📍 3500 Rockenbach Road, Fort Meade, Anne Arundel County, 20755
MacArthur Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Fort Meade, Anne Arundel County. The school has 878 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 55.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 13% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
MacArthur Middle enrolls 878 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 55.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Black or African American, 19% White and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 447 | 51% |
| White | 166 | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 132 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 85 | 9.7% |
| Asian | 35 | 4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
464 of the school's 878 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 374 qualify for free lunch and 90 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
MacArthur Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-50, state senate district 32, state house district 32.
MacArthur Middle is one of 126 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools, based in Annapolis, Maryland. The district serves 85,029 students district-wide and employs 5,930 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 878 students, MacArthur Middle is larger than the district average of about 675 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large