census ACS
Median income
$124,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
85,074 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Wiley H. Bates MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Wiley H. Bates Middle?
Wiley H. Bates Middle enrolls approximately 707 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Wiley H. Bates Middle serve?
Wiley H. Bates Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Wiley H. Bates Middle?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at Wiley H. Bates Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wiley H. Bates Middle?
At Wiley H. Bates Middle, the student body is approximately 33% White, 35% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wiley H. Bates Middle?
Wiley H. Bates Middle is overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Anne Arundel County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.