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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Century High this year?
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Enrollment
1,101
High
DISTRICT 808 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240021001161
Century High
355 Ronsdale Road, Sykesville, MD 21784 · (410) 386-4400 · Carroll County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,101 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Maryland public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
18.7:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
221 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 295 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 245 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 282 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 279 | 25% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
83.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +10.4pp since 2023
Math
14.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.7% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.3% | 17.3% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 62% 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 Century High
Century High's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Century High this school | 1,101 | 20.1% | 47.1% |
| Liberty High Sykesville | 1,007 | 14.5% | 56.4% |
| Bel Air High Bel Air | 1,341 | 22.7% | 45.6% |
| C. Milton Wright High Bel Air | 1,291 | 25.3% | 39.3% |
| Patterson Mill High School Bel Air | 839 | 23.7% | 42.4% |
| South Carroll High Sykesville | 933 | 20.8% | 46.6% |
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 Century High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #39 of 203 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #72 of 206 ▼ 19 | #5 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.7% | #25 of 206 ▲ 12 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,101 | #126 of 234 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #186 of 210 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #145 of 211 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #191 of 212 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #55 of 76 | #4 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
1,101
-34 (-3%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 1,236
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 1,101 | 59 | 18.7:1 | 20% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 1,083 | 61 | 17.8:1 | 17% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 1,120 | 64 | 17.5:1 | 15% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 1,135 | 63 | 18.0:1 | 11% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 1,133 | 61 | 18.6:1 | 7% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 1,094 | 62 | 17.6:1 | 8% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 1,236 | 71 | 17.4:1 | 8% (97) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Century High.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,133 to 1,101); teachers down 3% (61 to 59).
About Century High
Century High sits in Sykesville, Maryland, and is classified as a high school. It reported 1,101 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
Carroll County Public Schools serves 26,141 students across 43 schools.
The share of White students at Century High is 74%, a majority. It is also 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Carroll County is roughly 86% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Century High scores 43%.
Its ratio of 18.7:1 is based on 59 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Maryland is 15.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 20% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Carroll County report 28%.
Century High holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 59% of Maryland public high schools.
Century High trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 15.3 points (47.1% versus 62.3%), a bottom-10% result in Maryland on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Carroll County, the median household earns about $118,211 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Carroll County has 44 public schools with about 26,141 students, including Century High.
Linton Springs Elementary is the nearest public school to Century High, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Century High ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Century High in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 34 students, from 1,135 to 1,101.
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Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
175,321
Census ACS
Median income
$118,211
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
26,141 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County Public Schools
- Westminster HighHigh · 1,477 students
- Manchester Valley HighHigh · 1,339 students
- Winters Mill HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,007 students
- South Carroll HighHigh · 933 students
- Westminster West MiddleMiddle · 923 students
Other schools in Sykesville
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,007 students
- South Carroll HighHigh · 933 students
- Oklahoma Road MiddleMiddle · 816 students
- Linton Springs ElementaryElementary · 759 students
- Sykesville MiddleMiddle · 697 students
- Freedom District ElementaryElementary · 627 students
Other Century High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Century High. Century High is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Century High SchoolROCHESTER, MN · 1,608 students
- Century High SchoolHillsboro, OR · 1,563 students
- Century HighSanta Ana, CA · 1,519 students
- CENTURY HIGH SCHOOLBismarck, ND · 1,406 students
- CENTURY HIGH SCHOOLPOCATELLO, ID · 1,068 students
Nearby schools
- Linton Springs Elementary0.3 mi · 759
- Eldersburg Elementary2.1 mi · 470
- Liberty High2.2 mi · 1,007
- Piney Ridge Elementary2.3 mi · 578
- Freedom District Elementary2.6 mi · 627
- South Carroll High2.9 mi · 933
Frequently asked questions
About Century HighHow large is Century High?
Century High enrolls approximately 1,101 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Century High serve?
Century High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Century High?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at Century High.
How diverse is Century High?
Century High reports a student body of 74% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Century High?
Century High is overseen by Carroll County Public Schools in Carroll County.
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