Best High Schools in Maryland for African American 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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2021)
ID	Rank (of 14)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
240048000941	1	Walt Whitman High	Public	9-12	7100 Whittier Blvd	Bethesda	20817	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(240) 740-4800	1,991	113	17.6	2.5%	1,284 (64.5%)	81 (4.1%)	205 (10.3%)	278 (14.0%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	138 (6.9%)	$16,890			$838			$16,052	92.9%	93.8%	0.89%
240051001704	2	Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC	Public, Magnet	9-12	301 Largo Rd	Largo	20774	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(301) 546-7247	534	24	22.7	36.3%	22 (4.1%)	388 (72.7%)	57 (10.7%)	56 (10.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	$18,134			$1,091			$17,043	85.7%	84.4%	1.34%
240048000942	3	Walter Johnson High	Public	9-12	6400 Rock Spring Dr	Bethesda	20817	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(240) 740-6900	2,820	150	18.8	10.5%	1,454 (51.6%)	322 (11.4%)	476 (16.9%)	386 (13.7%)	8 (0.3%)	6 (0.2%)	163 (5.8%)	$15,547			$857			$14,689	78.6%	81.3%	2.68%
240009000151	4	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	71.4%	75.0%	3.57%
240051001027	5	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	64.3%	78.1%	13.84%
240048000934	6	Thomas S. Wootton High	Public	9-12	2100 Wootton Pkwy	Rockville	20850	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(240) 740-1500	2,037	114	17.9	6.8%	816 (40.1%)	211 (10.4%)	169 (8.3%)	743 (36.5%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (4.7%)	$16,616			$1,054			$15,562	57.1%	90.6%	33.48%
240027001416	7	North Point High School	Public	9-12	2500 Davis Rd	Waldorf	20603	Charles County	Charles County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 753-1759	1,813	129	14	22.7%	286 (15.8%)	1,130 (62.3%)	141 (7.8%)	108 (6.0%)	3 (0.2%)	6 (0.3%)	139 (7.7%)	$16,560			$567			$15,993	50.0%	53.1%	3.13%
240048000921	8	Sherwood High	Public	9-12	300 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd	Sandy Spring	20860	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 924-3200	1,912	118	16.1	18.1%	937 (49.0%)	290 (15.2%)	363 (19.0%)	225 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (5.0%)	$18,372			$1,390			$16,982	42.9%	46.9%	4.02%
240048000784	9	Bethesda-Chevy Chase High	Public	9-12	4301 East-West Hwy	Bethesda	20814	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(240) 740-0400	2,270	125	18.1	15.0%	1,263 (55.6%)	333 (14.7%)	400 (17.6%)	139 (6.1%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	130 (5.7%)	$15,482			$814			$14,668	35.7%	71.9%	36.16%
240012000487	10	Towson High	Public, Magnet	9-12	69 Cedar Ave	Towson	21286	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(443) 809-3608	1,677	98	17.1	18.1%	1,036 (61.8%)	303 (18.1%)	99 (5.9%)	133 (7.9%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	102 (6.1%)	$14,124			$1,187			$12,937	28.6%		(n/a)%

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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.

Educational resources:

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Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences