[1] Of Newport Mill Middle School's students, 18 percent are enrolled in special education.

[1] A special acknowledgment to Ms. Loo and Ms. Malak, former educators at Newport Mill Middle School, who were highly appreciated by the student body in the previous years.

In 2006, Principal Nelson McLeod received a Distinguished Educational Leadership Award from The Washington Post.

[9] The award was in recognition of Principal McLeod's hands-on efforts and leadership that spurred the students' achievements.

[10] Principal McLeod had made sure to ask for suggestions from students, parents, and teachers on how to increase respect, responsibility, caring, sportsmanship and effort.

[10] In 2017, Newport Mill Middle School was one of three schools in Maryland selected for the National Foundation for Governor’s Fitness Councils DON’T QUIT Award for demonstrating new and innovative ways of promoting student physical activity and wellness.

The award recognizes schools for trying to save energy, fostering health and wellness, teaching students about the environment, and creating sustainable learning spaces.

[13] Newport Mill Middle School sits on a campus of 8.4 acres (3 ha).

[16] Montgomery County Public Schools and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission bought 20 acres (8 ha) of land in 1955 in order to build a junior high school and a recreation center.

[21] Robinson had been the vice principal of Lincoln Junior High School in Rockville until it closed.

[21] The Montgomery County Board of Education appointed Robinson vice principal as part of its efforts toward racial integration.

[19] The Montgomery County Board of Education considered changing the school's name to either A. Mario Loiederman Middle School, for a community activist originally from South America which was later named for the then-closed Col. Joseph A.