Largo High
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 48 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Largo High
Largo High operates as a middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campus in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, one of the schools within Prince George's County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,159 students spanning grades 9 through 12.
Largo High is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that hosts 132,693 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Largo High records that nearly all students (80%) are Black. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 64% of students at Largo High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Largo High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.1%; this one delivers 28.8%.
Across the wider county, Prince George's County reports that median household income runs about $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Largo High is one.
Nearest neighbor: International High school @ Largo, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Largo High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Largo High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 48%: 784 students in 2018 compared to 1,159 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 6% to 17% over that span.
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