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The highest-poverty public elementary schools in Maryland

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public elementary schools in Maryland, drawn from 885 qualifying public elementary schools. Robert Frost Elementary leads the list at 96.9%, against a median of 57.8% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

885

Maryland

Top % FRL

96.9%

Median % FRL

57.8%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Robert Frost Elementary	Landover, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	257	96.9%
2	Tyler Heights Elementary	Annapolis, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Elementary	416	96.9%
3	Cool Spring Elementary	Adelphi, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	458	95.9%
4	Seat Pleasant Elementary	Capital Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	284	95.8%
5	The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Elementary	236	95.8%
6	Langley Park-McCormick Elementary	Hyattsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	697	95.6%
7	William Paca Elementary	Landover, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	563	95.4%
8	Templeton Elementary	Landover, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	646	95.2%
9	Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Elementary	410	95.1%
10	Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary	Annapolis, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Elementary	559	95.0%
11	Choptank Elementary School	Cambridge, MD	Dorchester County Public Schools	Elementary	319	95.0%
12	Rogers Heights Elementary	Bladensburg, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	450	94.9%
13	District Heights Elementary	District Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	365	94.8%
14	Calverton Elementary	Beltsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	767	94.5%
15	Johnston Square Elementary	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Elementary	271	94.5%
16	Oxon Hill Elementary	Oxon Hill, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	215	94.4%
17	Suitland Elementary	Suitland, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	514	94.2%
18	North Forestville Elementary	Forestville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	271	94.1%
19	Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary	Glenarden, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	540	94.1%
20	Bradbury Heights Elementary	Capital Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	354	94.1%
21	Princeton Elementary	Suitland, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	269	94.1%
22	Beltsville Academy	Beltsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	1,113	94.0%
23	Andrew Jackson Academy	Forestville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	458	93.9%
24	Highland Park Elementary	Landover, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	210	93.8%
25	Riverdale Elementary	Riverdale, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	586	93.7%
26	Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Elementary	300	93.7%
27	Concord Elementary	District Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	204	93.6%
28	Edward M. Felegy ES	Hyattsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	641	93.6%
29	Hillcrest Heights Elementary	Temple Hills, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	388	93.6%
30	Harlem Park Elementary/Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Elementary	402	93.5%
31	Dodge Park Elementary	Landover, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	494	93.5%
32	Apple Grove Elementary	Fort Washington, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	277	93.5%
33	Samuel P. Massie Academy	Forestville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	477	93.5%
34	Glassmanor Elementary	Oxon Hill, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	261	93.5%
35	Carmody Hills Elementary	Capitol Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	389	93.3%
36	Cooper Lane Elementary	Landover Hills, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	407	93.1%
37	Woodridge Elementary	Hyattsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	299	93.0%
38	Carrollton Elementary	New Carrollton, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	539	92.9%
39	Port Towns Elementary	Bladensburg, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	747	92.9%
40	Francis Scott Key Elementary	District Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	451	92.9%
41	Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Elementary	433	92.8%
42	Westport Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Elementary	251	92.8%
43	Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem	Adelphi, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	734	92.8%
44	Lamont Elementary	New Carrollton, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	460	92.6%
45	Springhill Lake Elementary	Greenbelt, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	804	92.5%
46	Robert R. Gray Elementary	Capital Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	375	92.5%
47	Carole Highlands Elementary	Takoma Park, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	544	92.5%
48	High Bridge Elementary	Bowie, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	394	92.4%
49	Ardmore Elementary	Springdale, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	470	92.3%
50	Columbia Park Elementary	Landover, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Elementary	429	92.3%

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