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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Reginald F. Lewis High Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 44.0% | -7.9pp |
| 152 | Parkside High Salisbury · Wicomico County Public Schools | High | 43.7% | -8.2pp |
| 153 | Watkins Mill High Gaithersburg · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 43.6% | -8.3pp |
| 154 | Henry E. Lackey High School Indian Head · Charles County Public Schools | High | 43.3% | -8.6pp |
| 155 | Crossland High Temple Hills · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 43.1% | -8.8pp |
| 156 | Parkville High Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 43.0% | -8.9pp |
| 157 | Northwestern High Hyattsville · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 42.6% | -9.3pp |
| 158 | Milford Mill Academy Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 42.5% | -9.4pp |
| 159 | Friendly High Fort Washington · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 42.4% | -9.5pp |
| 160 | New Town High Owings Mills · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 42.3% | -9.6pp |
| 161 | North Dorchester High School Hurlock · Dorchester County Public Schools | High | 42.3% | -9.6pp |
| 162 | Joppatowne High Joppa · Harford County Public Schools | High | 41.7% | -10.2pp |
| 163 | Randallstown High Randallstown · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 41.5% | -10.4pp |
| 164 | Fairmont Heights High Landover · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 41.3% | -10.6pp |
| 165 | Gwynn Park High Brandywine · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 41.3% | -10.6pp |
| 166 | Overlea High Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 39.8% | -12.1pp |
| 167 | Thomas Stone High School Waldorf · Charles County Public Schools | High | 39.8% | -12.1pp |
| 168 | Potomac High Oxon Hill · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 39.3% | -12.6pp |
| 169 | Suitland High Suitland · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 39.3% | -12.6pp |
| 170 | Wicomico High Salisbury · Wicomico County Public Schools | High | 38.6% | -13.3pp |
| 171 | Chesapeake High Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 38.3% | -13.6pp |
| 172 | Parkdale High Riverdale · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 38.0% | -13.9pp |
| 173 | John F. Kennedy High Silver Spring · Montgomery County Public Schools | High | 37.6% | -14.3pp |
| 174 | Surrattsville High Clinton · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 37.1% | -14.8pp |
| 175 | Bladensburg High Bladensburg · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 37.0% | -14.9pp |
| 176 | Lansdowne High Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 36.3% | -15.6pp |
| 177 | Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 35.9% | -16.0pp |
| 178 | Cambridge-South Dorchester High School Cambridge · Dorchester County Public Schools | High | 34.5% | -17.4pp |
| 179 | Woodlawn High Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 34.5% | -17.4pp |
| 180 | Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 34.1% | -17.8pp |
| 181 | High Point High Beltsville · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 33.2% | -18.7pp |
| 182 | Crisfield Academy and High School Crisfield · Somerset County Public Schools | High | 32.5% | -19.4pp |
| 183 | Central High Capitol Heights · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 31.7% | -20.2pp |
| 184 | Dundalk High Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 31.7% | -20.2pp |
| 185 | Digital Harbor High School Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 30.3% | -21.6pp |
| 186 | Edmondson-Westside High Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 29.2% | -22.7pp |
| 187 | International High school @ Largo Upper Marlboro · Prince George's County Public Schools | High | 29.1% | -22.8pp |
| 188 | Owings Mills High Owings Mills · Baltimore County Public Schools | High | 28.7% | -23.2pp |
| 189 | Frederick Douglass High Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 28.5% | -23.4pp |
| 190 | Forest Park High Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 28.4% | -23.5pp |
| 191 | Carver Vocational-Technical High Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 27.9% | -24.0pp |
| 192 | Washington Academy and High School Princess Anne · Somerset County Public Schools | High | 27.8% | -24.1pp |
| 193 | Baltimore Design School Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 27.2% | -24.7pp |
| 194 | Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 27.2% | -24.7pp |
| 195 | Patterson High Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 26.8% | -25.1pp |
| 196 | Renaissance Academy Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 26.5% | -25.4pp |
| 197 | Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 24.7% | -27.2pp |
| 198 | The Reach! Partnership School Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 23.6% | -28.3pp |
| 199 | ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 20.8% | -31.1pp |
| 200 | Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | High | 20.5% | -31.4pp |
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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.