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Enrollment
1,090
High
DISTRICT 1,588 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001029
Fairmont Heights High
6501 Columbia Park Rd, Landover, MD 20785 · (301) 925-1360 · Prince George's County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,090 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- ABeats 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
15.6:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
1,050 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 | 287 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 276 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 298 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 229 | 21% |
Student demographics
51%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
41.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 41 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 up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.3% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.1% | 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Fairmont Heights High
Fairmont Heights High's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmont Heights High this school | 1,090 | 96.3% | 23.9% |
| Potomac High Oxon Hill | 1,347 | 94.1% | 26.4% |
| Crossland High Temple Hills | 1,094 | 94.9% | 29.3% |
| Laurel High Laurel | 2,129 | 95.7% | 27.6% |
| Duval High Lanham | 2,522 | 95.9% | 32.0% |
| Suitland High Suitland | 1,847 | 94.7% | 25.1% |
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 Fairmont Heights High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #167 of 203 | #18 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #190 of 206 ▼ 6 | #15 of 25 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #164 of 206 ▲ 6 | #15 of 25 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,090 | #130 of 234 | #18 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #75 of 210 | #8 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #117 of 211 | #7 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.3% | #6 of 212 | #5 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +53.7% | #7 of 131 | #2 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
1,090
+180 (+20%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 896
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 1,090 | 70 | 15.6:1 | 96% (1,050) |
| 2023-24 | 1,054 | 71.5 | 14.7:1 | 82% (863) |
| 2022-23 | 1,039 | 63 | 16.5:1 | 85% (879) |
| 2020-21 | 910 | 61 | 14.9:1 | 74% (673) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 53 | 13.4:1 | 72% (508) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 50 | 13.3:1 | 65% (431) |
| 2010-11 | 776 | 51 | 15.2:1 | 59% (461) |
| 2000-01 | 1,073 | 58 | 18.5:1 | 29% (306) |
| 1990-91 | 896 | 51 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairmont Heights High.
Since 2017-18: students up 54% (709 to 1,090); teachers up 32% (53 to 70).
About Fairmont Heights High
Fairmont Heights High is a high school located in Landover, Maryland, in Prince George's County. Federal data show 1,090 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
Fairmont Heights High belongs to Prince George's County Public Schools, a district of 199 schools and 132,693 students.
More than half of enrollment at Fairmont Heights High is Black: 56%. Other groups make up 42% Hispanic. In Prince George's County overall, the Black share is about 59%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
The school has 70 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.6 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland. The school reported 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Prince George's County average 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, Fairmont Heights High lands at B-, ahead of 49% of Maryland public high schools.
Fairmont Heights High posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.9%, compared with a predicted 17.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Prince George's County show that the median household earns about $101,798 a year, 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 has 203 public schools with about 132,693 students, including Fairmont Heights High.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Columbia Park Elementary, is about 0.4 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Fairmont Heights High places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, Fairmont Heights High is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Fairmont Heights High enrolled 910 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 1,090.
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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 Landover
- Kenmoor MiddleMiddle · 1,021 students
- Thomas G. PullenElementary · 740 students
- Templeton ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- G. James Gholson MiddleMiddle · 603 students
- William Paca ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Cora L. Rice ElementaryElementary · 516 students
Nearby schools
- Columbia Park Elementary0.4 mi · 429
- Highland Park Elementary1.0 mi · 210
- Judith P. Hoyer Montessori1.0 mi · 361
- Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary1.1 mi · 518
- William Paca Elementary1.3 mi · 563
- Robert Frost Elementary1.4 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About Fairmont Heights HighHow many students attend Fairmont Heights High?
Fairmont Heights High enrolls approximately 1,090 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Fairmont Heights High serve?
Fairmont Heights High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Fairmont Heights High have?
Fairmont Heights High employs 70 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairmont Heights High?
At Fairmont Heights High, the student body is approximately 1% White, 42% Hispanic, 56% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Fairmont Heights High public or private?
Fairmont Heights High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.