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Which teacher or staff member at Largo High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,159
High
DISTRICT 1,588 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001089
Largo High
505 Largo Rd, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 · (301) 808-8880 · Prince George's County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,159 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Maryland public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
15.3:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
746 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 368 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 328 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 241 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 222 | 19% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
47.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
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.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.9% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.1% | 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Largo High
Largo High's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Largo High this school | 1,159 | 64.4% | 28.8% |
| Milford Mill Academy Baltimore | 1,471 | 61.0% | 24.5% |
| Randallstown High Randallstown | 1,091 | 60.4% | 27.9% |
| Western High Baltimore | 1,290 | 72.8% | 42.1% |
| Overlea High Baltimore | 1,474 | 65.4% | 25.0% |
| Forest Park High Baltimore | 1,024 | 75.1% | 21.4% |
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 Largo High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #141 of 203 | #11 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #194 of 206 ▼ 5 | #19 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #140 of 206 ▼ 4 | #10 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,159 | #121 of 234 | #15 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #60 of 210 | #6 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #168 of 211 | #21 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.4% | #56 of 212 | #16 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +47.8% | #9 of 131 | #3 of 18 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,159
+250 (+28%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 1,950
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,159 | 76 | 15.3:1 | 64% (746) |
| 2023-24 | 1,033 | 61 | 16.9:1 | 68% (699) |
| 2022-23 | 939 | 64 | 14.7:1 | 66% (623) |
| 2020-21 | 909 | 62 | 14.7:1 | 60% (547) |
| 2017-18 | 784 | 50 | 15.7:1 | 52% (409) |
| 2015-16 | 848 | 53 | 16.0:1 | 50% (422) |
| 2010-11 | 1,266 | 76 | 16.7:1 | 37% (470) |
| 2000-01 | 2,108 | 101 | 20.9:1 | 14% (290) |
| 1990-91 | 1,950 | 92 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Largo High.
Since 2017-18: students up 48% (784 to 1,159); teachers up 52% (50 to 76).
About Largo High
In Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Largo High is a medium-sized high school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,159 students in grades 9 through 12.
Largo High is part of a district of 199 schools: Prince George's County Public Schools, with 132,693 students.
Black students are the large majority at Largo High, with 80% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Prince George's County's population at about 59%. Largo High has a diversity index of 33%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Largo High operates with 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.3:1. Across high schools in Maryland, the average ratio is about 15.3:1. About 64% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is 15 points below the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County.
The allk12 Grade for Largo High is C+. Compared with Maryland public high schools, the school scored higher than 44% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Largo High is 7.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (28.8% versus 36.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
According to the American Community Survey, in Prince George's County, median household income is about $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Largo High is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County, which together enroll about 132,693 students.
Of nearby public schools, International High school @ Largo is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 28.8% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 909 in 2020-21 and 1,159 in 2024-25, a increase of 250 students.
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Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Upper Marlboro
- Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. HighHigh · 2,291 students
- Chesapeake Math and IT South Public CharterCombined · 1,503 students
- Frederick Douglass HighHigh · 1,183 students
- Kettering MiddleMiddle · 874 students
- James Madison MiddleMiddle · 800 students
- Barack Obama ElementaryElementary · 629 students
Other Largo High schools
One other US public school is named Largo High. Largo High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLLARGO, FL · 2,058 students
Nearby schools
- International High school @ Largo0.0 mi · 354
- Kettering Elementary0.4 mi · 415
- Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC0.6 mi · 462
- Kettering Middle0.7 mi · 874
- Phyllis E. Williams Elementary1.1 mi · 326
- Lake Arbor Elementary1.3 mi · 593
Frequently asked questions
About Largo HighHow large is Largo High?
Largo High enrolls approximately 1,159 students in grades 09-12.
Is Largo High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Largo High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Largo High?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Largo High.
What is the student diversity at Largo High?
Student demographics at Largo High are roughly 1% White, 17% Hispanic, 80% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Largo High public or private?
Largo High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.