Name: Maryland schools on the rise · enrollment growth 2017–2024
Creator: allk12
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Keywords: public schools, K-12, enrollment growth, NCES, Maryland

Maryland schools on the rise

Maryland public schools with the largest enrollment growth from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report

top growth in state

Top growth

+153%

Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

Range

+36% to +153%

2017-18 → 2024-25

TOP 50 MD PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT GROWTH · 2017-18 → 2024-25

School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% change ↓
Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	316	799	153%
Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	334	834	150%
Pimlico Elementary/Middle	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	317	732	131%
Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter	UPPER MARLBORO	Prince George's County Public Schools	661	1,503	127%
Chesapeake Science Point	HANOVER	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	463	1,051	127%
Green Valley Elementary	MONROVIA	Frederick County Public Schools	417	850	104%
Seneca Valley High	GERMANTOWN	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,187	2,409	103%
Wildwood Elementary/Middle	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	377	743	97.1%
Academy for College and Career Exploration	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	513	967	88.5%
Oakdale Elementary	IJAMSVILLE	Frederick County Public Schools	631	1,167	84.9%
Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	456	831	82.2%
Bedford Elementary	BALTIMORE	Baltimore County Public Schools	325	586	80.3%
Chesapeake Math and IT Public Charter	LAUREL	Prince George's County Public Schools	948	1,681	77.3%
Anne Arundel Evening High	SEVERNA PARK	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	249	439	76.3%
Sabillasville Environmental School	SABILLASVILLE	Frederick County Public Schools	112	196	75.0%
Crestwood Middle	FREDERICK	Frederick County Public Schools	579	996	72.0%
Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	439	722	64.5%
Forest Park High	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	623	1,024	64.4%
Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	494	786	59.1%
Arthur Middleton Elementary School	WALDORF	Charles County Public Schools	488	774	58.6%
International High School @ Langley Park	BLADENSBURG	Prince George's County Public Schools	236	368	55.9%
Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	263	410	55.9%
Cherokee Lane Elementary	ADELPHI	Prince George's County Public Schools	554	863	55.8%
Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	455	706	55.2%
Oakdale Middle	IJAMSVILLE	Frederick County Public Schools	704	1,085	54.1%
Fairmont Heights High	LANDOVER	Prince George's County Public Schools	709	1,090	53.7%
Overlea High	BALTIMORE	Baltimore County Public Schools	971	1,474	51.8%
Hyattsville Middle	HYATTSVILLE	Prince George's County Public Schools	861	1,305	51.6%
James McHenry Elementary/Middle	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	389	588	51.2%
Victory Villa Elementary	BALTIMORE	Baltimore County Public Schools	413	612	48.2%
Largo High	UPPER MARLBORO	Prince George's County Public Schools	784	1,159	47.8%
Tulip Grove Elementary	BOWIE	Prince George's County Public Schools	323	477	47.7%
Mary E. Rodman Elementary	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	292	431	47.6%
Abbottston Elementary	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	224	330	47.3%
Walker Mill Middle	CAPITOL HEIGHTS	Prince George's County Public Schools	734	1,054	43.6%
Wheaton High	SILVER SPRING	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,958	2,794	42.7%
William Tyler Page Elementary	SILVER SPRING	Montgomery County Public Schools	439	620	41.2%
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle	GERMANTOWN	Montgomery County Public Schools	596	841	41.1%
Sandymount Elementary	FINKSBURG	Carroll County Public Schools	455	640	40.7%
Doswell E. Brooks Elementary	CAPITAL HEIGHTS	Prince George's County Public Schools	209	291	39.2%
Twin Ridge Elementary	MT AIRY	Frederick County Public Schools	506	703	38.9%
Yellow Springs Elementary	FREDERICK	Frederick County Public Schools	453	628	38.6%
Capitol Heights Elementary	CAPITOL HEIGHTS	Prince George's County Public Schools	229	317	38.4%
Holabird Academy	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	470	650	38.3%
Piccowaxen Middle School	NEWBURG	Charles County Public Schools	418	578	38.3%
Brandywine Elementary	BRANDYWINE	Prince George's County Public Schools	414	572	38.2%
The Reach! Partnership School	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	526	724	37.6%
Silver Creek Middle	KENSINGTON	Montgomery County Public Schools	549	751	36.8%
Empowerment Academy	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	252	344	36.5%
Dorothy I. Height Elementary	BALTIMORE	Baltimore City Public Schools	319	435	36.4%

50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-on-the-rise-by-state-md.csv

How this list was built

Every Maryland public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, which filters out small specialty programs whose percentage swings are dominated by noise. Brick-and-mortar only: virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded by name pattern and by NCES is_virtual flag. Those schools dominate raw growth numbers but rarely represent a school families are choosing for their neighborhood.

Enrollment growth is a leading indicator, not a quality measure. Schools grow because catchment areas shift, because districts consolidate, because a magnet program opens, or because reputation pulls in transfers. A school on this list is one that more Marylandfamilies are sending their kids to in 2024-25 than in 2017-18, for whatever reason. Pair this with the school's page on allk12 for test scores, demographics, and discussion.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

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