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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
601Hillsmere ElementaryAnnapolisAnne Arundel County Public Schools411402-2.2%
602Lansdowne HighBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools1,3421,313-2.2%
603High Point ElementaryPasadenaAnne Arundel County Public Schools680665-2.2%
604Eleanor Roosevelt HighGreenbeltPrince George's County Public Schools2,6022,544-2.2%
605Four Seasons ElementaryGambrillsAnne Arundel County Public Schools683667-2.3%
606Hampton ElementaryLuthervilleBaltimore County Public Schools568555-2.3%
607Little Bennett ElementaryClarksburgMontgomery County Public Schools629614-2.4%
608North County HighGlen BurnieAnne Arundel County Public Schools2,2142,161-2.4%
609Halstead AcademyBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools501489-2.4%
610Southern MiddleLothianAnne Arundel County Public Schools744726-2.4%
611Ocean City ElementaryOcean CityWorcester County Public Schools580566-2.4%
612Northwestern HighHyattsvillePrince George's County Public Schools2,4542,396-2.4%
613Red Pump Elementary SchoolBel AirHarford County Public Schools714696-2.5%
614Northeast HighPasadenaAnne Arundel County Public Schools1,4221,387-2.5%
615Carter G Woodson ElementaryCrisfieldSomerset County Public Schools525512-2.5%
616East Salisbury ElementarySalisburyWicomico County Public Schools499486-2.6%
617Richard Montgomery HighRockvilleMontgomery County Public Schools2,4282,366-2.6%
618Rolling Knolls ElementaryAnnapolisAnne Arundel County Public Schools413402-2.7%
619National Academy FoundationBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools823801-2.7%
620Catonsville HighBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools1,7831,735-2.7%
621Springfield MiddleWilliamsportWashington County Public Schools830808-2.7%
622Middletown ElementaryMiddletownFrederick County Public Schools473460-2.7%
623Edgewater ElementaryEdgewaterAnne Arundel County Public Schools593577-2.7%
624Bear Creek ElementaryBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools474461-2.7%
625Century HighSykesvilleCarroll County Public Schools1,1331,101-2.8%
626Loch Raven Technical AcademyBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools743722-2.8%
627Hillcrest ElementaryBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools698678-2.9%
628Cash Valley ElementaryLavaleAllegany County Public Schools274266-2.9%
629Guilford ElementaryColumbiaHoward County Public Schools450437-2.9%
630Southampton MiddleBel AirHarford County Public Schools1,2281,192-2.9%
631Fields Road ElementaryGaithersburgMontgomery County Public Schools467453-3.0%
632William H. Farquhar MiddleOlneyMontgomery County Public Schools703682-3.0%
633Kent Island Elementary SchoolStevensvilleQueen Anne's County Public Schools466452-3.0%
634North Harford HighPylesvilleHarford County Public Schools1,2411,204-3.0%
635Colonel Richardson Middle SchoolFederalsburgCaroline County Public Schools402390-3.0%
636Northwood ElementaryBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools661641-3.0%
637Rock View ElementaryKensingtonMontgomery County Public Schools606588-3.0%
638Roland Park Elementary/MiddleBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools1,4151,371-3.1%
639General John Stricker MiddleBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools736713-3.1%
640Briggs Chaney MiddleSilver SpringMontgomery County Public Schools886858-3.2%
641Dr. Charles R. Drew ElementarySilver SpringMontgomery County Public Schools501485-3.2%
642Montgomery Knolls ElementarySilver SpringMontgomery County Public Schools493477-3.2%
643Middletown MiddleMiddletownFrederick County Public Schools812784-3.4%
644Elk Neck ElementaryElktonCecil County Public Schools443428-3.4%
645Greenbelt MiddleGreenbeltPrince George's County Public Schools1,3151,270-3.4%
646Preston Elementary SchoolPrestonCaroline County Public Schools395381-3.5%
647Timber Grove ElementaryOwings MillsBaltimore County Public Schools630608-3.5%
648John T. Baker Middle SchoolDamascusMontgomery County Public Schools872841-3.6%
649Billie Holiday ElementaryBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools251242-3.6%
650William B. Wade Elementary SchoolWaldorfCharles County Public Schools676651-3.7%
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