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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Maryland

Across Maryland, 206 public high schools are ranked here, 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 58.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

206

Maryland

Top % Proficient (Reading)

99.7%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

58.3%

BEST IN READING · 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	Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC	Largo, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	462	96.9%
3	Western School of Technology	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	942	96.6%
4	Barbara Ingram School for the Arts	Hagerstown, MD	Washington County Public Schools	High	347	93.4%
5	Baltimore School for the Arts	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	443	93.1%
6	Poolesville High	Poolesville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,351	92.5%
7	Baltimore Polytechnic Institute	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,632	92.3%
8	Glenelg High	Glenelg, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,363	92.1%
9	Severna Park High	Severna Park, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	High	1,842	92.0%
10	Urbana High	Ijamsville, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	High	1,989	89.1%
11	Crofton High School	Gambrills, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	High	1,906	88.9%
12	Walt Whitman High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,056	88.7%
13	River Hill High	Clarksville, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,383	88.2%
14	Marriotts Ridge High	Marriottsville, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,741	87.4%
15	Broadneck High	Annapolis, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	High	2,143	87.1%
16	Hereford High	Parkton, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,175	86.8%
17	Northern High	Owings, MD	Calvert County Public Schools	High	1,478	86.7%
18	Thomas S. Wootton High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,870	85.7%
19	Liberty High	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	High	1,007	85.6%
20	Huntingtown High School	Huntingtown, MD	Calvert County Public Schools	High	1,311	85.0%
21	George W. Carver Center for Arts & Technology	Towson, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,017	84.8%
22	Winston Churchill High	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,185	84.6%
23	Walter Johnson High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	3,016	84.3%
24	South River High	Edgewater, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	High	1,680	83.7%
25	Century High	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	High	1,101	83.7%
26	Centennial High	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,377	83.6%
27	Oakdale High	Ijamsville, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	High	1,702	82.2%
28	Boonsboro High	Boonsboro, MD	Washington County Public Schools	High	838	81.7%
29	Leonardtown High	Leonardtown, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	High	2,118	81.6%
30	Smithsburg High	Smithsburg, MD	Washington County Public Schools	High	733	80.9%
31	Sherwood High	Sandy Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,675	78.7%
32	Westminster High	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	High	1,477	78.4%
33	Hammond High	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,159	78.4%
34	Bethesda-Chevy Chase High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,377	78.4%
35	Howard High	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,493	78.2%
36	Calvert High	Prince Frederick, MD	Calvert County Public Schools	High	1,080	77.9%
37	Linganore High	Frederick, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	High	1,647	77.4%
38	Northern Garrett High School	Accident, MD	Garrett County Public Schools	High	439	77.3%
39	Fallston High	Fallston, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	1,036	77.2%
40	Mount Hebron High	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,455	77.2%
41	Manchester Valley High	Manchester, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	High	1,339	76.7%
42	Arundel High	Gambrills, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	High	1,778	76.6%
43	Atholton High	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	High	1,540	76.3%
44	Middletown High	Middletown, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	High	1,059	76.0%
45	Kent Island High School	Stevensville, MD	Queen Anne's County Public Schools	High	1,153	75.8%
46	Baltimore City College	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	1,470	75.6%
47	South Carroll High	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	High	933	75.3%
48	Harford Technical High	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	954	75.0%
49	Bel Air High	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	1,341	74.4%
50	Towson High	Towson, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	1,558	74.3%

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