Mount Airy Middle

Set in Mount Airy, Maryland, Mount Airy Middle is a reasonably sized middle school, run under Carroll County Public Schools. It serves 761 students across grades 6 through 8.

Within Carroll County Public Schools, which oversees 43 schools and 26,141 students, Mount Airy Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Mount Airy Middle logs that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Mount Airy Middle reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Mount Airy Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 19% of students at Mount Airy Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Carroll County's rate of about 28%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mount Airy Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.7%; this one delivers 52.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Carroll County) reports that median household income runs about $118,211, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Carroll County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,141 students), of which Mount Airy Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Mount Airy Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mount Airy Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 737 students in 2018 compared to 761 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 7% to 13%. Class-load math has widened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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