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The highest-poverty public high schools in Maryland

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public high schools in Maryland, drawn from 212 qualifying public high schools. The Seed School of Maryland leads the list at 100%, against a median of 50.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

212

Maryland

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

50.3%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	The Seed School of Maryland	Baltimore, MD	SEED School of Maryland	High	395	100%
2	International High School @ Langley Park	Bladensburg, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	368	97.3%
3	Bladensburg High	Bladensburg, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	2,114	97.0%
4	Parkdale High	Riverdale, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	2,588	96.8%
5	Northwestern High	Hyattsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	2,396	96.4%
6	Fairmont Heights High	Landover, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	1,090	96.3%
7	Duval High	Lanham, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	2,522	95.9%
8	Laurel High	Laurel, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	2,129	95.7%
9	High Point High	Beltsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	3,012	95.6%
10	International High school @ Largo	Upper Marlboro, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	354	94.9%
11	Crossland High	Temple Hills, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	1,094	94.9%
12	Suitland High	Suitland, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	1,847	94.7%
13	Renaissance Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	241	94.2%
14	Potomac High	Oxon Hill, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	1,347	94.1%
15	Excel Academy at Francis M. Wood High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	264	92.8%
16	Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	337	92.6%
17	Achievement Academy at Harbor City High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	314	89.5%
18	Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy West	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	139	89.2%
19	ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	523	88.7%
20	Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	386	87.3%
21	Frederick Douglass High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	539	86.5%
22	Carver Vocational-Technical High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,041	86.4%
23	The Reach! Partnership School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	724	84.4%
24	Green Street Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	808	84.3%
25	Coppin Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	450	83.8%
26	Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	466	82.6%
27	Reginald F. Lewis High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	481	79.8%
28	Edmondson-Westside High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	910	79.8%
29	Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,714	79.2%
30	Academy for College and Career Exploration	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	967	79.1%
31	Rosedale Center	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	108	78.7%
32	Paul Laurence Dunbar High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,087	77.7%
33	Washington Academy and High School	Princess Anne, MD	Somerset County Public Schools	High	619	76.9%
34	Baltimore Design School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	503	75.9%
35	Digital Harbor High School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,359	75.3%
36	Forest Park High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,024	75.1%
37	Western High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,290	72.8%
38	Central High	Capitol Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	754	71.0%
39	City Neighbors High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	416	70.7%
40	Patterson High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,330	67.8%
41	Crisfield Academy and High School	Crisfield, MD	Somerset County Public Schools	High	366	67.8%
42	Charles Herbert Flowers High	Springdale, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	2,712	67.7%
43	South Hagerstown High	Hagerstown, MD	Washington County Public Schools	High	1,690	67.5%
44	Chesapeake High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,052	67.2%
45	Pocomoke High	Pocomoke City, MD	Worcester County Public Schools	High	374	67.1%
46	Kenwood High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,900	66.4%
47	Wicomico High	Salisbury, MD	Wicomico County Public Schools	High	1,304	66.4%
48	Colonel Richardson High School	Federalsburg, MD	Caroline County Public Schools	High	528	65.9%
49	Dundalk High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	2,087	65.6%
50	Joppatowne High	Joppa, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	882	65.5%

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