The top reported proficiency rate is 38% in English language arts. The lowest is 4% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Edgewood Middle
Edgewood Middle serves grades six through eight and sits within the Edgewood section of Harford County, a largely residential suburb of Baltimore that is home to a mix of single-family homes and a substantial share of residents who own them. The school draws from a community that has seen modest population growth in recent years and where commuting by car is the norm, though a MARC train station does offer rail access to Baltimore and Washington.
This is a school where state assessment results are available, and the data paints a clear picture of the academic challenges the student body faces. In math, proficiency rates are low across all three grade levels, with the eighth-grade performance being particularly thin. Seventh-grade math results are also very low, and sixth-grade math proficiency is only slightly higher. Reading and English language arts scores are stronger in comparison: sixth graders show a more substantial share meeting the state’s proficiency benchmark, while seventh-grade ELA results fall within a reported range and eighth-grade ELA proficiency is somewhat lower. On the Maryland Integrated Science Assessment, eighth graders post a modest proficiency share, and in social studies the proficiency rate is in the same general territory. A single year of data is available for these measures, so there is no trend line to examine. A parent looking at these numbers may want to discuss with the school what academic interventions and supports are in place.
The school’s enrollment is large for a middle school, drawing students from across the community. The student body is diverse, with no single racial or ethnic group holding a majority. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a factor that often correlates with higher needs for support services. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the source material, so that dimension of the student profile cannot be assessed here.
As a regular public school within the Harford County Public Schools district, Edgewood Middle is subject to the same district-wide policies as other schools in the system. The district has recently undertaken a capital project to consolidate Homestead-Wakefield Elementary into a single building, and all Maryland districts are now operating under the state’s Keep Students In Class law, which changes how attendance and discipline are handled. These are system-level factors that will affect the school environment, though the specific local implementation at Edgewood Middle is not detailed in the available data.
The school’s setting is car-dependent, with a suburban layout and commercial activity concentrated along the US 40 corridor. The nearby Aberdeen Proving Ground, an Army installation focused on chemical and biological defense, is a significant local employer. The housing market in Edgewood, while not a focus of the school’s performance, shows that home values and rents in the zip code are below the state average, which may be relevant to families choosing the area.
For a family considering Edgewood Middle, the core takeaway is that this is a school where most students are not meeting state proficiency benchmarks in math, while ELA results are stronger but still uneven across grade levels. The student body is economically diverse, and the school is a large, traditional public middle school in a suburban community whose economy is tied to a nearby military installation. The absence of multi-year data means there is no way to see whether these academic results represent a trend or a single-year picture, so families are best served by visiting the school and asking directly about instruction, intervention, and student progress.
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