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What's something Rising Sun High does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,074
High
DISTRICT 926 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CECIL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240024090469
Rising Sun High
100 Tiger Dr, North East, MD 21901 · (410) 658-9115 · Cecil County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,074 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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
16.4:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
370 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 287 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 237 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 278 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 272 | 25% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
69.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
17.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 17.1% |
| 2023-24 | 66.4% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Rising Sun High
Rising Sun High's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Sun High this school | 1,074 | 34.5% | 40.8% |
| Kent Island High School Stevensville | 1,153 | 31.5% | 44.5% |
| Sparrows Point High Sparrows Point | 1,095 | 38.5% | 35.2% |
| Boonsboro High Boonsboro | 838 | 37.7% | 56.4% |
| Manchester Valley High Manchester | 1,339 | 28.4% | 45.3% |
| Catoctin High Thurmont | 823 | 40.2% | 37.4% |
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 Rising Sun High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #68 of 203 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #49 of 206 ▲ 102 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #63 of 206 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,074 | #134 of 234 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #110 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.5% | #190 of 211 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #158 of 212 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #41 of 76 |
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
1,074
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+22% since 2000-01, when it was 880
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 1,074 | 65.3 | 16.4:1 | 34% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 1,088 | 68.3 | 15.9:1 | 33% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 1,106 | 68.5 | 16.1:1 | 33% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 1,076 | 72 | 14.9:1 | 21% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 1,139 | 75 | 15.2:1 | 24% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 1,171 | 76 | 15.4:1 | 22% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 1,177 | 76 | 15.5:1 | 17% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 880 | 52 | 16.9:1 | 7% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rising Sun High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,139 to 1,074); teachers down 13% (75 to 65.3).
About Rising Sun High
Rising Sun High is a public high school run by Cecil County Public Schools in North East, Maryland. The school enrolls 1,074 students, from grades 9 through 12.
Rising Sun High is part of a district of 28 schools: Cecil County Public Schools, with 14,853 students.
The large majority of students at Rising Sun High, 88%, are White. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Rising Sun High has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Rising Sun High's 65.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.4:1. For comparison, high schools in Maryland average 15.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 34%. The rate at public schools in Cecil County averages 51%, higher than here.
Rising Sun High is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of Maryland public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rising Sun High falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 40.8% actual against 53.8% predicted.
Rising Sun High is located in Cecil County, where median household income is about $92,007, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 29 public schools in Cecil County, with a combined enrollment of about 14,853.
Calvert Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Nearby schools average 48.1% on proficiency, and Rising Sun High is below that at 40.8%.
The NCES locale for Rising Sun High is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (1,076) to 2024-25 (1,074). The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.9:1 to 16.4:1 over the same years.
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Cecil County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,960
Census ACS
Median income
$92,007
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
14,853 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cecil County Public Schools
- North East HighHigh · 1,057 students
- Elkton HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Perryville HighHigh · 858 students
- North East MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- North East ElementaryElementary · 615 students
- Rising Sun ElementaryElementary · 609 students
Other schools in North East
- North East HighHigh · 1,057 students
- North East MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- North East ElementaryElementary · 615 students
- Bay View ElementaryElementary · 506 students
Other Rising Sun High schools
One other US public school is named Rising Sun High. Rising Sun High is the largest of the 2.
- Rising Sun High SchoolRising Sun, IN · 235 students
Nearby schools
- Calvert Elementary0.9 mi · 390
- Bay View Elementary3.8 mi · 506
- Rising Sun Elementary5.1 mi · 609
- Rising Sun Middle School5.1 mi · 592
- Leeds Elementary5.2 mi · 284
- Oxford Area High School5.6 mi · 1,089
Frequently asked questions
About Rising Sun HighHow large is Rising Sun High?
Rising Sun High enrolls approximately 1,074 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Rising Sun High serve?
Rising Sun High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rising Sun High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rising Sun High is approximately 16.4:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rising Sun High?
At Rising Sun High, the student body is approximately 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Rising Sun High public or private?
Rising Sun High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cecil County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.