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Enrollment
812
Middle
DISTRICT 788 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240033000392
Windsor Knolls Middle
11150 Windsor Rd, Ijamsville, MD 21754 · (227) 203-2750 · Frederick County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL812 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Maryland public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
17.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
109 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 294 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 255 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 263 | 32% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
72.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +10.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Windsor Knolls Middle
Windsor Knolls Middle's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Knolls Middle this school | 812 | 13.4% | 59.4% |
| Westland Middle Bethesda | 839 | 17.5% | 67.3% |
| Rosa M. Parks Middle Olney | 863 | 16.5% | 57.6% |
| Oakdale Middle Ijamsville | 1,085 | 15.8% | 54.3% |
| Oklahoma Road Middle Sykesville | 816 | 14.6% | 53.5% |
| Ridgely Middle Lutherville | 1,039 | 20.2% | 59.2% |
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 Windsor Knolls Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Frederick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #25 of 223 | #2 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #16 of 223 ▲ 17 | #1 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #40 of 223 no change | #3 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 812 | #99 of 230 | #5 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #215 of 225 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #98 of 225 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.4% | #217 of 227 | #13 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.3% | #53 of 95 | #7 of 7 |
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
812
+103 (+15%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 912
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 812 | 46.5 | 17.5:1 | 13% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 754 | 43 | 17.5:1 | 9% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 744 | 42 | 17.7:1 | 13% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 709 | 41 | 17.3:1 | 12% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 757 | 43.3 | 17.5:1 | 6% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 44 | 17.8:1 | 9% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 939 | 54 | 17.4:1 | 7% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 912 | 55 | 16.6:1 | 4% (37) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Windsor Knolls Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (757 to 812); teachers up 7% (43.3 to 46.5).
About Windsor Knolls Middle
Windsor Knolls Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Ijamsville, Maryland. The school reports 812 students in grades 6 through 8.
Windsor Knolls Middle is one school in a 67-school district, Frederick County Public Schools, which enrolls 48,054 students.
At 57%, White students outnumber all other groups at Windsor Knolls Middle combined. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. Among people living in Frederick County, the White share is about 68%. By the diversity index, Windsor Knolls Middle comes in at 63%.
The count of teachers at Windsor Knolls Middle is 46.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.5:1. Among middle schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 14.3:1. The school counts 109 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 13%. That is lower than the 37% average for public schools in Frederick County.
Measured against Maryland public middle schools, Windsor Knolls Middle receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Windsor Knolls Middle posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.4%, compared with a predicted 66.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Frederick County, median household income is about $122,002, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 69 public schools in Frederick County, with a combined enrollment of about 48,054.
The nearest public school is Green Valley Elementary, at about 1.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Windsor Knolls Middle is 8th among 9 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Windsor Knolls Middle as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Windsor Knolls Middle saw enrollment rise 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Frederick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
287,048
Census ACS
Median income
$122,002
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
48,054 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frederick County Public Schools
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Urbana HighHigh · 1,989 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Oakdale HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
Other schools in Ijamsville
- Urbana HighHigh · 1,989 students
- Oakdale HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Oakdale ElementaryElementary · 1,167 students
- Urbana MiddleMiddle · 1,090 students
- Oakdale MiddleMiddle · 1,085 students
Nearby schools
- Green Valley Elementary1.5 mi · 850
- Kemptown Elementary2.3 mi · 448
- Centerville Elementary3.2 mi · 471
- Urbana Middle3.2 mi · 1,090
- Urbana High3.4 mi · 1,989
- New Market Elementary4.2 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About Windsor Knolls MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Windsor Knolls Middle?
Windsor Knolls Middle enrolls approximately 812 students in grades 06-08.
Is Windsor Knolls Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Windsor Knolls Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Windsor Knolls Middle have?
Windsor Knolls Middle employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Windsor Knolls Middle?
Student demographics at Windsor Knolls Middle are roughly 57% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Windsor Knolls Middle public or private?
Windsor Knolls Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Frederick County Public Schools.
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