Northern High

Northern High is one of the mid-tier secondary schools in Owings, Maryland, run under Calvert County Public Schools, with 1,478 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 1,185 students each, so Northern High sits 25% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 24 schools in Calvert County Public Schools (14,849 students total), Northern High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Northern High logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Calvert County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Northern High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 62.0%; this one comes in at 48.9%, -13.1 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Calvert County indicate median household income runs about $133,922, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 2% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Calvert County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,849 students), Northern High is one campus in the mix.

Northern Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Northern High comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 62.8%.

Northern High operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 1,463 students in 2018 compared to 1,478 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 76% to 69%.

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