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Enrollment
1,291
High
DISTRICT 1,030 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240039001380
C. Milton Wright High
1301 N Fountain Green Rd, Bel Air, MD 21015 · (410) 638-4110 · Harford County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,291 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Maryland public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
326 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 332 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 327 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 313 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 319 | 25% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
67.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +14.6pp since 2023
Math
16.7%
MD avg 34.8% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.6% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 20.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like C. Milton Wright High
C. Milton Wright High's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. Milton Wright High this school | 1,291 | 25.3% | 39.3% |
| Westminster High Westminster | 1,477 | 25.0% | 45.3% |
| Bel Air High Bel Air | 1,341 | 22.7% | 45.6% |
| Chesapeake High Pasadena | 1,540 | 25.8% | 42.2% |
| Manchester Valley High Manchester | 1,339 | 28.4% | 45.3% |
| Huntingtown High School Huntingtown | 1,311 | 20.0% | 48.2% |
Matched among Maryland high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where C. Milton Wright High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Harford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #78 of 203 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #52 of 206 ▼ 11 | #7 of 10 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #74 of 206 ▲ 40 | #7 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,291 | #105 of 234 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #99 of 210 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #152 of 211 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #173 of 212 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #19 of 76 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,291
-39 (-3%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,318
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,291 | 79.5 | 16.2:1 | 25% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 1,302 | 80.8 | 16.1:1 | 24% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 1,266 | 84.3 | 15.0:1 | 23% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 1,330 | 80 | 16.6:1 | 19% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 1,460 | 89.3 | 16.4:1 | 14% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 1,447 | 94 | 15.4:1 | 14% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 1,555 | 110 | 14.1:1 | 10% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 1,788 | 105 | 17.0:1 | 3% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 1,318 | 78 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C. Milton Wright High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,460 to 1,291); teachers down 11% (89.3 to 79.5).
About C. Milton Wright High
In Bel Air, Maryland, C. Milton Wright High is a medium-sized high school. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,291 students.
District-wide, Harford County Public Schools has 55 schools and 37,771 students.
White students make up a majority at C. Milton Wright High, at 76%. The remaining shares are 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The White share in Harford County as a whole is similar, at about 73%. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 79.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.2:1. On average, high schools in Maryland have 15.3:1, compared with 16.2:1 here. Around 25% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 39% average for public schools in Harford County is 14 points.
Measured against Maryland public high schools, C. Milton Wright High receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
C. Milton Wright High is in the bottom 10% of Maryland schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.3%. The school's actual rate is 39.3%, 19.9 points lower.
Census Bureau estimates for Harford County show that the median household income is $112,265, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. C. Milton Wright High is one of 55 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Southampton Middle, is about 1.0 miles from C. Milton Wright High. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, C. Milton Wright High is 8th among 8 schools close by.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment declined 3% from its 2020-21 level of 1,330.
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Harford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
263,757
Census ACS
Median income
$112,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
37,771 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harford County Public Schools
- Edgewood HighHigh · 1,440 students
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- North Harford HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
- Youths Benefit ElementaryElementary · 1,151 students
Other schools in Bel Air
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
- Bel Air MiddleMiddle · 1,080 students
- Homestead/Wakefield ElementaryElementary · 1,071 students
- Harford Technical HighHigh · 954 students
- Patterson Mill High SchoolHigh · 839 students
Nearby schools
- Southampton Middle1.0 mi · 1,192
- Hickory Elementary1.6 mi · 635
- Bel Air Elementary1.9 mi · 521
- Fountain Green Elementary2.0 mi · 443
- Prospect Mill Elementary2.0 mi · 579
- Harford Technical High2.3 mi · 954
Frequently asked questions
About C. Milton Wright HighHow large is C. Milton Wright High?
C. Milton Wright High enrolls approximately 1,291 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does C. Milton Wright High serve?
C. Milton Wright High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at C. Milton Wright High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at C. Milton Wright High is approximately 16.2:1 (80 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at C. Milton Wright High?
At C. Milton Wright High, the student body is approximately 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is C. Milton Wright High in?
C. Milton Wright High is part of Harford County Public Schools.
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