Middle · Maryland
Walker Mill Middle
Free meals for allWalker Mill Middle, a public middle school in Capitol Heights, Maryland: grades 6–8, 1,054 students, 16.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Prince George's 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
- 1,054
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65.5
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in Maryland
Median 14.4 · 228 schools compared
More students per teacher than 63% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 86% of middle schools in Maryland
Median 777 · 228 schools compared
Larger than 93% 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%39%proficient
+1.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 71% of middle schools in Maryland
Median 50% · 227 middle schools compared
1,008 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Maryland: 28%12%proficient
+2.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 59% of middle schools in Maryland
Median 15% · 227 middle schools compared
969 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
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Prince George's County Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 800 Karen Blvd, Capitol Heights, MD 20743
- Phone
- (301)808-4055
- City or town
- Walker Mill
- County
- Prince George's County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
G. James Gholson MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 603 | 12.3 |
KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCSCharterFree meals for all | 5–8 | 340 | 12.0 |
Drew-Freeman MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,022 | 16.0 |
KIPP DC - KEY Academy PCSCharterFree meals for all | 5–8 | 422 | 12.3 |
Kelly Miller MSFree meals for all | 6–8 | 315 | 10.9 |
DC Prep PCS - Benning MSCharterFree meals for all | 4–8 | 318 | 10.3 |
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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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.
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