📍 1401 Dennis Ave, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 20902
Sligo Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Silver Spring, Montgomery County. The school has 676 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 52.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sligo Middle enrolls 676 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 52.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 21% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 259 | 38% |
| White | 196 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 145 | 21% |
| Asian | 44 | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 4.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
356 of the school's 676 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 318 qualify for free lunch and 38 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.
Sligo 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 18, state house district 18.
Sligo 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 676 students, Sligo 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