📍 900 Nalley Rd, Landover, Prince George's County, 20785
G. James Gholson Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Landover, Prince George's County. The school has 867 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 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 2% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
G. James Gholson Middle enrolls 867 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 45 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% Black or African American, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 1.3% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 557 | 64% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 291 | 34% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.3% |
| White | 6 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
788 of the school's 867 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 751 qualify for free lunch and 37 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.
G. James Gholson Middle 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-40, state senate district 24, state house district 24.
G. James Gholson 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 867 students, G. James Gholson Middle is larger than 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 - Large
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