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

Across Baltimore city, Maryland, 28 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Baltimore School for the Arts leads the list at 93.1%, against a median of 28.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Baltimore city, Maryland

Top % Proficient (Reading)

93.1%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

28.4%

BEST IN READING · BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Baltimore School for the Arts	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	443	93.1%
2	Baltimore Polytechnic Institute	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,632	92.3%
3	Baltimore City College	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,470	75.6%
4	Bard High School Early College	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	459	68.1%
5	Paul Laurence Dunbar High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,087	66.6%
6	Western High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,290	66.5%
7	City Neighbors High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	416	52.4%
8	Coppin Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	450	46.2%
9	Reginald F. Lewis High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	481	44.0%
10	Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	386	35.9%
11	Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,714	34.1%
12	Digital Harbor High School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,359	30.3%
13	Edmondson-Westside High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	910	29.2%
14	Frederick Douglass High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	539	28.5%
15	Forest Park High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,024	28.4%
16	Carver Vocational-Technical High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,041	27.9%
17	Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	466	27.2%
18	Baltimore Design School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	503	27.2%
19	Patterson High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,330	26.8%
20	Renaissance Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	241	26.5%
21	Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	337	24.7%
22	The Reach! Partnership School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	724	23.6%
23	ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	523	20.8%
24	Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	786	20.5%
25	The Seed School of Maryland	Baltimore, MD	SEED School of Maryland	High	395	20.2%
26	Green Street Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	808	19.8%
27	Academy for College and Career Exploration	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	967	18.2%
28	National Academy Foundation	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	801	10.6%

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