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What's one thing Long Reach High gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,334
High
DISTRICT 1,313 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000822
Long Reach High
6101 Old Dobbin Ln, Columbia, MD 21045 · (410) 313-7117 · Howard County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,334 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
- DBeats 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
13.7:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
501 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 362 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 278 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 315 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 379 | 28% |
Student demographics
76%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
61.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 61 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 are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 10.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Long Reach High
Long Reach High's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Reach High this school | 1,334 | 37.6% | 36.2% |
| Guilford Park High Jessup | 1,218 | 45.2% | 36.0% |
| Damascus High Damascus | 1,390 | 30.6% | 39.9% |
| Oakland Mills High Columbia | 1,413 | 43.2% | 33.9% |
| Hammond High Columbia | 1,159 | 37.4% | 42.7% |
| Quince Orchard High Gaithersburg | 2,100 | 38.0% | 37.0% |
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 Long Reach High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #99 of 203 | #10 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #176 of 206 ▼ 72 | #13 of 13 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #97 of 206 ▼ 20 | #11 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,334 | #99 of 234 | #10 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #26 of 210 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.0% | #5 of 211 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #151 of 212 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #8 of 76 | #2 of 6 |
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
1,334
-261 (-16%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 1,430
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 1,334 | 97.2 | 13.7:1 | 38% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 1,448 | 114.1 | 12.7:1 | 37% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 1,714 | 125.5 | 13.7:1 | 41% (710) |
| 2020-21 | 1,595 | 119 | 13.4:1 | 28% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 1,632 | 117.6 | 13.9:1 | 29% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 1,483 | 107 | 13.9:1 | 36% (528) |
| 2010-11 | 1,212 | 97 | 12.5:1 | 24% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 1,430 | 90 | 15.9:1 | 13% (185) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Long Reach High.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,632 to 1,334); teachers down 17% (117.6 to 97.2).
About Long Reach High
Long Reach High runs as a medium-sized high school in Columbia, Maryland. Enrolled students number 1,334 students, in grades 9 through 12.
Howard County Public Schools has 57,565 students spread across 77 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Long Reach High. The largest is Hispanic students, at 30%. The remaining shares are 28% Black, 23% White, 12% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Howard County's population at about 9%. Long Reach High's diversity index is 76%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 97.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Long Reach High was 13.7:1. On average, high schools in Maryland have 15.3:1, compared with 13.7:1 here. Long Reach High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 38%. The 27% average for public schools in Howard County is 11 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Long Reach High is C. Compared with Maryland public high schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Maryland, Long Reach High is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.2% compared with a predicted 52.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Howard County show that the median household income is $149,763, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Long Reach High is one of 78 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Waterloo Elementary, is about 0.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Long Reach High ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
Long Reach High is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, Long Reach High's enrollment dropped 16%, to 1,334.
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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 Columbia
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
- Wilde Lake HighHigh · 1,197 students
- Hammond HighHigh · 1,159 students
- Phelps Luck ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Waterloo ElementaryElementary · 666 students
Nearby schools
- Waterloo Elementary0.7 mi · 666
- Jeffers Hill Elementary0.8 mi · 406
- Phelps Luck Elementary1.2 mi · 681
- Bellows Spring Elementary1.3 mi · 806
- Howard High1.4 mi · 1,493
- Mayfield Woods Middle1.5 mi · 731
Frequently asked questions
About Long Reach HighHow many students attend Long Reach High?
Long Reach High enrolls approximately 1,334 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Long Reach High serve?
Long Reach High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Long Reach High have?
Long Reach High employs 97 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Long Reach High?
Student demographics at Long Reach High are roughly 23% White, 30% Hispanic, 28% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Long Reach High?
Long Reach High is overseen by Howard County Public Schools in Howard County.
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