Summary:
Zip code 21111 is home to a single school, Hereford Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 and is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools district.
Hereford Middle is a high-performing school that consistently earns 4-star ratings from SchoolDigger, ranking in the top 14% of Maryland middle schools. Its academic performance is a standout within its district, which is ranked 18th out of 25 districts in the state. The school has an enrollment of 861 students and a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1. Spending per student is $17,471, and only 13.36% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch, indicating a relatively low-needs population. Chronic absenteeism is notably low at 9.6%, compared to the district average of 25.6%.
The school shows stark contrasts in academic performance. In English Language Arts, 80% of students are proficient, far exceeding the state average of 51.7%. Science and Social Studies are also major strengths, with 62.7% and 71.6% proficiency respectively, both more than double the state averages. However, mathematics is a significant weakness, with only 29.4% of students proficient overall. This is driven by a particularly severe issue in 7th grade, where just 9.9% of students are proficient in math, well below the state average of 18.5%. This extreme gap between ELA and math proficiency—a 50.6 percentage point difference—suggests a targeted instructional challenge that the school needs to address.
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