Stephen Decatur Middle School

The Accokeek Academy
Location
Accokeek, Maryland United States
Coordinates	38°41′17″N 76°58′45″W / 38.688056°N 76.979168°W / 38.688056; -76.979168
Information
Website	www.pgcps.org/accokeek/

Beltsville Academy
Location
Beltsville, Maryland United States
Coordinates	39°02′19″N 76°55′07″W / 39.038678°N 76.918604°W / 39.038678; -76.918604
Information
Website	www1.pgcps.org/beltsville/

Buck Lodge Middle School
Location
United States
Coordinates	39°00′38″N 76°57′38″W / 39.010681°N 76.960672°W / 39.010681; -76.960672
Information
Website	www1.pgcps.org/bucklodge/

Charles Carroll Middle School
Location
New Carrollton, Maryland United States
Coordinates	38°58′03″N 76°52′53″W / 38.967542°N 76.881300°W / 38.967542; -76.881300
Information
Website	www.pgcps.org/charlescarroll/

Stephen Decatur Middle School
Location
Clinton, Maryland United States
Coordinates	38°46′36″N 76°54′30″W / 38.776754°N 76.908283°W / 38.776754; -76.908283
Information
Website	www.pgcps.org/stephendecatur/

Drew-Freeman Middle School
Location
Suitland, Maryland United States
Coordinates	38°51′18″N 76°55′10″W / 38.854940°N 76.919500°W / 38.854940; -76.919500
Information
Website	www1.pgcps.org/drewfreeman/

Location
Laurel, Maryland United States
Coordinates	39°04′46″N 76°51′14″W / 39.079379°N 76.854000°W / 39.079379; -76.854000
Information
Website	www.pgcps.org/dwightdeisenhower/

Benjamin D. Foulois Creative and Performing Arts Academy
Location
Suitland, Maryland United States
Coordinates	38°49′37″N 76°53′14″W / 38.826891°N 76.887233°W / 38.826891; -76.887233
Information
Website	www.pgcps.org/benjaminfoulois/

G. James Gholson Middle School
Location
Landover, Maryland United States
Coordinates	38°54′11″N 76°52′31″W / 38.902932°N 76.875168°W / 38.902932; -76.875168
Information
Website	www1.pgcps.org/gjamesgholson/

Robert Goddard Montessori School
Location
Seabrook, Maryland United States
Coordinates	38°59′16″N 76°50′31″W / 38.987743°N 76.842048°W / 38.987743; -76.842048
Information
Website	www.pgcps.org/robertgoddardmontessori/

This article provides details on the middle schools within the Prince George's County Public Schools system, in the U.S. State of Maryland.

Middle schools operate as either 6th–8th grade middle schools or 7th–8th grade middle schools. Some middle schools are part of combined PreK-8th grade elementary/middle schools, and are referred to as "Academies". Grades 7–9 junior high schools were completely phased out in the mid-1980s. Recent efforts have been made to convert most middle schools to the more popular grades 6–8 model. Issues in the past such as over-enrollment, lack of classroom space, and funding, had made it hard to convert all middle schools to a grades 6–8 configuration, but with increased funding and the addition of new middle schools, the transition is slowly being made. As of SY2008–2009, more than half of the PGCPS middle schools have gained the sixth grade.

Most middle schools in Prince George's County operate with a "comprehensive" model as their base. Most students are assigned to a middle school based on an "attendance area". Most magnet programs are run as a "school-within-a-school" model, where the magnet serves as an alternative program — in addition to the main comprehensive program — and students from outside the regular attendance area of the middle school are enrolled and accepted into the magnet, either through continuity (automatic continuation from an elementary school magnet program to the middle school level equivalent) or more commonly, through a "magnet lottery", where students apply for a magnet program and are granted acceptance through a random drawing. Almost all middle schools have a whole-school "signature program" that includes a specialized program of instruction which is the foundation of the school's comprehensive program.

All middle schools in the PGCPS operate on a staggered school day schedule, where some middle schools start as early as 7:45 am and the end as early as 2:25 pm, and other middle schools start as late as 9:30 am and end as late as 4:10 pm. All middle schools operate on a modified block scheduling system, where some classes meet for as long as 70 minutes, daily.

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