Middle · Maryland

Harpers Choice Middle

Free meals for all

Harpers Choice Middle, a public middle school in Columbia, Maryland: grades 6–8, 471 students, 11.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Howard 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: 471
Teachers (FTE): 40.7
Students per teacher: 11.6
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 90% of middle schools in Maryland

Median 14.4 · 228 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 79% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 87% of middle schools in Maryland

Median 777 · 228 schools compared

Smaller than 56% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Howard County Public Schools

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

Location

Address: 5450 Beaverkill Rd, Columbia, MD 21044
Phone: (410)313-6929
City or town: Columbia
County: Howard County

Website Quality of life in Columbia Schools in Columbia

Nearby middle schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Wilde Lake Middle	6–8	643	13.2	0.8 mi
Burleigh Manor Middle	6–8	777	15.8	2.4 mi
Oakland Mills Middle	6–8	415	11.9	2.7 mi
Clarksville Middle	6–8	679	16.6	3.1 mi
Lake Elkhorn MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	569	12.2	3.3 mi
Dunloggin Middle	6–8	623	13.9	3.7 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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