Glenelg High

Located at 14025 Burnt Woods Rd, in Glenelg, Maryland, Glenelg High is a mid-sized secondary school that caters to 1,363 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Howard County Public Schools.

Howard County Public Schools comprises 77 schools with combined enrollment of 57,565 students; Glenelg High is among them.

In terms of who attends, Glenelg High lists that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest reads as 20% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Howard County as a whole is about 47% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. Roughly 10% of students at Glenelg High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Howard County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Glenelg High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 68.2%; actual is 54.2%, a gap of -14.0 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Howard County put median household income runs about $149,763, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Howard County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students), Glenelg High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Folly Quarter Middle, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glenelg High at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 75.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Glenelg High's enrollment has increased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,173 (now 1,363). The White share of enrollment contracted from 78% to 59% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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