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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
551Fulton ElementaryFultonHoward County Public Schools878872-0.7%
552Earle B. Wood MiddleRockvilleMontgomery County Public Schools1,0261,019-0.7%
553Ashburton ElementaryBethesdaMontgomery County Public Schools877871-0.7%
554Bannockburn ElementaryBethesdaMontgomery County Public Schools449446-0.7%
555Judith P. Hoyer MontessoriLandoverPrince George's County Public Schools364361-0.8%
556Eastern MiddleSilver SpringMontgomery County Public Schools971963-0.8%
557Parkside ElementaryLavaleAllegany County Public Schools224222-0.9%
558New Hampshire Estates ElemSilver SpringMontgomery County Public Schools459455-0.9%
559Woodmoor ElementaryBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools572567-0.9%
560Owings Mills HighOwings MillsBaltimore County Public Schools1,0501,040-1.0%
561Elkridge Landing MiddleElkridgeHoward County Public Schools693686-1.0%
562Maple Elementary SchoolCambridgeDorchester County Public Schools488483-1.0%
563Oakwood ElementaryGlen BurnieAnne Arundel County Public Schools312309-1.0%
564Dunloggin MiddleEllicott CityHoward County Public Schools630623-1.1%
565Jacksonville ElementaryPhoenixBaltimore County Public Schools539533-1.1%
566Smithsburg ElementarySmithsburgWashington County Public Schools366362-1.1%
567Gaywood ElementaryLanhamPrince George's County Public Schools531525-1.1%
568William Wirt MiddleRiverdalePrince George's County Public Schools1,1371,124-1.1%
569Brown Station ElementaryGaithersburgMontgomery County Public Schools579572-1.2%
570Perry Hall HighBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools2,0362,012-1.2%
571The Seed School of MarylandBaltimoreSEED School of Maryland400395-1.3%
572Dowell ElementaryLusbyCalvert County Public Schools548541-1.3%
573Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. HighUpper MarlboroPrince George's County Public Schools2,3212,291-1.3%
574Sparks ElementarySparksBaltimore County Public Schools516509-1.4%
575Baltimore Design SchoolBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools510503-1.4%
576Walt Whitman HighBethesdaMontgomery County Public Schools2,0852,056-1.4%
577Weller Road ElementarySilver SpringMontgomery County Public Schools701691-1.4%
578Edmondson-Westside HighBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools923910-1.4%
579Sandy Plains ElementaryBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools588580-1.4%
580Old Forge ElementaryHagerstownWashington County Public Schools359354-1.4%
581Sunset ElementaryPasadenaAnne Arundel County Public Schools528520-1.5%
582Hamilton Elementary/MiddleBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools813801-1.5%
583Elkton MiddleElktonCecil County Public Schools547538-1.6%
584Francis Scott Key HighUnion BridgeCarroll County Public Schools921906-1.6%
585Sussex ElementaryBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools483475-1.7%
586Middle River MiddleBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools837822-1.8%
587Severna Park HighSeverna ParkAnne Arundel County Public Schools1,8761,842-1.8%
588Sparrows Point MiddleBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools566555-1.9%
589Matapeake Elementary SchoolStevensvilleQueen Anne's County Public Schools481472-1.9%
590Cecil Manor ElementaryElktonCecil County Public Schools424416-1.9%
591Bellows Spring ElementaryEllicott CityHoward County Public Schools822806-1.9%
592Crofton Meadows ElementaryCroftonAnne Arundel County Public Schools555544-2.0%
593Grange ElementaryBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools493483-2.0%
594Renaissance AcademyBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools246241-2.0%
595Fort Garrison ElementaryBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools289283-2.1%
596Centennial Lane ElementaryEllicott CityHoward County Public Schools765749-2.1%
597Malcolm Elementary SchoolWaldorfCharles County Public Schools424415-2.1%
598Germantown ElementaryGermantownMontgomery County Public Schools321314-2.2%
599Lansdowne HighBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools1,3421,313-2.2%
600High Point ElementaryPasadenaAnne Arundel County Public Schools680665-2.2%
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