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Which teacher or staff member at Duval High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
2,522
High
DISTRICT 1,588 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001023
Duval High
9880 Good Luck Rd, Lanham, MD 20706 · (301) 918-8600 · Prince George's County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,522 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
- A+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
18.4:1
137 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
2,419 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 | 695 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 724 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 605 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 498 | 20% |
Student demographics
56%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
51.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.1% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 12.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 17% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Duval High
Duval High's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duval High this school | 2,522 | 95.9% | 32.0% |
| Laurel High Laurel | 2,129 | 95.7% | 27.6% |
| Potomac High Oxon Hill | 1,347 | 94.1% | 26.4% |
| Fairmont Heights High Landover | 1,090 | 96.3% | 23.9% |
| Parkdale High Riverdale | 2,588 | 96.8% | 23.2% |
| Northwestern High Hyattsville | 2,396 | 96.4% | 24.3% |
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 Duval High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #124 of 203 | #8 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #189 of 206 ▼ 98 | #14 of 25 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #133 of 206 ▼ 29 | #9 of 25 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,522 | #9 of 234 | #6 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #177 of 210 | #18 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #105 of 211 | #5 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.9% | #7 of 212 | #6 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.0% | #36 of 131 | #8 of 18 |
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
2,522
+316 (+14%) vs 2020
+108% since 1990-91, when it was 1,213
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
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 | 2,522 | 137 | 18.4:1 | 96% (2,419) |
| 2023-24 | 2,484 | 133 | 18.7:1 | 76% (1,882) |
| 2022-23 | 2,503 | 127 | 19.7:1 | 74% (1,864) |
| 2020-21 | 2,206 | 122 | 18.1:1 | 68% (1,497) |
| 2017-18 | 2,085 | 115 | 18.1:1 | 65% (1,352) |
| 2015-16 | 1,708 | 101 | 16.9:1 | 62% (1,063) |
| 2010-11 | 1,644 | 93 | 17.7:1 | 51% (831) |
| 2000-01 | 1,148 | 66 | 17.4:1 | 30% (347) |
| 1990-91 | 1,213 | 72 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Duval High.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (2,085 to 2,522); teachers up 19% (115 to 137).
About Duval High
Duval High is a high school in Lanham, Maryland, according to federal school records. The school had 2,522 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in Maryland) has about 1,185 students.
Prince George's County Public Schools counts 132,693 students in its 199 schools, and Duval High is one of them.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Duval High. The largest is Black students, at 49%. Other students are 44% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 2% White. That is lower than the 59% Black share among all Prince George's County residents. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Duval High total 137 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.4:1. That is 3.1 students per teacher above the 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 96%. The 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County is 17 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Duval High is B+. Compared with Maryland public high schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Maryland schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Duval High does better than predicted by 14.6 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.0%; the prediction is 17.5%.
In Prince George's County (population about 959,754), the median household income is $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Duval High is one of 203 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Catherine T. Reed Elementary, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 33.9%; Duval High's is 32.0%, ranking 6th of 9.
NCES assigns Duval High the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 316 more students in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Northwestern HighHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in Lanham
- Thomas Johnson MiddleMiddle · 1,180 students
- Legends Public Charter SchoolElementary · 897 students
- James McHenry ElementaryElementary · 610 students
- Gaywood ElementaryElementary · 525 students
- Glenarden Woods ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 442 students
Nearby schools
- Catherine T. Reed Elementary0.2 mi · 437
- Robert Goddard Montessori0.2 mi · 464
- Gaywood Elementary0.7 mi · 525
- Glenn Dale Elementary1.3 mi · 493
- Magnolia Elementary1.4 mi · 442
- Seabrook Elementary1.5 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About Duval HighWhat is the total enrollment at Duval High?
Duval High enrolls approximately 2,522 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Duval High serve?
Duval High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Duval High have?
Duval High employs 137 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Duval High?
At Duval High, the student body is approximately 2% White, 44% Hispanic, 49% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Duval High?
Duval High is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.