Aberdeen Middle School in Aberdeen | Military Town Advisor

Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	5/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program data from Maryland State Department of Education, and using 2025 Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program End-Of-Course data from Maryland State Department of Education.
Student Growth	2/10	The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student Growth - Elementary Level data from Maryland State Department of Education, and using 2025 Student Growth - Middle Level data from Maryland State Department of Education.

Posted: April 29, 2026

This school sucks. The counselor is bad and doesn't help at all and in over all I hate it.

Posted: April 10, 2026

My son did 6th and most of 7th grade here, he was relentlessly bullied both physically and verbally. He is high functioning autistic, and was blamed by staff for "not understanding social situations". I felt disrespected and like I was crazy when I tried to defend him because of how staff treated me. We were dismissed and he was punished for emotional outbursts that were due to the treatment he received. Staff did not care and were absolutely trying to blame him for the other students actions. I would absolutely not recommend this school to anyone especially if your child is neurdivergent.

Posted: April 10, 2026

Posted: October 21, 2025

Would not recommend the school worst school ever. I am a current student at Aberdeen middle and the teachers are horrible and pls tell me why we had a bomb and gun threat only a few weeks into the school year and when there are fights they do not engage and there engineering teacher gives us a lot of impossible work he excepts us to complete in a day and does not give people to grades they deserve
P.S would not recommend this school

Posted: September 16, 2025

Terrible school. Current vice principal is so incompetent when it comes to dealing with altercations between students. My daughter was attacked by a male student and she defended herself. She's a straight A, honor roll student who has never been in trouble, but yet the vice principal blamed her for fighting back. He had to nerve to say it wasn't self defense because she could have removed herself from the situation. How? The male student attacked her at her desk. After the altercation , my daughter went to the office for help. She was visibly upset and none of the office staff acknowledged her. She sat there for an hour before anyone provided assistance. Unacceptable on all levels!!!

Posted: September 16, 2025

Posted: August 13, 2025

This school sucks my child gets bullied every day just for being short and no one respects you when your white.

Posted: August 13, 2025

Posted: July 7, 2025

My autistic son attended this school for almost 2 years before we were time that he would either be suspended or have to change schools. While here he was physically attacked by other students multiple times, verbally harassed in class by other students and generally treated like a leper by students. The staff really wasn't much better, they didn't make me aware of the physical attacks and tried to blame him for "not understanding social ques from the other students". He suffered mentally and was dismissed by staff when he tried to reach out for help. When I brought up concerns to them I felt like I was also dismissed and tested like I was exaggerating. My son didn't suffer academically before going here and now he has a lot of anxiety about school and doesn't trust teachers. Due to the treatment he received there he had started to withdraw from family and lash out in defense at the other students who harassed him. Administration seemed more concerned about the other children and even tried to say my sin was lying about his experiences. I'm 6 the grade the building was so bad he had to go to Sheppard Pratt for suicidal thoughts.

I strongly do not recommend this school if your child has ANY mental struggles. They will be bullied and blamed for it by administration.

Posted: November 13, 2024

Recently moved and had my husband go to the school today to turn in proof of residency and get the bus schedule and get my 7th grader assigned to be a bus rider. The office never notified teachers/or my kid what bus they would be getting on today to go home so my kid sat outside in 47° weather waiting for an HOUR before he called me from the office. My kid does not take his phone to school but will from now on. So far this administration has been a joke. We have been to 5 different schools from Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, to here and this has been the absolute worst school so far and the most negative experience for my child and myself. These are children that you vow to teach and keep safe. Do better.

Posted: November 13, 2024

Posted: January 29, 2024

I wish the county would pour funding into this school and turn it into a more rehabilitative environment - something like High Roads. Instead of SOAR, I think SOS (seek other school) works better.

Posted: January 29, 2024

Posted: January 26, 2024

We need a I Survived book for this school
I survived Aberdeen Middle and all I got was this lousy color-changing cup

Posted: January 26, 2024

Posted: October 26, 2023

My current 8th grader had a great experience at this school! I think, for any situation, it really just depends on your child and how involved the parents are. He did really well right after covid and became a member of the NJHS. The school its self is old and could use an update, but that doesnt affect whats importantthe education.

Posted: October 26, 2023

Posted: June 4, 2023

Nah nah nah nah nah. I hate this school so musco like nah nah nah.

Posted: June 4, 2023

Posted: December 24, 2022

A bunch of kids were sent away in ambulances in one quarter.

Posted: December 24, 2022

Posted: November 9, 2020

I am a current 8th grader at this school and from my past 3 years of experience I have loved being a student in this school (I am not going to count distance learning). My teachers are and have been fun, effective, and generally care about what they are teaching. I am not going to sugar coat the fact that there is a lot of cussing and teasing and fights, but you're going to get that in any school you go to. I am a straight A student and I really love this school a lot. I liked the good news assemblies a lot and I've never really had too much homework. So from my experience, AMS is an amazing school and I'll miss it next year when I go on to high school.

