📍 5235 Solomons Island Rd, Lothian, Anne Arundel County, 20711
Southern Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lothian, Anne Arundel County. The school has 755 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 53.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Southern Middle enrolls 755 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 53.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 7.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 463 | 61% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 197 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 58 | 7.7% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
337 of the school's 755 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 312 qualify for free lunch and 25 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.
Southern Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 30.
Southern 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 755 students, Southern Middle is close to the district average of about 675 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe