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Which teacher or staff member at Suitland High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,847
High
DISTRICT 1,588 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001164
Suitland High
5200 Silver Hill Rd, Suitland, MD 20746 · (301) 817-0500 · Prince George's County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,847 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Maryland public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.9:1
116 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
1,749 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 670 | 36% |
| Grade 10 | 431 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 357 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 389 | 21% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
39.3%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.3% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 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
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Suitland High
Suitland High's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suitland High this school | 1,847 | 94.7% | 25.1% |
| Crossland High Temple Hills | 1,094 | 94.9% | 29.3% |
| Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High Baltimore | 1,714 | 79.2% | 19.8% |
| Potomac High Oxon Hill | 1,347 | 94.1% | 26.4% |
| Carver Vocational-Technical High Baltimore | 1,041 | 86.4% | 18.9% |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar High Baltimore | 1,087 | 77.7% | 34.6% |
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 Suitland High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #157 of 203 | #14 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #197 of 206 ▼ 3 | #22 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #169 of 206 ▼ 22 | #18 of 25 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,847 | #44 of 234 | #11 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #89 of 210 | #10 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.0% | #167 of 211 | #20 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.7% | #12 of 212 | #11 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #26 of 76 | #2 of 7 |
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
1,847
-200 (-10%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 2,329
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 1,847 | 116 | 15.9:1 | 95% (1,749) |
| 2023-24 | 1,719 | 117 | 14.7:1 | 72% (1,237) |
| 2022-23 | 1,834 | 127 | 14.4:1 | 77% (1,404) |
| 2020-21 | 2,047 | 133 | 15.4:1 | 67% (1,369) |
| 2017-18 | 2,023 | 148.5 | 13.6:1 | 63% (1,283) |
| 2015-16 | 1,724 | 132 | 13.1:1 | 55% (951) |
| 2010-11 | 2,359 | 148 | 15.9:1 | 45% (1,062) |
| 2000-01 | 2,782 | 172 | 16.2:1 | 17% (475) |
| 1990-91 | 2,329 | 149 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Suitland High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (2,023 to 1,847); teachers down 22% (148.5 to 116).
About Suitland High
As a large high school, Suitland High serves students in Suitland, Maryland. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 1,847 students. High schools in Maryland have about 1,185 students on average; enrollment here is 56% higher.
Suitland High is one of the 199 schools that make up Prince George's County Public Schools (132,693 students in total).
More than half of the students at Suitland High are Black (80%). The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Prince George's County's population at about 59%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Suitland High scores 33%.
The school's 116 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. It is about the same as the 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland. At Suitland High, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Prince George's County, the average is 79%.
Among Maryland public high schools, Suitland High outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Suitland High is 7.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Maryland schools.
The school is in Prince George's County, where the median household earns about $101,798 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Suitland High shares Prince George's County with 202 other public schools.
Suitland High's closest public school neighbor is Drew-Freeman Middle, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Suitland High holds at least 8 other public schools. Suitland High's average proficiency of 25.1% compares with 18.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, Suitland High is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 2,047 to 1,847, a 10% decline.
The discussion board for Suitland High is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Suitland
- Suitland ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- William Beanes ElementaryElementary · 424 students
- Princeton ElementaryElementary · 269 students
Nearby schools
- Drew-Freeman Middle0.1 mi · 1,022
- Suitland Elementary0.5 mi · 514
- Samuel P. Massie Academy0.8 mi · 477
- Concord Elementary0.8 mi · 204
- Francis Scott Key Elementary0.9 mi · 451
- William Beanes Elementary0.9 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Suitland HighWhat is the total enrollment at Suitland High?
Suitland High enrolls approximately 1,847 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Suitland High serve?
Suitland High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Suitland High?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Suitland High.
How diverse is Suitland High?
Suitland High reports a student body of 1% White, 18% Hispanic, 80% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Suitland High?
Suitland High is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.