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Which teacher or staff member at Oakland Mills High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,413
High
DISTRICT 1,313 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000745
Oakland Mills High
9410 Kilimanjaro Rd, Columbia, MD 21045 · (410) 313-6945 · Howard County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,413 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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.
- C-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
13.7:1
103 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
610 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 | 379 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 327 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 345 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 362 | 26% |
Student demographics
71%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
63.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 64 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 up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.7% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% 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 Oakland Mills High
Oakland Mills High's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Mills High this school | 1,413 | 43.2% | 33.9% |
| Wilde Lake High Columbia | 1,197 | 42.6% | 32.5% |
| Franklin High Reisterstown | 1,481 | 49.0% | 32.9% |
| Guilford Park High Jessup | 1,218 | 45.2% | 36.0% |
| Hammond High Columbia | 1,159 | 37.4% | 42.7% |
| Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore | 1,632 | 47.8% | 62.5% |
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 Oakland Mills High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #109 of 203 | #12 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #175 of 206 ▼ 12 | #12 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #87 of 206 ▲ 32 | #10 of 13 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,413 | #86 of 234 | #6 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #25 of 210 | #1 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #29 of 211 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.2% | #134 of 212 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.0% | #32 of 131 | #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
1,413
+144 (+11%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 1,090
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 1,413 | 103 | 13.7:1 | 43% (610) |
| 2023-24 | 1,422 | 108.1 | 13.2:1 | 45% (636) |
| 2022-23 | 1,401 | 102.7 | 13.6:1 | 43% (601) |
| 2020-21 | 1,269 | 96 | 13.2:1 | 33% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 1,158 | 93.6 | 12.4:1 | 37% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 1,120 | 86 | 13.0:1 | 42% (474) |
| 2010-11 | 1,155 | 94 | 12.3:1 | 30% (351) |
| 2000-01 | 992 | 66 | 15.0:1 | 16% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 1,090 | 58 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakland Mills High.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (1,158 to 1,413); teachers up 10% (93.6 to 103).
About Oakland Mills High
Federal records list Oakland Mills High as a high school in Columbia, Maryland. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 1,413 students on the rolls.
Oakland Mills High belongs to Howard County Public Schools, a district of 77 schools and 57,565 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Oakland Mills High is Black, with 44% of students. Next come 22% Hispanic, 16% White, 8% Asian, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 20% Black. The diversity index for Oakland Mills High is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Oakland Mills High reported 103 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.7:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Maryland is 15.3:1. There are 610 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 43% of enrollment. That rate is above the 27% average among public schools in Howard County.
Among Maryland public high schools, Oakland Mills High outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Oakland Mills High are 14.7 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.9%, compared with a predicted 48.7%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Maryland.
The county, Howard County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $149,763, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 78 public schools and about 57,565 students.
Oakland Mills High is about 0.2 miles from Oakland Mills Middle, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Oakland Mills High is behind the 43.3% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
Oakland Mills High is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 11%, from 1,269 to 1,413.
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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
- River Hill HighHigh · 1,383 students
Other schools in Columbia
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Long Reach HighHigh · 1,334 students
- Wilde Lake HighHigh · 1,197 students
- Hammond HighHigh · 1,159 students
- Phelps Luck ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Waterloo ElementaryElementary · 666 students
Nearby schools
- Oakland Mills Middle0.2 mi · 415
- Talbott Springs Elementary0.4 mi · 461
- Stevens Forest Elementary0.4 mi · 314
- Jeffers Hill Elementary0.7 mi · 406
- Cradlerock Elementary1.2 mi · 453
- Lake Elkhorn Middle1.2 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About Oakland Mills HighWhat is the total enrollment at Oakland Mills High?
Oakland Mills High enrolls approximately 1,413 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Oakland Mills High serve?
Oakland Mills High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Oakland Mills High have?
Oakland Mills High employs 103 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oakland Mills High?
At Oakland Mills High, the student body is approximately 16% White, 22% Hispanic, 44% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Oakland Mills High in?
Oakland Mills High is part of Howard County Public Schools.
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