Best High Schools in Maryland for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Maryland!

Every year, the Maryland State Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCAP (shortened) test scores by the Maryland State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2021)
ID	Rank (of 11)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
240009000151	1	Baltimore Polytechnic Institute	Public	9-12	1400 W Cold Spring Lane	Baltimore	21209	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 396-7026	1,619	78	20.8	34.6%	279 (17.2%)	993 (61.3%)	200 (12.4%)	109 (6.7%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	30 (1.9%)	$17,010			$294			$16,716	90.9%	75.0%	15.91%
240033000616	2	Urbana High	Public	9-12	3471 Campus Dr	Ijamsville	21754	Frederick County	Frederick County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(240) 236-7600	1,908	93	20.5	8.1%	1,055 (55.3%)	173 (9.1%)	242 (12.7%)	320 (16.8%)	11 (0.6%)	4 (0.2%)	103 (5.4%)	$13,148			$758			$12,390	81.8%	62.5%	19.32%
240051001027	3	Eleanor Roosevelt High	Public, Magnet	9-12	7601 Hanover Pkwy	Greenbelt	20770	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(301) 513-5400	2,546	133	19.2	51.9%	252 (9.9%)	1,426 (56.0%)	569 (22.3%)	225 (8.8%)	8 (0.3%)	7 (0.3%)	59 (2.3%)	$14,993			$1,468			$13,525	72.7%	78.1%	5.40%
240003000001	4	Allegany High	Public	9-12	900 Seton Dr	Cumberland	21502	Allegany County	Allegany County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 777-8110	736	45	16.4	36.8%	628 (85.3%)	24 (3.3%)	20 (2.7%)	11 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (6.8%)	$15,943			$1,422			$14,521	63.6%	28.1%	35.51%
240063001248	5	St. Michaels Middle/High School	Public	6-12	200 Seymour Ave	St Michaels	21663	Talbot County	Talbot County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 745-2852	418	35	11.8	32.1%	320 (76.6%)	44 (10.5%)	32 (7.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.5%)	$17,329			$1,724			$15,605	54.5%	34.4%	20.17%
240066001270	6	Hancock Middle Senior High	Public	6-12	289 W Main St	Hancock	21750	Washington County	Washington County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 766-8186	235	25	9.2	54.0%	226 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	$22,952			$1,942			$21,009	45.5%		(n/a)%
240051001029	7	Fairmont Heights High	Public	9-12	6501 Columbia Park Rd	Landover	20785	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 925-1360	910	61	14.9	74.0%	20 (2.2%)	630 (69.2%)	239 (26.3%)	7 (0.8%)	4 (0.4%)	6 (0.7%)	4 (0.4%)	$20,320			$1,958			$18,361	36.4%		(n/a)%
240021001161	8	Century High	Public	9-12	355 Ronsdale Road	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 386-4400	1,135	63	18	11.1%	919 (81.0%)	53 (4.7%)	79 (7.0%)	52 (4.6%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	27 (2.4%)	$14,777			$506			$14,270	27.3%	40.6%	13.35%
240057001201	9	Crisfield Academy and High School	Public	8-12	210 N Somerset Avenue	Crisfield	21817	Somerset County	Somerset County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 968-0150	401	28	14.2	46.1%	229 (57.1%)	109 (27.2%)	45 (11.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.2%)	$28,608			$4,555			$24,054	18.2%	3.1%	15.06%
240003000015	10	Fort Hill High	Public	9-12	500 Greenway Ave	Cumberland	21502	Allegany County	Allegany County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 777-2570	657	45	14.6	41.1%	556 (84.6%)	39 (5.9%)	14 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.2%)	$15,470			$1,360			$14,110	9.1%	9.4%	0.28%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCAP (shortened) English Language Arts, MCAP (shortened) Algebra I, MCAP (shortened) Algebra II, MCAP (shortened) Geometry test scores released by the Maryland State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 28, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Maryland State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Maryland State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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