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The public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Maryland

This ranking covers the public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Maryland, drawn from 214 qualifying public high schools. Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women leads the list at 97.6%, against a median of 26.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

214

Maryland

Top % Black

97.6%

Median % Black

26.0%

MOST BLACK · MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	466	455	97.6%
2	Coppin Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	450	438	97.3%
3	Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy West	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	139	—	97.1%
4	The Seed School of Maryland	Baltimore, MD	SEED School of Maryland	395	379	96.0%
5	Green Street Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	808	772	95.5%
6	Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	337	321	95.3%
7	ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	523	496	94.8%
8	Achievement Academy at Harbor City High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	314	291	92.7%
9	Renaissance Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	241	223	92.5%
10	Carver Vocational-Technical High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	1,041	955	91.7%
11	Excel Academy at Francis M. Wood High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	264	239	90.5%
12	New Town High	Owings Mills, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	1,414	1,279	90.5%
13	Randallstown High	Randallstown, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	1,091	972	89.1%
14	The Reach! Partnership School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	724	642	88.7%
15	Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	1,714	1,498	87.4%
16	Edmondson-Westside High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	910	795	87.4%
17	Baltimore Design School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	503	435	86.5%
18	City Neighbors High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	416	355	85.3%
19	Western High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	1,290	1,100	85.3%
20	Bard High School Early College	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	459	387	84.3%
21	Milford Mill Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	1,471	1,239	84.2%
22	Frederick Douglass High	Upper Marlboro, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	1,183	992	83.8%
23	Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	386	323	83.7%
24	Frederick Douglass High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	539	446	82.8%
25	Reginald F. Lewis High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	481	398	82.7%
26	Charles Herbert Flowers High	Springdale, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	2,712	2,236	82.5%
27	Largo High	Upper Marlboro, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	1,159	930	80.2%
28	Paul Laurence Dunbar High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	1,087	872	80.2%
29	Suitland High	Suitland, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	1,847	1,475	79.9%
30	Forest Park High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	1,024	803	78.4%
31	Gwynn Park High	Brandywine, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	1,147	865	75.4%
32	Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High	Upper Marlboro, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	2,291	1,703	74.3%
33	Westlake High School	Waldorf, MD	Charles County Public Schools	1,216	888	73.0%
34	St. Charles High School	Waldorf, MD	Charles County Public Schools	1,617	1,160	71.7%
35	Crossland High	Temple Hills, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	1,094	779	71.2%
36	Academy for College and Career Exploration	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	967	674	69.7%
37	Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC	Largo, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	462	317	68.6%
38	Central High	Capitol Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	754	515	68.3%
39	Baltimore City College	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	1,470	986	67.1%
40	Woodlawn High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	1,922	1,279	66.5%
41	Bowie High	Bowie, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	2,580	1,714	66.4%
42	Surrattsville High	Clinton, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	875	570	65.1%
43	North Point High School	Waldorf, MD	Charles County Public Schools	1,960	1,267	64.6%
44	Overlea High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	1,474	950	64.5%
45	Thomas Stone High School	Waldorf, MD	Charles County Public Schools	1,230	781	63.5%
46	Washington Academy and High School	Princess Anne, MD	Somerset County Public Schools	619	369	59.6%
47	Rosedale Center	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	108	64	59.3%
48	Potomac High	Oxon Hill, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	1,347	793	58.9%
49	Baltimore Polytechnic Institute	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	1,632	954	58.5%
50	Paint Branch High	Burtonsville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,038	1,180	57.9%

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Racial and ethnic enrollment shares are factual figures reported by each school to the federal government (NCES). This list describes the composition of student bodies and is not an evaluation or endorsement of any school.

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