Bel Air High

Bel Air High is a high school of moderately sized scale in Bel Air, Maryland, run under Harford County Public Schools, serveing 1,341 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Harford County Public Schools, which oversees 55 schools and 37,771 students, Bel Air High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Bel Air High shows that White students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Harford County's rate of about 39%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bel Air High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 60.8%; actual is 45.6%, a gap of -15.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Harford County indicate the typical household earns roughly $112,265 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Harford County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,771 students), Bel Air High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bel Air Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bel Air High comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 62.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bel Air High has contracted 14%, going from 1,555 students in 2018 to 1,341 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 77% to 67%.

On this page, members of the Bel Air High community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.