Maryland schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Buck Lodge Middle Adelphi · Prince George's County Public Schools | Middle | 27.2% | -24.7pp |
| 202 | Phoenix International School of the Arts La Plata · Charles County Public Schools | Middle | 27.1% | -24.8pp |
| 203 | Benjamin Stoddert Middle School Waldorf · Charles County Public Schools | Middle | 26.9% | -25.0pp |
| 204 | Holabird Middle Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | Middle | 26.4% | -25.5pp |
| 205 | Hyattsville Middle Hyattsville · Prince George's County Public Schools | Middle | 26.1% | -25.8pp |
| 206 | Montgomery Village Middle Montgomery Village · Montgomery County Public Schools | Middle | 26.1% | -25.8pp |
| 207 | Annapolis Middle Annapolis · Anne Arundel County Public Schools | Middle | 25.6% | -26.3pp |
| 208 | G. James Gholson Middle Landover · Prince George's County Public Schools | Middle | 24.9% | -27.0pp |
| 209 | Middle River Middle Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | Middle | 23.7% | -28.2pp |
| 210 | Mace's Lane Middle School Cambridge · Dorchester County Public Schools | Middle | 23.2% | -28.7pp |
| 211 | Booker T. Washington Middle Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | Middle | 22.6% | -29.3pp |
| 212 | Lansdowne Middle Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | Middle | 22.3% | -29.6pp |
| 213 | Drew-Freeman Middle District Heights · Prince George's County Public Schools | Middle | 21.9% | -30.0pp |
| 214 | Dundalk Middle Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | Middle | 21.5% | -30.4pp |
| 215 | General John Stricker Middle Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | Middle | 21.3% | -30.6pp |
| 216 | Sonia Sotomayor Middle at Adelphi Adelphi · Prince George's County Public Schools | Middle | 21.3% | -30.6pp |
| 217 | Stemmers Run Middle Baltimore · Baltimore County Public Schools | Middle | 20.9% | -31.0pp |
| 218 | The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | Middle | 18.8% | -33.1pp |
| 219 | Lillie May Carroll Jackson School Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | Middle | 16.8% | -35.1pp |
| 220 | Stadium School Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | Middle | 13.2% | -38.7pp |
| 221 | Katherine Johnson Global Academy Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | Middle | 13.1% | -38.8pp |
| 222 | Vanguard Collegiate Middle Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | Middle | 12.6% | -39.3pp |
| 223 | Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys Baltimore · Baltimore City Public Schools | Middle | 12.1% | -39.8pp |
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.