Best High Schools in Maryland

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 146)	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	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
240048000956	1	Winston Churchill High	Public	9-12	11300 Gainsborough Rd	Potomac	20854	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(240) 740-5400	2,203	124	17.8	10.5%	904 (41.0%)	254 (11.5%)	195 (8.9%)	707 (32.1%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	131 (5.9%)	$16,771			$1,192			$15,579	85.6	68.2	17	16
240048000934	2	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	1,875	102	18.3	12.9%	644 (34.3%)	256 (13.7%)	164 (8.7%)	703 (37.5%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (5.2%)	$16,616			$1,054			$15,562	85.5	80.7	5	3
240048000897	3	Poolesville High	Public, Magnet	9-12	17501 W Willard Rd	Poolesville	20837	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(240) 740-2400	1,332	68	19.5	10.6%	512 (38.4%)	102 (7.7%)	137 (10.3%)	485 (36.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (7.0%)	$16,724			$957			$15,767	84.5	71.8	14	11
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	1,580	84	18.9	44.8%	306 (19.4%)	927 (58.7%)	228 (14.4%)	87 (5.5%)	4 (0.3%)	5 (0.3%)	21 (1.3%)	$17,010			$294			$16,716	84.5	80.9	4
240006000127	5	Severna Park High	Public	9-12	60 Robinson Rd	Severna Park	21146	Anne Arundel County	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 544-0900	1,817	93	19.5	10.0%	1,396 (76.8%)	72 (4.0%)	131 (7.2%)	101 (5.6%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	104 (5.7%)	$14,431			$1,152			$13,279	81.8	75.3	9	4
240042000816	6	River Hill High	Public	9-12	12101 Clarksville Pike	Clarksville	21029	Howard County	Howard County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 313-7120	1,462	86	16.9	6.9%	527 (36.0%)	167 (11.4%)	74 (5.1%)	601 (41.1%)	6 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	82 (5.6%)	$16,511			$786			$15,725	81.2	83.4	2	4
240048000941	7	Walt Whitman High	Public	9-12	7100 Whittier Blvd	Bethesda	20817	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(240) 740-4800	2,042	118	17.3	6.3%	1,205 (59.0%)	96 (4.7%)	252 (12.3%)	310 (15.2%)	2 (0.1%)	5 (0.2%)	166 (8.1%)	$16,890			$838			$16,052	81	82.5	3	4
240051001704	8	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	407	24	16.9	43.7%	16 (3.9%)	287 (70.5%)	63 (15.5%)	34 (8.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	$18,134			$1,091			$17,043	81	69.6	16	8
240012000379	9	Eastern Technical High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	1100 Mace Ave	Baltimore	21221	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(443) 809-0190	1,276	68	18.7	23.8%	583 (45.7%)	231 (18.1%)	67 (5.3%)	353 (27.7%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (3.1%)	$14,980			$1,260			$13,720	80.6	73.8	10	1
240042000722	10	Centennial High	Public	9-12	4300 Centennial Ln	Ellicott City	21042	Howard County	Howard County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 313-2856	1,364	86	15.8	17.8%	461 (33.8%)	169 (12.4%)	98 (7.2%)	569 (41.7%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	58 (4.3%)	$16,805			$794			$16,011	77.4	76.1	8	2

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCAP English Language Arts, MCAP Algebra I, MCAP Algebra II, MCAP 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.
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