Best Middle Schools in Maryland

The top 42 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Maryland, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 66%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Perry Hall Middle	Baltimore, MD	1,754	63%
2	Severna Park Middle	Severna Park, MD	1,399	69%
3	Crofton Middle	Gambrills, MD	1,374	71%
4	Deer Park Middle Magnet School	Randallstown, MD	1,322	45%
5	Central Middle	Edgewater, MD	1,299	69%
6	Thomas W. Pyle Middle	Bethesda, MD	1,241	76%
7	Southampton Middle	Bel Air, MD	1,175	70%
8	Urbana Middle	Ijamsville, MD	1,128	69%
9	North Bethesda Middle	Bethesda, MD	1,110	73%
10	Oakdale Middle	Ijamsville, MD	1,057	74%
11	Theodore G. Davis Middle School	Waldorf, MD	1,043	62%
12	Fallston Middle School	Fallston, MD	1,007	68%
13	Leonardtown Middle	Leonardtown, MD	969	66%
14	Margaret Brent Middle	Mechanicsville, MD	935	63%
15	Sudbrook Magnet Middle	Baltimore, MD	929	49%
16	Hereford Middle	Monkton, MD	903	63%
17	Esperanza Middle	Lexington Park, MD	875	62%
18	Westminster West Middle	Westminster, MD	875	62%
19	Rosa M. Parks Middle	Olney, MD	848	69%
20	Westland Middle	Bethesda, MD	845	64%
21	Walkersville Middle	Walkersville, MD	841	62%
22	Patterson Mill Middle School	Bel Air, MD	760	61%
23	Oklahoma Road Middle	Sykesville, MD	742	62%
24	Windy Hill Middle	Owings, MD	737	66%
25	Severn River Middle	Arnold, MD	734	70%
26	Folly Quarter Middle	Ellicott City, MD	683	71%
27	Magothy River Middle	Arnold, MD	683	71%
28	Bonnie Branch Middle	Ellicott City, MD	682	65%
29	Ellicott Mills Middle	Ellicott City, MD	670	65%
30	Clarksville Middle	Clarksville, MD	649	62%
31	Lime Kiln Middle	Fulton, MD	643	68%
32	Northern Middle	Owings, MD	636	68%
33	Plum Point Middle	Huntingtown, MD	617	65%
34	Piccowaxen Middle School	Newburg, MD	616	67%
35	Shiloh Middle	Hampstead, MD	604	70%
36	Hammond Middle School	Laurel, MD	570	61%
37	Chesapeake Charter School	Lexington Park, MD	519	67%
38	Glenwood Middle	Glenwood, MD	493	73%
39	John Hanson Montessori	Oxon Hill, MD	491	62%
40	Centreville Middle School	Centreville, MD	481	64%
41	John H. Poole Middle	Poolesville, MD	443	71%
42	DuFief Elementary	Gaithersburg, MD	245	69%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best middle school in Maryland?

The largest middle school in Maryland is Perry Hall Middle in Baltimore with 1,754 students and a 63% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many middle schools are in Maryland?

This page shows the top 42 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Maryland by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.