Posted: November 9, 2020

Posted: March 6, 2020

My child has told me there were 5 to 4 different fight during the first month of school. My students has the worst experience in gym class. In the locker room my child has told that he has fear of changing to gym clothes because of students slapping his bare skin or hitting him and there is always some type of liquid being thrown around in the locker rooms. My child also got his shorts stolen and i notified the school they replied with this "your going to have to buy some new ones" I was very angered with this reply, expecting some type of help from this school was a very big expectation and was very much expected from this school no help whatsoever. Food is at times raw and terrible my child has found the chicken served at this school red on the inside and raw. I give this TERRIBLE school or death trap and I rate it a 1.

Posted: March 6, 2020

teachers not engaged with teaching. teachers picking favorites.

Posted: March 6, 2020

no respect at all cussing at all times of the day heard all throughout the school.

Posted: March 6, 2020

NO students with different learning are mistreated by all other students

Posted: March 6, 2020

students are regularly bullied for being overweight or looking funny and or smelling weird.

Posted: February 16, 2019

For the most part my experience is pretty good. The majority of the students are very nice and for the most part pretty respectful. The teachers try hard to make their lessons fun and enjoyable for all of their classes. The principal Mrs. Dykes is very kind and the most amazing principal yet.

Posted: February 16, 2019

Posted: April 24, 2017

Both of my kids go to AMS. I have had a wonderful experience with the teachers, counselors, vice principals and principal. The current Principal Ms. Webb and her team go above and beyond to address issues brought to their attention. Most of the teachers are committed to helping their students succeed and are willing to give free tutoring before or after school when needed by the student. The only problem is as a parent your have to keep up with your kids edline grades, teachers loose their papers or fail to input their grades correctly. You have to keep submitting their marked papers or ask questions. Otherwise it is a great school, if your kid comes willing, respectful and ready to learn.

Posted: April 24, 2017

The school provides character education, after school programs that helps develop strong character. Students who exhibit strong characters are recognized. Students who struggle are provided a support mechanism in school.

Posted: April 24, 2017

Posted: March 7, 2017

My children are severely disabled. They do not have enough special programs to meet the needs of disabled children. They do have life skills which is for children who are not on a diploma track. Which I have 1 that is certificate only. But my other child that is borderline, has no real service or support. Nursing staff thinks they know more about my children's medical needs and care than I do. When you have doctors that tell you that they don't know how to treat your child and they have to defer how to treat to you, then it's very aggravating when the nurse becomes an expert because she Google searches it. Sorry, but I live this day in and day out. Google does not an expert make. We've had issues with bullying. Not just from students, but teachers and teacher's aides. I am moving from this district in a couple weeks and it can't happen soon enough.

Posted: March 19, 2015

The school is great for..I guess you could call them "achievers", um, but I've seen some students who need help become forgotten about.

Posted: January 11, 2015

Great school, they're always there for us students!! I'm not sure why they say ALL of the kids are bad, because only 1/4 of us are actually getting in trouble.

Posted: November 12, 2014

Sadly, I tried to give this school the benefit of the doubt, attempting to reach out the administration and teachers with NO success. There is ongoing bullying, teachers that do not care, false reporting of grades and absents, disruptive kids in class and to top it off, administration acts like the child is not being honest. The previous review is very accurate. My child is also in the 6th grade, out of control students, cussing, hitting & fighting. Horrible. Disgusted.

Posted: November 5, 2014

If I could give this school zero stars I would. Please avoid moving to this area, especially if your child is gifted. There is no gifted program, instead they moved my child into a higher math class...that is not the same. Watch the online grading system, I caught two teachers giving my child a failing grade because she was out at musical instrument practice. Communication is a nightmare because their website is terrible and finding a teacher's email address is only if they've entered it into the system. So far this year, there's been a major fight and a lock down scare. Private schools are pricey here and competitive which is why I'm taking my child back to our home state for school. This school is a dumping ground for new teachers to get their credit and then move on to a higher paying school district. It's one of the worst, unorganized, and unsafe school districts. My 6th grader says the kids "curse like sailors" and that she has two disruptive kids that are in ALL her classes. Could you concentrate if someone was banging on a desk all day? Thanks, BRAC commission for sending jobs down here. You don't know or care how many families you have broken up because of this situation.

Posted: August 13, 2014

Aberdeen Middle School is ok, at best -- and only if you have a child that absolutely conforms to the state minimum requirements. If you happen to have a "gifted" child, you get the run around, you have to fight to get classes and most of the teachers seem to be intimidated by students who excel. It is unfortunate that logical conversations with a teacher is so difficult to come by in the school -- saying "like" every other word makes students, and parents, think you are a bit uneducated. Simple sentence construction is lacking. We have had a student in this school for the past 2 years, and would give anything to get him out of here. We feel completely helpless about this situation. The bullying of kids by teachers is unacceptable and the "mean girl" attitudes of the 7th grade teachers toward the parents is disgusting. As you can see from many of the student's comments, misspellings and lack of grammatical "know how" is apparent. All in all, being told that the reason there are no enrichment services is due to the "socioeconomic" condition of the area, it wrong! Being poor or working class DOES NOT mean you are not intelligent. This school is a total FAIL! #smhschoolfails

