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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Baltimore, Maryland

43 public high schools in Baltimore, Maryland appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Eastern Technical High School leads the list at 99.7%, against a median of 36.3% 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

Baltimore, Maryland

Top % Proficient (Reading)

99.7%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

36.3%

BEST IN READING · BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Eastern Technical High School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,330	99.7%
2	Western School of Technology	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	942	96.6%
3	Baltimore School for the Arts	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	443	93.1%
4	Baltimore Polytechnic Institute	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,632	92.3%
5	Baltimore City College	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,470	75.6%
6	Bard High School Early College	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	459	68.1%
7	Paul Laurence Dunbar High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,087	66.6%
8	Western High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,290	66.5%
9	Catonsville High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,735	62.5%
10	City Neighbors High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	416	52.4%
11	Pikesville High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	908	51.7%
12	Perry Hall High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	2,012	49.9%
13	Patapsco High and Center for Arts	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,385	48.2%
14	Coppin Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	450	46.2%
15	Loch Raven High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	780	44.2%
16	Reginald F. Lewis High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	481	44.0%
17	Kenwood High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,900	44.0%
18	Parkville High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,877	43.0%
19	Milford Mill Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,471	42.5%
20	Overlea High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,474	39.8%
21	Chesapeake High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,052	38.3%
22	Lansdowne High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,313	36.3%
23	Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	386	35.9%
24	Woodlawn High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,922	34.5%
25	Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,714	34.1%
26	Dundalk High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	2,087	31.7%
27	Digital Harbor High School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,359	30.3%
28	Edmondson-Westside High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	910	29.2%
29	Frederick Douglass High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	539	28.5%
30	Forest Park High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,024	28.4%
31	Carver Vocational-Technical High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,041	27.9%
32	Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	466	27.2%
33	Baltimore Design School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	503	27.2%
34	Patterson High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,330	26.8%
35	Renaissance Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	241	26.5%
36	Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	337	24.7%
37	The Reach! Partnership School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	724	23.6%
38	ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	523	20.8%
39	Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	786	20.5%
40	The Seed School of Maryland	Baltimore, MD	SEED School of Maryland	High	395	20.2%
41	Green Street Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	808	19.8%
42	Academy for College and Career Exploration	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	967	18.2%
43	National Academy Foundation	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	801	10.6%

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