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Fastest-growing Maryland public schools, 2017-2024

Maryland public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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MARYLAND · FASTEST-GROWING
#SchoolCityDistrict2017-182024-25% Change
451Pangborn ElementaryHagerstownWashington County Public Schools7327492.3%
452Eldersburg ElementarySykesvilleCarroll County Public Schools4604702.2%
453Gaithersburg HighGaithersburgMontgomery County Public Schools2,3882,4412.2%
454Padonia International ElementaryCockeysvilleBaltimore County Public Schools4945052.2%
455Edmondson Heights ElementaryBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools5445562.2%
456Northfield ElementaryEllicott CityHoward County Public Schools7487642.1%
457Rosa M. Parks MiddleOlneyMontgomery County Public Schools8458632.1%
458Cross Country Elementary/MiddleBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools7257402.1%
459Nicholas Orem MiddleHyattsvillePrince George's County Public Schools9861,0072.1%
460Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/MiddleBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools7037172.0%
461Whittier ElementaryFrederickFrederick County Public Schools7647792.0%
462City Neighbors HighBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools4084162.0%
463Lutherville LaboratoryLuthervilleBaltimore County Public Schools3974052.0%
464Paint Branch HighBurtonsvilleMontgomery County Public Schools2,0002,0381.9%
465Cockeysville MiddleCockeysvilleBaltimore County Public Schools9119281.9%
466Riverside ElementaryJoppaHarford County Public Schools4724811.9%
467Magnolia ElementaryJoppaHarford County Public Schools5355451.9%
468Dora Kennedy French ImmersionGreenbeltPrince George's County Public Schools6716841.9%
469Wheaton Woods ElementaryRockvilleMontgomery County Public Schools5465561.8%
470Cambridge-South Dorchester High SchoolCambridgeDorchester County Public Schools7978111.8%
471City Neighbors Charter SchoolBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools2272311.8%
472Oxon Hill MiddleFort WashingtonPrince George's County Public Schools7597731.8%
473Hebbville ElementaryBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools4664741.7%
474Ring Factory ElementaryBel AirHarford County Public Schools5325411.7%
475Marlton ElementaryUpper MarlboroPrince George's County Public Schools3043091.6%
476Robert Moton ElementaryWestminsterCarroll County Public Schools4334401.6%
477Harford Heights ElementaryBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools4284351.6%
478North Carroll MiddleHampsteadCarroll County Public Schools6176261.5%
479High Bridge ElementaryBowiePrince George's County Public Schools3883941.5%
480Greencastle ElementarySilver SpringMontgomery County Public Schools7117221.5%
481St. Michaels Middle/High SchoolSt MichaelsTalbot County Public Schools4434491.4%
482John Hanson MontessoriOxon HillPrince George's County Public Schools4894961.4%
483Fallston HighFallstonHarford County Public Schools1,0221,0361.4%
484Old Post Road ElementaryAbingdonHarford County Public Schools8398501.3%
485Paramount ElementaryHagerstownWashington County Public Schools3923971.3%
486Imagine Foundations at Leeland PCSUpper MarlboroPrince George's County Public Schools4744801.3%
487Jones ElementarySeverna ParkAnne Arundel County Public Schools3303341.2%
488Warwick Elementary SchoolSecretaryDorchester County Public Schools3423461.2%
489Monarch AcademyGlen BurnieAnne Arundel County Public Schools6796871.2%
490Stephen Decatur MiddleBerlinWorcester County Public Schools6576651.2%
491Allegany HighCumberlandAllegany County Public Schools7117191.1%
492Longfellow ElementaryColumbiaHoward County Public Schools4414461.1%
493Clear Spring HighClear SpringWashington County Public Schools4734781.1%
494Sherwood ElementarySandy SpringMontgomery County Public Schools4934981.0%
495James Madison MiddleUPPER MARLBOROPrince George's County Public Schools7928001.0%
496Cashell ElementaryRockvilleMontgomery County Public Schools3823861.0%
497Northern HighOwingsCalvert County Public Schools1,4631,4781.0%
498Thomas Johnson MiddleLanhamPrince George's County Public Schools1,1701,1800.9%
499Henry E. Lackey High SchoolIndian HeadCharles County Public Schools1,0251,0330.8%
500Beltsville AcademyBeltsvillePrince George's County Public Schools1,1041,1130.8%
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