Edgewood Middle

Edgewood Middle operates as a mid-sized 6-8 campus in Edgewood, Maryland, overseen by Harford County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 936 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 764 students each, so Edgewood Middle sits 23% above that benchmark.

Edgewood Middle is one of 55 schools operated by Harford County Public Schools, a district that enrolls 37,771 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Edgewood Middle lists that 46% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 24% White, 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Harford County's rate of about 39%.

With demographic context factored in, Edgewood Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.3%; this one delivers 26.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Harford County put median household income runs about $112,265, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harford County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,771 students), of which Edgewood Middle is one.

Deerfield Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edgewood Middle. On composite proficiency, Edgewood Middle comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 30.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 14%: 1,089 students in 2018 compared to 936 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 34% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Edgewood Middle community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.