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Enrollment
1,821
High
DISTRICT 1,362 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240033000632
Frederick High
650 Carroll Pky, Frederick, MD 21701 · (227) 203-3300 · Frederick County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,821 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Maryland public high schools
- CTest 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
17.2:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
1,083 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 451 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 455 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 442 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 473 | 26% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
46.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
20.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 are up about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.4% | 20.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.5% | 12.8% |
% 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Frederick High
Frederick High's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick High this school | 1,821 | 59.5% | 29.7% |
| Gov. Thomas Johnson High Frederick | 2,066 | 58.4% | 32.3% |
| Annapolis High Annapolis | 2,075 | 62.6% | 29.8% |
| Dundalk High Baltimore | 2,087 | 65.6% | 19.9% |
| Springbrook High Silver Spring | 1,838 | 59.9% | 32.0% |
| Glen Burnie High Glen Burnie | 2,226 | 61.3% | 31.2% |
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 Frederick High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Frederick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #139 of 203 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #39 of 206 ▲ 46 | #5 of 10 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #145 of 206 ▲ 9 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,821 | #48 of 234 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #148 of 210 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #42 of 211 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #74 of 212 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.2% | #27 of 131 | #3 of 9 |
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
1,821
+279 (+18%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,603
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 1,821 | 106 | 17.2:1 | 59% (1,083) |
| 2023-24 | 1,850 | 111 | 16.7:1 | 48% (893) |
| 2022-23 | 1,829 | 102 | 17.9:1 | 51% (929) |
| 2020-21 | 1,542 | 90 | 17.1:1 | 51% (793) |
| 2017-18 | 1,455 | 82.5 | 17.6:1 | 40% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 1,224 | 84 | 14.6:1 | 50% (612) |
| 2010-11 | 1,348 | 88 | 15.3:1 | 38% (511) |
| 2000-01 | 1,870 | 101 | 18.5:1 | 17% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 1,603 | 84 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frederick High.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (1,455 to 1,821); teachers up 28% (82.5 to 106).
About Frederick High
This page covers Frederick High, a high-enrollment high school in Frederick, Maryland. It has an enrollment of 1,821 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Maryland enroll around 1,185, and this school is 54% bigger than that mark.
The district, Frederick County Public Schools, operates 67 schools serving 48,054 students.
About 43% of students at Frederick High are Hispanic, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 26% Black, 18% White, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among all residents of Frederick County, the Hispanic share is about 13%. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at Frederick High are from different groups.
With 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.2:1. Statewide, high schools in Maryland average 15.3:1. Roughly 59% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Frederick County report 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Frederick High lands at C+, ahead of 36% of Maryland public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Frederick High lands between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.7%; the prediction is 39.0%.
The county, Frederick County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $122,002 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Frederick County's 69 public schools enroll about 48,054 students and include Frederick High.
West Frederick Middle is about 0.1 miles from Frederick High, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Frederick High is 7th among 8 schools close by.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 1,821 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,542.
This page is set up for the Frederick High community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Frederick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
287,048
Census ACS
Median income
$122,002
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
48,054 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frederick County Public Schools
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Urbana HighHigh · 1,989 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Oakdale HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
- Walkersville HighHigh · 1,181 students
Other schools in Frederick
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
- Crestwood MiddleMiddle · 996 students
- Waverley ElementaryElementary · 965 students
- Sugarloaf ElementaryElementary · 845 students
Other Frederick High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Frederick High. Frederick High is the largest of the 3.
- Frederick High SchoolFrederick, OK · 202 students
- Frederick High School - 01Frederick, SD · 59 students
Nearby schools
- West Frederick Middle0.1 mi · 820
- Parkway Elementary0.4 mi · 263
- Lincoln Elementary0.9 mi · 615
- North Frederick Elementary1.1 mi · 660
- Hillcrest Elementary1.4 mi · 581
- Crestwood Middle1.6 mi · 996
Frequently asked questions
About Frederick HighHow large is Frederick High?
Frederick High enrolls approximately 1,821 students in grades 09-12.
Is Frederick High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frederick High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Frederick High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Frederick High is approximately 17.2:1 (106 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Frederick High?
At Frederick High, the student body is approximately 18% White, 43% Hispanic, 26% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Frederick High public or private?
Frederick High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Frederick County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.