Maryland schools ranked by test score
Latest MCAP year (2024-25). 205 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 51.9%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Technical High School Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 99.7% | +47.8pp |
| 2 | Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC Largo · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 96.9% | +45.0pp |
| 3 | Western School of Technology Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 96.6% | +44.7pp |
| 4 | Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Hagerstown · Washington County Public Schools | High | 93.4% | +41.5pp |
| 5 | Baltimore School for the Arts Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 93.1% | +41.2pp |
| 6 | Poolesville High Poolesville · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 92.5% | +40.6pp |
| 7 | Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 92.3% | +40.4pp |
| 8 | Glenelg High Glenelg · Howard County Public Schools | High | 92.1% | +40.2pp |
| 9 | Severna Park High Severna Park · Anne Arundel County Public Schools | High | 92.0% | +40.1pp |
| 10 | Urbana High Ijamsville · Frederick County Public Schools | High | 89.1% | +37.2pp |
| 11 | Crofton High School Gambrills · Anne Arundel County Public Schools | High | 88.9% | +37.0pp |
| 12 | Walt Whitman High Bethesda · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 88.7% | +36.8pp |
| 13 | River Hill High Clarksville · Howard County Public Schools | High | 88.2% | +36.3pp |
| 14 | Marriotts Ridge High Marriottsville · Howard County Public Schools | High | 87.4% | +35.5pp |
| 15 | Broadneck High Annapolis · Anne Arundel County Public Schools | High | 87.1% | +35.2pp |
| 16 | Hereford High Parkton · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 86.8% | +34.9pp |
| 17 | Northern High Owings · Calvert County Public Schools | High | 86.7% | +34.8pp |
| 18 | Thomas S. Wootton High Rockville · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 85.7% | +33.8pp |
| 19 | Liberty High Sykesville · Carroll County Public Schools | High | 85.6% | +33.7pp |
| 20 | Huntingtown High School Huntingtown · Calvert County Public Schools | High | 85.0% | +33.1pp |
| 21 | George W. Carver Center for Arts & Technology Towson · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 84.8% | +32.9pp |
| 22 | Winston Churchill High Potomac · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 84.6% | +32.7pp |
| 23 | Walter Johnson High Bethesda · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 84.3% | +32.4pp |
| 24 | Century High Sykesville · Carroll County Public Schools | High | 83.7% | +31.8pp |
| 25 | South River High Edgewater · Anne Arundel County Public Schools | High | 83.7% | +31.8pp |
| 26 | Centennial High Ellicott City · Howard County Public Schools | High | 83.6% | +31.7pp |
| 27 | Oakdale High Ijamsville · Frederick County Public Schools | High | 82.2% | +30.3pp |
| 28 | Boonsboro High Boonsboro · Washington County Public Schools | High | 81.7% | +29.8pp |
| 29 | Leonardtown High Leonardtown · St. Mary's County Public Schools | High | 81.6% | +29.7pp |
| 30 | Smithsburg High Smithsburg · Washington County Public Schools | High | 80.9% | +29.0pp |
| 31 | Sherwood High Sandy Spring · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 78.7% | +26.8pp |
| 32 | Bethesda-Chevy Chase High Bethesda · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 78.4% | +26.5pp |
| 33 | Hammond High Columbia · Howard County Public Schools | High | 78.4% | +26.5pp |
| 34 | Westminster High Westminster · Carroll County Public Schools | High | 78.4% | +26.5pp |
| 35 | Howard High Ellicott City · Howard County Public Schools | High | 78.2% | +26.3pp |
| 36 | Calvert High Prince Frederick · Calvert County Public Schools | High | 77.9% | +26.0pp |
| 37 | Linganore High Frederick · Frederick County Public Schools | High | 77.4% | +25.5pp |
| 38 | Northern Garrett High School Accident · Garrett County Public Schools | High | 77.3% | +25.4pp |
| 39 | Fallston High Fallston · Harford County Public Schools | High | 77.2% | +25.3pp |
| 40 | Mount Hebron High Ellicott City · Howard County Public Schools | High | 77.2% | +25.3pp |
| 41 | Manchester Valley High Manchester · Carroll County Public Schools | High | 76.7% | +24.8pp |
| 42 | Arundel High Gambrills · Anne Arundel County Public Schools | High | 76.6% | +24.7pp |
| 43 | Atholton High Columbia · Howard County Public Schools | High | 76.3% | +24.4pp |
| 44 | Middletown High Middletown · Frederick County Public Schools | High | 76.0% | +24.1pp |
| 45 | Kent Island High School Stevensville · Queen Anne's County Public Schools | High | 75.8% | +23.9pp |
| 46 | Baltimore City College Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 75.6% | +23.7pp |
| 47 | South Carroll High Sykesville · Carroll County Public Schools | High | 75.3% | +23.4pp |
| 48 | Harford Technical High Bel Air · Harford County Public Schools | High | 75.0% | +23.1pp |
| 49 | Bel Air High Bel Air · Harford County Public Schools | High | 74.4% | +22.5pp |
| 50 | Towson High Towson · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 74.3% | +22.4pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the MCAP % Proficient (Levels 3-4) threshold on the latest available MCAP English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Maryland, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.