📍 11800 Monticello Ave, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 20902
Odessa Shannon Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Silver Spring, Montgomery County. The school has 823 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 58.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Odessa Shannon Middle enrolls 823 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 58.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% Hispanic or Latino, 24% Black or African American and 5.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 520 | 63% |
| Black or African American | 197 | 24% |
| White | 46 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 44 | 5.4% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
661 of the school's 823 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 598 qualify for free lunch and 63 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.
Odessa Shannon 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-80, state senate district 19, state house district 19.
Odessa Shannon Middle is one of 210 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools, based in Rockville, Maryland. The district serves 159,181 students district-wide and employs 11,578 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 823 students, Odessa Shannon Middle is close to the district average of about 758 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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