Middle · Maryland

Briggs Chaney Middle

Briggs Chaney Middle, a public middle school in Silver Spring, Maryland: grades 6–8, 858 students, 14.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Montgomery County Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
858
Teachers (FTE)
58.6
Students per teacher
14.6
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 52% of middle schools in Maryland

Median 14.4 · 228 schools compared

More students per teacher than 50% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 65% of middle schools in Maryland

Median 777 · 228 schools compared

Larger than 83% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Maryland's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Maryland: 49%

43%proficient

+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 62% of middle schools in Maryland

Median 50% · 227 middle schools compared

829 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Maryland: 28%

9.2%proficient

−1.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 67% of middle schools in Maryland

Median 15% · 227 middle schools compared

649 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Montgomery County Public Schools.

Location

Address
1901 Rainbow Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20905
Phone
(301)288-8300
City or town
Cloverly

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Benjamin Banneker MiddleFree meals for all
6–870512.135%8.8%
White Oak MiddleFree meals for all
6–880812.541%7.7%
6–868215.874%25%
6–867515.684%37%
6–886813.242%10%
6–860513.838%6.9%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 240048090450