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The highest-poverty public schools in Howard County, Maryland

77 public schools in Howard County, Maryland appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Ducketts Lane Elementary leads the list at 60.6%, against a median of 26.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Howard County, Maryland

Top % FRL

60.6%

Median % FRL

26.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Ducketts Lane Elementary	Elkridge, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	573	60.6%
2	Stevens Forest Elementary	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	314	59.2%
3	Laurel Woods Elementary	Laurel, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	625	58.4%
4	Cradlerock Elementary	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	453	55.6%
5	Deep Run Elementary	Elkridge, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	638	54.1%
6	Bollman Bridge Elementary	Jessup, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	775	52.9%
7	Running Brook Elementary	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	407	52.8%
8	Bryant Woods Elementary	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	366	51.1%
9	Lake Elkhorn Middle	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	569	49.0%
10	Oakland Mills Middle	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	415	48.4%
11	Thomas Viaduct Middle	Hanover, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	758	47.5%
12	Harpers Choice Middle	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	471	46.9%
13	Phelps Luck Elementary	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	681	46.5%
14	Guilford Elementary	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	437	46.5%
15	Homewood School	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	109	45.9%
16	Elkridge Elementary	Elkridge, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	798	45.9%
17	Talbott Springs Elementary	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	461	45.3%
18	Guilford Park High	Jessup, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,218	45.2%
19	Jeffers Hill Elementary	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	406	44.1%
20	Patuxent Valley Middle	Jessup, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	840	43.7%
21	Longfellow Elementary	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	446	43.3%
22	Oakland Mills High	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,413	43.2%
23	Hanover Hills Elementary	Hanover, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	875	43.0%
24	Wilde Lake High	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,197	42.6%
25	Forest Ridge Elementary	Laurel, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	659	40.8%
26	Mayfield Woods Middle	Elkridge, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	731	40.1%
27	Wilde Lake Middle	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	643	39.0%
28	Swansfield Elementary	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	594	38.2%
29	Thunder Hill Elementary	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	459	37.7%
30	Long Reach High	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,334	37.6%
31	Hammond High	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,159	37.4%
32	Murray Hill Middle	Laurel, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	616	37.3%
33	Waterloo Elementary	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	666	32.1%
34	Elkridge Landing Middle	Elkridge, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	686	31.0%
35	Cedar Lane Special Center	Fulton, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Combined	133	30.1%
36	Bonnie Branch Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	739	29.2%
37	Veterans Elementary	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	883	27.5%
38	Bellows Spring Elementary	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	806	26.3%
39	Reservoir High	Fulton, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,597	26.2%
40	Hollifield Station Elementary	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	677	26.0%
41	Dunloggin Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	623	25.4%
42	Clemens Crossing Elementary	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	481	23.7%
43	Atholton High	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,540	22.9%
44	Gorman Crossing Elementary	Laurel, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	750	21.5%
45	St. Johns Lane Elementary	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	636	20.6%
46	Patapsco Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	670	20.4%
47	Howard High	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,493	20.2%
48	Mount Hebron High	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,455	19.2%
49	Hammond Elementary	Laurel, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Elementary	763	18.6%
50	Centennial High	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,377	18.5%

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