Oakland Mills High

Oakland Mills High is a high school of average-sized scale in Columbia, Maryland, overseen by Howard County Public Schools, enrolling 1,413 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Howard County Public Schools, which oversees 77 schools and 57,565 students, Oakland Mills High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Oakland Mills High shows that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 22% Hispanic, 16% White, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Oakland Mills High has 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Oakland Mills High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 43% of students at Oakland Mills High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Howard County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Oakland Mills High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.7%; actual is 33.9%, a gap of -14.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Howard County put median household income runs about $149,763, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Howard County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students), Oakland Mills High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oakland Mills Middle, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Oakland Mills High comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 22%: 1,158 students in 2018 compared to 1,413 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 20% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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