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What's one thing Guilford Park High gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,218
High
DISTRICT 1,313 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042090490
Guilford Park High
8500 Ridgelys Run Rd, Jessup, MD 20794 · (410) 313-7430 · Howard County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,218 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Maryland public high schools
- B-Test 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
15.6:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
550 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 54%
Community
4
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 | 470 | 39% |
| Grade 10 | 406 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 342 | 28% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
57.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
14.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.7% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 62.1% | 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Guilford Park High
Guilford Park High's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilford Park High this school | 1,218 | 45.2% | 36.0% |
| Oakland Mills High Columbia | 1,413 | 43.2% | 33.9% |
| Long Reach High Columbia | 1,334 | 37.6% | 36.2% |
| Hammond High Columbia | 1,159 | 37.4% | 42.7% |
| Franklin High Reisterstown | 1,481 | 49.0% | 32.9% |
| Wilde Lake High Columbia | 1,197 | 42.6% | 32.5% |
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 Guilford Park High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #101 of 203 | #11 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #68 of 206 ▲ 96 | #7 of 13 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #105 of 206 ▼ 22 | #12 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,218 | #110 of 234 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #80 of 210 | #8 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #8 of 211 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #126 of 212 | #2 of 14 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,218 | 78 | 15.6:1 | 45% (550) |
| 2023-24 | 779 | 56.6 | 13.8:1 | 27% (213) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Guilford Park High.
About Guilford Park High
Guilford Park High is a mid-sized high school with an address in Jessup, Maryland. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,218 students.
Guilford Park High sits within Howard County Public Schools, which has 77 schools and 57,565 students.
About 38% of students at Guilford Park High are Black, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 18% White, 13% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Howard County, the Black share is about 20%. A diversity index of 74% means there is a 74% chance two randomly chosen students at Guilford Park High are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Guilford Park High totals 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. The average for high schools in Maryland is about 15.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Guilford Park High is about 45%. Among public schools in Howard County, the average eligibility rate is 27%.
Among Maryland public high schools, Guilford Park High outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Guilford Park High, the prediction is 47.5% and the result is 36.0%.
For the population of Howard County, the median household earns about $149,763 a year, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Guilford Park High shares Howard County with 77 other public schools.
A public school about 1.2 miles away, Patuxent Valley Middle, is the closest to Guilford Park High. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Guilford Park High. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Guilford Park High ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The allk12 page for Guilford Park High lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
336,328
Census ACS
Median income
$149,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
57,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howard County Public Schools
- Marriotts Ridge HighHigh · 1,741 students
- Reservoir HighHigh · 1,597 students
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
Other schools in Jessup
- Patuxent Valley MiddleMiddle · 840 students
- Bollman Bridge ElementaryElementary · 775 students
- Jessup ElementaryElementary · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Patuxent Valley Middle1.2 mi · 840
- Bollman Bridge Elementary1.2 mi · 775
- Guilford Elementary1.4 mi · 437
- Forest Ridge Elementary2.2 mi · 659
- Deep Run Elementary2.3 mi · 638
- Jessup Elementary2.4 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About Guilford Park HighWhat is the total enrollment at Guilford Park High?
Guilford Park High enrolls approximately 1,218 students in grades 09-12.
Is Guilford Park High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Guilford Park High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Guilford Park High?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Guilford Park High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Guilford Park High?
At Guilford Park High, the student body is approximately 18% White, 25% Hispanic, 38% Black, 13% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Guilford Park High public or private?
Guilford Park High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Howard County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.