Top 100 high schools in Maryland (2025)

Schools classified as high schools by NCES. Ranked by the Success Index (US) from official American data; 100 schools shown.

#	School	Sector	Success Index (US)	Key result	Students
1	Glenelg High Glenelg · High · Grades 9–12	Public	85.6 Top 5%	86% Math proficiency	1,363
2	Walt Whitman High Bethesda · High · Grades 9–12	Public	85.4 Top 5%	86% Math proficiency	2,056
3	River Hill High Clarksville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	84.8 Top 5%	91% Math proficiency	1,383
4	Marriotts Ridge High Marriottsville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	84.5 Top 5%	85% Math proficiency	1,741
5	Thomas S. Wootton High Rockville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	84.5 Top 5%	87% Math proficiency	1,870
6	Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Hagerstown · High · Grades 9–12	Public	83.8 Top 5%	77% Math proficiency	347
7	Winston Churchill High Potomac · High · Grades 9–12	Public	83.2 Top 5%	84% Math proficiency	2,185
8	Centennial High Ellicott City · High · Grades 9–12	Public	81.9 Top 10%	84% Math proficiency	1,377
9	Poolesville High Poolesville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	81.7 Top 10%	84% