📍 300 University Blvd East, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 20901
Eastern Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Silver Spring, Montgomery County. The school has 893 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 71.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 48% of students are proficient in reading. 14% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Eastern Middle enrolls 893 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 71.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Hispanic or Latino, 18% Black or African American and 17% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 471 | 53% |
| Black or African American | 162 | 18% |
| White | 155 | 17% |
| Asian | 66 | 7.4% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 3.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
565 of the school's 893 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 519 qualify for free lunch and 46 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.
Eastern 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 20, state house district 20.
Eastern 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 893 students, Eastern Middle is larger than the district average of about 758 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large