Posted: August 13, 2014

Avoid sending your children here at all costs. The administration is wholly incompetent in both running the school and communicating with parents. Teachers are underqualified and generally incapable speaking or writing in complete sentences and do the very bare minimum to keep their jobs. Maryland judges schools with standardized testing. This school teaches to the test and no more. There will never, ever be a chance your child will have the opportunity to learn anything beyond the scope of the MSA, which is quite rudimentary. Should your child fail to conform to AMS's lowest-common-denominator style, he will be bullied by both teachers and students. If he attempts to stand up for himself, he will be punished. If he attempts to advocate for himself, he will be punished. If you attempt to advocate for your child, you will be met with close-minded confrontation. The teachers and staff at AMS assume that their students and parents are too poor and stupid to hold them accountable. Read the reviews written by students; that's the product this school puts out. If you find it acceptable that an eighth-grader can't spell or compose a sentence, by all means send your child to AMS.

Posted: August 13, 2014

There are a number of things this school is lacking, but the most important issue they have is a lack of safety. The school buses actually drove through running water during a flood. Rather than taking into account the safety of the students and returning to the school for release, they endangered them. They did used to have some great teachers, but it seems they all leave to go work at other schools in the area once they have "done their time". Unfortunately, no information flow is the norm of AMS and I am thankful that we no longer have to subject our kids to subpar education, as they are both finally in high school elsewhere. If you are considering moving to Aberdeen with children, reconsider -- Havre de Grace, Bel Air, Churchville all have better schools. Aberdeen High School is excellent but the chances of getting into a magnet program in your town is slim if you suffer through the other lower level schools.

Posted: July 31, 2012

i love this school great teacher and students and i went to this school i will miss it so mucso have fun in this school

Posted: June 6, 2012

My daughter went here for 3 years and now we are preparing for our son to enter 6th grade. I have no hesitation in sending my son after the experience we had with our daughter. The teachers are terrific and many have taken the time to go above and beyond for their students by volunteering for additional training as well as taking the time to go the extra mile time wise for their students.

Posted: March 31, 2011

I went to this school in the mid 90s for the full 3 years. Not sure how much it's changed but when I went I had an good experience. I only had one teacher I didn't like. The school has a zero tolerance policy for fighting which provides a safe atmosphere, and encourages students to excel effectively. My grades were never better, before or after Aberdeen. Partly this was because when students do poorly, there is a system wherein teachers write daily progress reports about what the student turns in. These reports get signed by the teacher and parent. You couldn't get away with missing homework if you wanted to. This helped me stay on track significantly my 2nd year. So whether you have an over achiever or your child is having problems, Aberdeen can sort them out. You just have to work with them. Though sometimes a teacher would raise their voice, I never saw one do so without good reason. The school gets a bad reputation in the local area but pay no attention. This is only because it is racially diverse, which is actually a great thing about it. Many of the children are from military families and know how to behave. The friends I made at Aberdeen are the one's I have kept for life.

#	Name	Type	City	State	Distance
1	Laurel Woods	Condominium/Townhouse	Abingdon	MD	8.5 mi
2	Eaton Square	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Rosedale	MD	19 mi
3	Westridge	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Severna Park	MD	36.2 mi
4	Cape Arthur	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Severna Park	MD	36.4 mi
5	Canterbury Village	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Arnold	MD	36.6 mi
6	The Greens at Locust Chapel	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Ellicott City	MD	37.4 mi
7	Landing	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Elkridge	MD	37.4 mi
8	Carrollton Manor	Area of Town	Severna Park	MD	37.6 mi
9	Bay City	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Stevensville	MD	38.8 mi
10	Lake Village Town Homes	Apartment Complex	Severn	MD	39.5 mi
11	Heatherfield	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Dover	DE	40 mi
12	The Provinces	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Severn	MD	40.1 mi
13	Phythian Apartments	Apartment Complex	United States Naval Academy	MD	40.3 mi
14	Shelter Cove Luxury Apartments	Apartment Complex	Odenton	MD	40.8 mi
15	Tidewater Colony	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Annapolis	MD	40.9 mi
16	The Residences at Park Place	Condominium/Townhouse	Annapolis	MD	41.3 mi
17	Bicentennial Village	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Dover	DE	41.5 mi
18	The Point at Annapolis	Apartment Complex	Annapolis	MD	41.7 mi

#	Name	City	State	Distance
1	Baltimore	Baltimore	MD	28.6 mi
2	Anne Arundel County	Pasadena	MD	33.8 mi
3	Cape St Claire	Cape St Claire	MD	36.1 mi
4	Severna Park	Severna Park	MD	36.2 mi
5	Severn	Severn	MD	38.5 mi
6	Annapolis	Annapolis	MD	40.9 mi
7	Annapolis	Annapolis	MD	41 mi

Base	Distance
Aberdeen Proving Ground	3.5 mi.
Coast Guard Curtis Bay	30.6 mi.
Annapolis Naval Station	39.7 mi.
US Naval Academy	40.6 mi.
Fort Meade NSA	42.2 mi.
Dover AFB	45.5 mi.

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Aberdeen, MD 21001

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