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The fastest-declining public high schools by enrollment in Maryland

76 public high schools in Maryland appear in this ranking of the fastest-declining public high schools by enrollment, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Phoenix Academy leads the list at -79.7%, against a median of -6.0% across the ranked schools.

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Best Enrollment change

-79.7%

Median Enrollment change

-6.0%

FASTEST DECLINING · MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Phoenix Academy	Annapolis, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	315	64	-79.7%
2	Excel Academy at Francis M. Wood High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	544	264	-51.5%
3	Frederick Douglass High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	906	539	-40.5%
4	Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	480	337	-29.8%
5	South River High	Edgewater, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	2,150	1,680	-21.9%
6	Howard High	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	1,912	1,493	-21.9%
7	Central High	Capitol Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	927	754	-18.7%
8	Long Reach High	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	1,632	1,334	-18.3%
9	Old Mill High	Millersville, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	2,230	1,832	-17.8%
10	Arundel High	Gambrills, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	2,118	1,778	-16.1%
11	Sherwood High	Sandy Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,967	1,675	-14.8%
12	Reginald F. Lewis High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	564	481	-14.7%
13	Centennial High	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	1,614	1,377	-14.7%
14	Bel Air High	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	1,555	1,341	-13.8%
15	Fort Hill High	Cumberland, MD	Allegany County Public Schools	750	655	-12.7%
16	Thomas S. Wootton High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,134	1,870	-12.4%
17	Kent County High	Worton, MD	Kent County Public Schools	583	511	-12.3%
18	Calvert High	Prince Frederick, MD	Calvert County Public Schools	1,227	1,080	-12.0%
19	C. Milton Wright High	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	1,460	1,291	-11.6%
20	South Carroll High	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	1,048	933	-11.0%
21	Hammond High	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	1,300	1,159	-10.8%
22	Huntingtown High School	Huntingtown, MD	Calvert County Public Schools	1,464	1,311	-10.5%
23	Patuxent High	Lusby, MD	Calvert County Public Schools	1,036	928	-10.4%
24	Loch Raven High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	859	780	-9.2%
25	Boonsboro High	Boonsboro, MD	Washington County Public Schools	920	838	-8.9%
26	Suitland High	Suitland, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	2,023	1,847	-8.7%
27	Achievement Academy at Harbor City High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	343	314	-8.5%
28	Liberty High	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	1,101	1,007	-8.5%
29	Northwest High	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,508	2,300	-8.3%
30	Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	507	466	-8.1%
31	Bohemia Manor High	Chesapeake City, MD	Cecil County Public Schools	643	591	-8.1%
32	Hancock Middle Senior High	Hancock, MD	Washington County Public Schools	259	239	-7.7%
33	Hereford High	Parkton, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	1,267	1,175	-7.3%
34	Middletown High	Middletown, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	1,142	1,059	-7.3%
35	Mountain Ridge High School	Frostburg, MD	Allegany County Public Schools	801	743	-7.2%
36	Mount Hebron High	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	1,566	1,455	-7.1%
37	Chopticon High	Morganza, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	1,635	1,526	-6.7%
38	Franklin High	Reisterstown, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	1,576	1,481	-6.0%
39	Wilde Lake High	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	1,274	1,197	-6.0%
40	Smithsburg High	Smithsburg, MD	Washington County Public Schools	779	733	-5.9%
41	Rising Sun High	North East, MD	Cecil County Public Schools	1,139	1,074	-5.7%
42	Harford Technical High	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	1,010	954	-5.5%
43	Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	407	386	-5.2%
44	Watkins Mill High	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,660	1,577	-5.0%
45	Aberdeen High	Aberdeen, MD	Harford County Public Schools	1,468	1,396	-4.9%
46	Crisfield Academy and High School	Crisfield, MD	Somerset County Public Schools	384	366	-4.7%
47	Northwood High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,731	1,654	-4.4%
48	Kent Island High School	Stevensville, MD	Queen Anne's County Public Schools	1,206	1,153	-4.4%
49	James M. Bennett High	Salisbury, MD	Wicomico County Public Schools	1,542	1,474	-4.4%
50	Westminster High	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	1,537	1,477	-3.9%

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