Guilford Park High

Set in Jessup, Maryland, Guilford Park High is a mid-sized 9-12 campus, one of the schools within Howard County Public Schools. It serves 1,218 students across grades 9 through 12.

Guilford Park High is one of 77 schools operated by Howard County Public Schools, a district that instructs 57,565 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Guilford Park High records that the largest single group is Black at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 18% White, 13% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Howard County (around 27%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Guilford Park High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.5%; this one delivers 36.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Howard County indicate median household income runs about $149,763, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Howard County runs 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students), of which Guilford Park High is one.

Patuxent Valley Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Guilford Park High comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 44.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

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