Summary:
In zip code 21771, there is one middle school, Mount Airy Middle, serving grades 6 through 8 in Mount Airy, Maryland, a community within the highly-rated Carroll County Public Schools district.
Mount Airy Middle is a standout school with a 4-star rating and a state ranking in the 89th percentile, placing it 38th out of 339 Maryland middle schools. The school excels in English Language Arts (ELA), with 71.5% of students proficient, significantly outpacing the state average of 51.7%. A major highlight is its Algebra I program, where 67.1% of students are proficient—more than triple the state average of 21.3% and double the district average. This suggests a strong focus on accelerating top math students. However, overall math proficiency (40.8%) is slightly below the district average (41.9%), indicating a two-tiered math performance where advanced students thrive while standard grade-level math scores lag. Science proficiency in 8th grade is also strong at 50.4%, well above the state average of 30.9%.
With 761 students and a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1, the school benefits from per-student spending of $14,362. Only 19.45% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, reflecting a relatively low level of economic disadvantage. A key concern is chronic absenteeism at 20.0%, slightly above the district average of 19.5%, meaning one in five students misses significant school time. Despite this, the school shows a positive trajectory, improving its state ranking from the 82nd to the 89th percentile over the last three years, indicating consistent academic growth in a well-resourced environment.
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