Dumbarton Middle School

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Location
Dumbarton Middle School
300 Dumbarton Road Towson, MD 21212
Information
School district	Baltimore County Public Schools
Principal	Nancy B. Fink
Enrollment	911
Type	Public
Grades	6-8
Mascot	Lion
Color(s)	maroon, gray
Information	(410) 887-3176
Homepage	dumbartonms.bcps.org

Dumbarton Middle School is a public school located at 300 Dumbarton Road in the Rodgers Forge neighborhood of Towson, Maryland, just outside Baltimore. It is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools.

Dumbarton currently has around 900 students attending. Students come to Dumbarton from several different elementary schools in Baltimore County, but the majority come from Rodgers Forge Elementary School, which is located next door to Dumbarton, Stoneleigh Elementary School, and Riderwood Elementary School. All students who attend Dumbarton due to their district location are automatically eligible to attend Towson High School.

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The school was awarded the status of Blue Ribbon school in 1998. It offers Latin, a language only available to one other public middle school in Maryland. Dumbarton also has one of the largest ESOL programs in the Baltimore County Public School system.