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Enrollment
2,291
High
DISTRICT 1,588 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001542
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High
12650 Brooke Ln, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 · (301) 780-2100 · Prince George's County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,291 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Maryland public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
18.9:1
121 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
1,326 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 572 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 621 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 599 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 499 | 22% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
53.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +10.1pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.8% | 10.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High's state test result (30.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High this school | 2,291 | 57.9% | 30.7% |
| Bowie High Bowie | 2,580 | 52.8% | 36.6% |
| Woodlawn High Baltimore | 1,922 | 65.5% | 22.3% |
| St. Charles High School Waldorf | 1,617 | 50.3% | 26.0% |
| Milford Mill Academy Baltimore | 1,471 | 61.0% | 24.5% |
| Charles Herbert Flowers High Springdale | 2,712 | 67.7% | 37.9% |
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 Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #134 of 203 | #9 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #65 of 206 ▲ 130 | #7 of 25 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #125 of 206 ▲ 15 | #8 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,291 | #16 of 234 | #8 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #189 of 210 | #21 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #154 of 211 | #17 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.9% | #80 of 212 | #19 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #71 of 76 | #6 of 7 |
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
2,291
-3 (0%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 2,651
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 2,291 | 121 | 18.9:1 | 58% (1,326) |
| 2023-24 | 2,270 | 122 | 18.6:1 | 58% (1,313) |
| 2022-23 | 2,257 | 131 | 17.2:1 | 59% (1,322) |
| 2020-21 | 2,294 | 127 | 18.1:1 | 48% (1,100) |
| 2017-18 | 2,321 | 130 | 17.9:1 | 45% (1,042) |
| 2015-16 | 2,178 | 122 | 17.9:1 | 42% (920) |
| 2010-11 | 2,651 | 130 | 20.4:1 | 33% (881) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (2,321 to 2,291); teachers down 7% (130 to 121).
About Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High
At 12650 Brooke Ln in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High operates as a large high school. Total enrollment is 2,291 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. That is 93% above the average of about 1,185 students for high schools in Maryland.
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High is part of a district of 199 schools: Prince George's County Public Schools, with 132,693 students.
More than half of the students at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High are Black (74%). The rest of enrollment is 22% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Prince George's County's population at about 59%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High scores 40%.
Staffing at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High comes to 121 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.9:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Maryland is 15.3:1. Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High counts 58% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 21 points below the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County.
Among Maryland public high schools, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
In Maryland, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 30.7% actual against a predicted 40.0%.
Prince George's County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $101,798, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Prince George's County's 203 public schools enroll about 132,693 students and include Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High.
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High's nearest public school is Barack Obama Elementary (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High is 6th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High is Rural: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 2,294 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 2,291.
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Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Upper Marlboro
- Chesapeake Math and IT South Public CharterCombined · 1,503 students
- Frederick Douglass HighHigh · 1,183 students
- Largo HighHigh · 1,159 students
- Kettering MiddleMiddle · 874 students
- James Madison MiddleMiddle · 800 students
- Barack Obama ElementaryElementary · 629 students
Nearby schools
- Barack Obama Elementary0.1 mi · 629
- Imagine Foundations at Leeland PCS3.1 mi · 480
- Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter3.4 mi · 1,503
- Arrowhead Elementary3.4 mi · 378
- Perrywood Elementary3.4 mi · 529
- Frederick Douglass High3.6 mi · 1,183
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. HighHow large is Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High?
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High enrolls approximately 2,291 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High serve?
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High is approximately 18.9:1 (121 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High?
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High reports a student body of 2% White, 22% Hispanic, 74% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High in?
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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