1
Enrollment
894
High
DISTRICT 1,588 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001038
Friendly High
10000 Allentown Rd, Fort Washington, MD 20744 · (301) 449-4900 · Prince George's County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL894 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Maryland public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.7:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
568 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 | 227 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 247 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 216 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 204 | 23% |
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
42.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +16.9pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 42 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.5% | 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Friendly High
Friendly High's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly High this school | 894 | 63.5% | 22.0% |
| Owings Mills High Owings Mills | 1,040 | 62.5% | 18.5% |
| Surrattsville High Clinton | 875 | 64.7% | 22.9% |
| Patterson High Baltimore | 1,330 | 67.8% | 15.6% |
| National Academy Foundation Baltimore | 801 | 64.0% | 10.2% |
| Central High Capitol Heights | 754 | 71.0% | 20.9% |
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 Friendly High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #177 of 203 | #22 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #191 of 206 ▼ 5 | #16 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #159 of 206 ▲ 30 | #14 of 25 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 894 | #156 of 234 | #19 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #43 of 210 | #5 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #106 of 211 | #6 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #61 of 212 | #17 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.6% | #88 of 131 | #15 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
894
+78 (+10%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,401
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 894 | 61 | 14.7:1 | 64% (568) |
| 2023-24 | 943 | 57 | 16.5:1 | 66% (618) |
| 2022-23 | 881 | 54 | 16.3:1 | 65% (570) |
| 2020-21 | 816 | 55 | 14.8:1 | 53% (430) |
| 2017-18 | 839 | 53.5 | 15.7:1 | 52% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 953 | 61 | 15.6:1 | 46% (441) |
| 2010-11 | 1,457 | 81 | 18.0:1 | 35% (509) |
| 2000-01 | 1,472 | 81 | 18.2:1 | 12% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 1,401 | 77 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Friendly High.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (839 to 894); teachers up 14% (53.5 to 61).
About Friendly High
Friendly High is a low-enrollment high school that serves part of Fort Washington, Maryland. There are 894 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 25% below the average for high schools in Maryland.
Prince George's County Public Schools serves 132,693 students across 199 schools.
Of every 100 students at Friendly High, about 52 are Black. The rest of enrollment is 40% Hispanic and 4% White. The diversity index for Friendly High is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 61 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.7:1. It is about the same as the 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland. Roughly 64% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Prince George's County is 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, Friendly High lands at D, ahead of 6% of Maryland public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Friendly High would score about 36.6%. It scores 22.0%, a bottom-10% result among Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
Prince George's County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $101,798 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Friendly High shares Prince George's County with 202 other public schools.
Friendly High's closest public school neighbor is Rose Valley Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Friendly High ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 894, up from 816 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Friendly High can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Fort Washington
- Colin L Powell AcademyElementary · 1,661 students
- Oxon Hill MiddleMiddle · 773 students
- Tayac ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Excel Academy Public CharterElementary · 454 students
- Rose Valley ElementaryElementary · 366 students
- Fort Washington Forest ElemElementary · 323 students
Nearby schools
- Rose Valley Elementary0.5 mi · 366
- Tayac Elementary1.6 mi · 459
- Oxon Hill Middle2.5 mi · 773
- Fort Foote Elementary2.6 mi · 277
- Indian Queen Elementary2.6 mi · 235
- Oxon Hill Elementary2.6 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Friendly HighHow large is Friendly High?
Friendly High enrolls approximately 894 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Friendly High serve?
Friendly High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Friendly High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Friendly High is approximately 14.7:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Friendly High?
At Friendly High, the student body is approximately 4% White, 40% Hispanic, 52% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Friendly High?
Friendly High is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
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