Century High

Century High is one of the medium-sized secondary schools in Sykesville, Maryland, one of the schools within Carroll County Public Schools, with 1,101 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Across the 43 schools in Carroll County Public Schools (26,141 students total), Century High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Century High logs that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Carroll County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Century High higher than the state norm the norm. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Carroll County (around 28%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Century High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 62.3%; this one comes in at 47.1%, -15.3 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Carroll County) logs that median household earnings sit near $118,211, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Carroll County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,141 students), of which Century High is one.

The closest other public school is Linton Springs Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Century High. On composite proficiency, Century High comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 66.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Century High has decreased 3%, going from 1,133 students in 2018 to 1,101 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 74% across the same window.

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