📍 8000 Dyson Rd, Brandywine, Prince George's County, 20613
Gwynn Park Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Brandywine, Prince George's County. The school has 711 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 3% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gwynn Park Middle enrolls 711 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Black or African American, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 2.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 560 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 105 | 15% |
| White | 19 | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
408 of the school's 711 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 355 qualify for free lunch and 53 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.
Gwynn Park Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). 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 27.
Gwynn Park Middle is one of 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools, based in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The district serves 132,123 students district-wide and employs 9,027 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 711 students, Gwynn Park Middle is close to the district average of about 664 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize