📍 7000 Banbury Drive, Hanover, Howard County, 21076
Thomas Viaduct is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Hanover, Howard County. The school has 858 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Howard County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 62.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Thomas Viaduct enrolls 858 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 62.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Black or African American, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 16% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 392 | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 175 | 20% |
| Asian | 135 | 16% |
| White | 105 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 48 | 5.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
406 of the school's 858 students (47%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 372 qualify for free lunch and 34 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.
Thomas Viaduct is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-30, state senate district 13, state house district 13.
Thomas Viaduct is one of 77 schools in Howard County Public Schools, based in Ellicott City, Maryland. The district serves 57,565 students district-wide and employs 4,327 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 858 students, Thomas Viaduct is close to the district average of about 748 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large