Reservoir High

Set in Fulton, Maryland, Reservoir High is a medium-sized secondary school, overseen by Howard County Public Schools. It caters to 1,597 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 35% bigger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 1,185 students.

Howard County Public Schools comprises 77 schools with combined enrollment of 57,565 students; Reservoir High is among them.

On demographics, Reservoir High lists that the largest single group is Black at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 23% White, 19% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Reservoir High is in the bottom 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 58.7%; Reservoir High posts 43.2%, -15.5 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Howard County indicate the typical household earns roughly $149,763 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Howard County runs 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students), of which Reservoir High is one.

The closest other public school is Fulton Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Reservoir High comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 69.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Reservoir High has increased 5%, going from 1,527 students in 2018 to 1,597 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 30% to 23% over that span.

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