Windsor Knolls Middle

Set in Ijamsville, Maryland, Windsor Knolls Middle is a mid-sized junior high, overseen by Frederick County Public Schools. It teaches 812 students across grades 6 through 8.

Frederick County Public Schools comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 48,054 students; Windsor Knolls Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Windsor Knolls Middle records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Windsor Knolls Middle logs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. Roughly 13% of students at Windsor Knolls Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Frederick County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Windsor Knolls Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.3%, the actual is 59.4%, a residual of -6.9 points.

In the broader community, Frederick County reports that the typical household earns roughly $122,002 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Frederick County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,054 students), Windsor Knolls Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Green Valley Elementary, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Windsor Knolls Middle ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 7%: 757 students in 2018 compared to 812 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 57% across the same window.

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