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The lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in Maryland

Across Maryland, 203 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the lowest composite state-assessment proficiency. National Academy Foundation leads the list at 10.2%, against a median of 35.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

203

Maryland

Best % Proficient

10.2%

Median % Proficient

35.7%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	National Academy Foundation	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	64.0%	801	10.2%
2	International High School @ Langley Park	Bladensburg, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	97.3%	368	11.2%
3	ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	88.7%	523	12.7%
4	Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	63.7%	786	13.8%
5	Green Street Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	84.3%	808	15.1%
6	Patterson High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	67.8%	1,330	15.6%
7	Academy for College and Career Exploration	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	79.1%	967	16.4%
8	Baltimore Design School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	75.9%	503	16.9%
9	The Seed School of Maryland	Baltimore, MD	SEED School of Maryland	High	100%	395	17.0%
10	Washington Academy and High School	Princess Anne, MD	Somerset County Public Schools	High	76.9%	619	17.1%
11	International High school @ Largo	Upper Marlboro, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	94.9%	354	17.8%
12	Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	92.6%	337	17.8%
13	Frederick Douglass High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	86.5%	539	18.4%
14	Owings Mills High	Owings Mills, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	62.5%	1,040	18.5%
15	The Reach! Partnership School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	84.4%	724	18.7%
16	Carver Vocational-Technical High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	86.4%	1,041	18.9%
17	Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	82.6%	466	19.1%
18	Renaissance Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	94.2%	241	19.3%
19	Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	79.2%	1,714	19.8%
20	Dundalk High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	65.6%	2,087	19.9%
21	Digital Harbor High School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	75.3%	1,359	20.1%
22	Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	87.3%	386	20.4%
23	Edmondson-Westside High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	79.8%	910	20.9%
24	Central High	Capitol Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	71.0%	754	20.9%
25	Forest Park High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	75.1%	1,024	21.4%
26	Crisfield Academy and High School	Crisfield, MD	Somerset County Public Schools	High	67.8%	366	21.5%
27	Friendly High	Fort Washington, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	63.5%	894	22.0%
28	Woodlawn High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	65.5%	1,922	22.3%
29	Lansdowne High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	64.2%	1,313	22.4%
30	High Point High	Beltsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	95.6%	3,012	22.6%
31	Surrattsville High	Clinton, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	64.7%	875	22.9%
32	Parkdale High	Riverdale, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	96.8%	2,588	23.2%
33	Parkville High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	56.1%	1,877	23.3%
34	Thomas Stone High School	Waldorf, MD	Charles County Public Schools	High	56.4%	1,230	23.3%
35	Wicomico High	Salisbury, MD	Wicomico County Public Schools	High	66.4%	1,304	23.6%
36	John F. Kennedy High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	56.0%	1,880	23.8%
37	Fairmont Heights High	Landover, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	96.3%	1,090	23.9%
38	Reginald F. Lewis High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	79.8%	481	24.0%
39	Northwestern High	Hyattsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	96.4%	2,396	24.3%
40	Gwynn Park High	Brandywine, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	47.7%	1,147	24.4%
41	Milford Mill Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	61.0%	1,471	24.5%
42	Bladensburg High	Bladensburg, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	97.0%	2,114	24.5%
43	Coppin Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	High	83.8%	450	24.6%
44	Watkins Mill High	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	51.7%	1,577	24.6%
45	Joppatowne High	Joppa, MD	Harford County Public Schools	High	65.5%	882	24.9%
46	Overlea High	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	65.4%	1,474	25.0%
47	Suitland High	Suitland, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	High	94.7%	1,847	25.1%
48	Henry E. Lackey High School	Indian Head, MD	Charles County Public Schools	High	59.6%	1,033	25.9%
49	St. Charles High School	Waldorf, MD	Charles County Public Schools	High	50.3%	1,617	26.0%
50	New Town High	Owings Mills, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	High	50.3%	1,414	26.1%

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