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Patuxent Valley Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
9151 Vollmerhausen Rd
Jessup, MD 20794
Phone
(410) 880-5840
District
Howard County Public Schools
County
HOWARD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
767
Classroom Teachers
60

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maryland

5

(10 is best)

Better than 45.7% of all MD schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Patuxent Valley Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
31%
29%
49%
41%
13%
18%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
25%
27%
44%
40%
6%
13%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
31%
24%
56%
40%
5%
8%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 252 32.9%
Grade 7 246 32.1%
Grade 8 269 35.1%
Total 767 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 16.3% 33.2% 35.2%
Black 48.7% 26.5% 34.2%
Hispanic 21.8% 14.6% 23.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 13.0% 25.2% 7.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 43.9% 27.6% 50.7%
Free lunch eligible 40.9% 25.6% 46.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.0% 2.1% 4.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 332,011 6,164,660
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,323.0 629
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.8% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.1% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.0% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 14.5% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 119,230 2,318,124
Single Parent Households With Children 7.2% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.2% 91.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 64.0% 42.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 47.1% 30.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.9% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.4% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 9.0% 13.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.6% 10.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.1% 7.3%
$15,000 or less 3.9% 6.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,638 $671,216,000 62.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $834 $48,129,000 4.4%
Staff $477 $27,495,000 2.5%
General Administration $82 $4,751,000 0.4%
School Administration $1,242 $71,636,000 6.6%
Operation $1,282 $73,968,000 6.8%
Transportation $548 $31,598,000 2.9%
Other $240 $13,828,000 1.3%
Total Support $4,706 $271,405,000 25.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,440 $140,739,000 13.0%
Total Expenditures $18,784 $1,083,360,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,551 $9,390,931,000 57.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $828 $736,660,000 4.5%
Staff $800 $712,286,000 4.3%
General Administration $116 $103,436,000 0.6%
School Administration $1,092 $972,050,000 5.9%
Operation $1,442 $1,283,316,000 7.8%
Transportation $691 $614,844,000 3.7%
Other $439 $391,069,000 2.4%
Total Support $5,408 $4,813,661,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,533 $2,254,097,000 13.7%
Total Expenditures $18,492 $16,458,689,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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