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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
951Highland ElementarySilver SpringMontgomery County Public Schools583509-12.7%
952Booker T. Washington MiddleBaltimoreBaltimore City Public Schools220192-12.7%
953Fort Hill HighCumberlandAllegany County Public Schools750655-12.7%
954Cradlerock ElementaryColumbiaHoward County Public Schools519453-12.7%
955Jacobsville ElementaryPasadenaAnne Arundel County Public Schools544474-12.9%
956Piney Branch ElementaryTakoma ParkMontgomery County Public Schools660575-12.9%
957Berwyn Heights ElementaryBerwyn HeightsPrince George's County Public Schools484421-13.0%
958Mattawoman Middle SchoolWaldorfCharles County Public Schools991862-13.0%
959Windy Hill ElementaryOwingsCalvert County Public Schools688598-13.1%
960Dr. Gustavus Brown ElementaryWaldorfCharles County Public Schools474412-13.1%
961Deer Park ElementaryOwings MillsBaltimore County Public Schools442384-13.1%
962Sunderland ElementarySunderlandCalvert County Public Schools697606-13.1%
963Bodkin ElementaryPasadenaAnne Arundel County Public Schools580504-13.1%
964Bryant Woods ElementaryColumbiaHoward County Public Schools421366-13.1%
965Elkridge ElementaryElkridgeHoward County Public Schools919798-13.2%
966Flintstone ElementaryOxon HillPrince George's County Public Schools423367-13.2%
967Pine Grove MiddleBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools927804-13.3%
968Wyngate ElementaryBethesdaMontgomery County Public Schools738640-13.3%
969Lothian ElementaryLothianAnne Arundel County Public Schools527457-13.3%
970Lansdowne MiddleBaltimoreBaltimore County Public Schools762661-13.3%
971Owings Mills ElementaryOwings MillsBaltimore County Public Schools769666-13.4%
972Rising Sun ElementaryRising SunCecil County Public Schools703609-13.4%
973Glenn Dale ElementaryGlenn DalePrince George's County Public Schools569493-13.4%
974Federalsburg Elementary SchoolFederalsburgCaroline County Public Schools480415-13.5%
975Smithsburg MiddleSmithsburgWashington County Public Schools641554-13.6%
976Lake Shore ElementaryPasadenaAnne Arundel County Public Schools324280-13.6%
977Viers Mill ElementarySilver SpringMontgomery County Public Schools644556-13.7%
978Bel Air HighBel AirHarford County Public Schools1,5551,341-13.8%
979Brock Bridge ElementaryLaurelAnne Arundel County Public Schools596514-13.8%
980Kingsford ElementaryMitchellvillePrince George's County Public Schools532458-13.9%
981Ridgeway ElementarySevernAnne Arundel County Public Schools640551-13.9%
982West Meade Early Education CenterFt MeadeAnne Arundel County Public Schools286246-14.0%
983Edgewood MiddleEdgewoodHarford County Public Schools1,089936-14.0%
984Sandy Hill ElementaryCambridgeDorchester County Public Schools457393-14.0%
985New Midway/Woodsboro ElementaryKeymarFrederick County Public Schools313269-14.1%
986Stone Mill ElementaryNorth PotomacMontgomery County Public Schools601516-14.1%
987Randallstown ElementaryRandallstownBaltimore County Public Schools375322-14.1%
988Denton Elementary SchoolDentonCaroline County Public Schools694596-14.1%
989Seventh District ElementaryParktonBaltimore County Public Schools403346-14.1%
990Cloverly ElementarySilver SpringMontgomery County Public Schools500429-14.2%
991Mechanicsville ElementaryMechanicsvilleSt. Mary's County Public Schools318273-14.2%
992Calvert ElementaryRising SunCecil County Public Schools455390-14.3%
993Lucy V. Barnsley ElementaryRockvilleMontgomery County Public Schools725621-14.3%
994C. Paul Barnhart Elementary SchoolWaldorfCharles County Public Schools698598-14.3%
995Captain Walter Francis Duke ElementaryLeonardtownSt. Mary's County Public Schools602516-14.3%
996Point Pleasant ElementaryGlen BurnieAnne Arundel County Public Schools568486-14.4%
997Gladys Noon Spellman ElementaryCheverlyPrince George's County Public Schools606518-14.5%
998J. P. Ryon Elementary SchoolWaldorfCharles County Public Schools749640-14.6%
999Northern Middle SchoolAccidentGarrett County Public Schools357305-14.6%
1000Northeast ElementaryCumberlandAllegany County Public Schools319272-14.7%
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