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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Patuxent High Lusby · Calvert County Public Schools | High | 74.2% | +22.3pp |
| 52 | Richard Montgomery High Rockville · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 73.9% | +22.0pp |
| 53 | Stephen Decatur High Berlin · Worcester County Public Schools | High | 73.5% | +21.6pp |
| 54 | Brunswick High Brunswick · Frederick County Public Schools | High | 73.4% | +21.5pp |
| 55 | Perryville High Perryville · Cecil County Public Schools | High | 73.0% | +21.1pp |
| 56 | Chopticon High Morganza · St. Mary's County Public Schools | High | 72.8% | +20.9pp |
| 57 | Patterson Mill High School Bel Air · Harford County Public Schools | High | 71.9% | +20.0pp |
| 58 | Northwest High Germantown · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 71.7% | +19.8pp |
| 59 | Reservoir High Fulton · Howard County Public Schools | High | 71.7% | +19.8pp |
| 60 | Southern High Harwood · Anne Arundel County Public Schools | High | 71.5% | +19.6pp |
| 61 | Chesapeake High Pasadena · Anne Arundel County Public Schools | High | 70.4% | +18.5pp |
| 62 | Eleanor Roosevelt High Greenbelt · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 70.1% | +18.2pp |
| 63 | Rising Sun High North East · Cecil County Public Schools | High | 69.8% | +17.9pp |
| 64 | Queen Anne's County High School Centreville · Queen Anne's County Public Schools | High | 69.5% | +17.6pp |
| 65 | Snow Hill High Snow Hill · Worcester County Public Schools | High | 69.4% | +17.5pp |
| 66 | North Harford High Pylesville · Harford County Public Schools | High | 68.5% | +16.6pp |
| 67 | Albert Einstein High Kensington · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 68.4% | +16.5pp |
| 68 | Bard High School Early College Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 68.1% | +16.2pp |
| 69 | Damascus High Damascus · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 68.1% | +16.2pp |
| 70 | Clear Spring High Clear Spring · Washington County Public Schools | High | 68.0% | +16.1pp |
| 71 | Havre de Grace High Havre de Grace · Harford County Public Schools | High | 67.8% | +15.9pp |
| 72 | La Plata High School La Plata · Charles County Public Schools | High | 67.8% | +15.9pp |
| 73 | C. Milton Wright High Bel Air · Harford County Public Schools | High | 67.6% | +15.7pp |
| 74 | North Point High School Waldorf · Charles County Public Schools | High | 67.6% | +15.7pp |
| 75 | Walkersville High Walkersville · Frederick County Public Schools | High | 67.5% | +15.6pp |
| 76 | North Hagerstown High Hagerstown · Washington County Public Schools | High | 67.1% | +15.2pp |
| 77 | Paul Laurence Dunbar High Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 66.6% | +14.7pp |
| 78 | Western High Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 66.5% | +14.6pp |
| 79 | Frederick Douglass High Upper Marlboro · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 66.3% | +14.4pp |
| 80 | Northeast High Pasadena · Anne Arundel County Public Schools | High | 65.2% | +13.3pp |
| 81 | Bohemia Manor High Chesapeake City · Cecil County Public Schools | High | 65.1% | +13.2pp |
| 82 | Francis Scott Key High Union Bridge · Carroll County Public Schools | High | 65.0% | +13.1pp |
| 83 | Maurice J. McDonough High School Pomfret · Charles County Public Schools | High | 65.0% | +13.1pp |
| 84 | Montgomery Blair High Silver Spring · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 65.0% | +13.1pp |
| 85 | Winters Mill High Westminster · Carroll County Public Schools | High | 64.5% | +12.6pp |
| 86 | Rockville High Rockville · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 63.8% | +11.9pp |
| 87 | Oakland Mills High Columbia · Howard County Public Schools | High | 63.7% | +11.8pp |
| 88 | Clarksburg High Clarksburg · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 63.6% | +11.7pp |
| 89 | Colonel Richardson High School Federalsburg · Caroline County Public Schools | High | 63.5% | +11.6pp |
| 90 | Dulaney High Timonium · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 63.5% | +11.6pp |
| 91 | North Caroline High School Ridgely · Caroline County Public Schools | High | 63.4% | +11.5pp |
| 92 | Quince Orchard High Gaithersburg · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 63.2% | +11.3pp |
| 93 | Catonsville High Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 62.5% | +10.6pp |
| 94 | Catoctin High Thurmont · Frederick County Public Schools | High | 61.7% | +9.8pp |
| 95 | Col. Zadok Magruder High Rockville · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 61.6% | +9.7pp |
| 96 | Sparrows Point High Sparrows Point · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 61.4% | +9.5pp |
| 97 | Long Reach High Columbia · Howard County Public Schools | High | 61.2% | +9.3pp |
| 98 | Allegany High Cumberland · Allegany County Public Schools | High | 60.9% | +9.0pp |
| 99 | Hancock Middle Senior High Hancock · Washington County Public Schools | High | 60.6% | +8.7pp |
| 100 | Charles Herbert Flowers High Springdale · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 60.4% | +8.5pp |
Page 2 of 5
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.