High Point High

Set in Beltsville, Maryland, High Point High is a sizable senior high, operated by Prince George's County Public Schools. It hosts 3,012 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 154% above the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 1,185 students.

Prince George's County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 132,693 students. High Point High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, High Point High lists that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 13% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, High Point High has 171 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, High Point High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.6%, the actual is 22.6%, a residual of +4.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Prince George's County shows the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. High Point High is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

Nearest neighbor: James E. Duckworth, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around High Point High. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), High Point High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at High Point High has rose 14%, going from 2,634 students in 2018 to 3,012 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 73% to 83%.

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