Marriotts Ridge High

Marriotts Ridge High, a mid-sized 9-12 campus in Marriottsville, Maryland, part of Howard County Public Schools, works with 1,741 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 47% bigger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 1,185 students.

Marriotts Ridge High is one of 77 schools operated by Howard County Public Schools, a district that hosts 57,565 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Marriotts Ridge High lists that the largest single group is Asian at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 31% White, 12% Black, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Marriotts Ridge High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Howard County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Marriotts Ridge High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.0%; this one delivers 58.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Howard County indicate median household income runs about $149,763, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Howard County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students), Marriotts Ridge High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mount View Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marriotts Ridge High at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 72.6%.

Marriotts Ridge High operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Marriotts Ridge High's enrollment has increased 31% since 2018, when it stood at 1,332 (now 1,741). The White share of enrollment shrank from 51% to 31% over that span.

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