Middle Schools in Comstock Park Public Schools

Comstock Park Public Schools is served by a single middle school, Mill Creek Middle School, which enrolls 385 students in grades 6-8 and holds a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

For parents, the most important takeaway is that Mill Creek Middle School shows a split academic profile. The school’s strongest results come in 8th grade, where students outperform the state in Social Studies (57.5% proficient vs. 50.3%) and PSAT English Language Arts (67.5% vs. 64.8%). However, 6th and 7th grade M-Step ELA scores lag significantly behind state averages—by roughly 12 to 15 percentage points—and 6th grade math also trails by 8 points. Encouragingly, 7th grade math exceeds the state average (35.6% vs. 33.3%), and 8th grade PSAT math is essentially at par with the state. Over the past year, ELA scores dropped notably in both 6th and 7th grades, while Social Studies improved by nearly 4 points. The school’s state percentile ranking has slipped from the 58th to the 53rd percentile over two years, indicating that while scores are stable, peer schools are improving faster.

Demographically, 51.4% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the chronic absenteeism rate is 24.8%—below the state average of 27.9% but above the district’s 20.9%. With per-student spending of $16,469 and a 15.6:1 student-teacher ratio, the school has solid resources. The persistent ELA gap despite these resources is a concern, but the school’s consistent success in Social Studies—which requires similar reading and analytical skills—suggests effective instructional strategies exist that could be applied more broadly. Parents should also note that 8th grade PSAT ELA scores are dramatically higher than earlier M-Step ELA results, hinting that literacy skills may develop substantially during the middle school years, even if early assessments don’t reflect it.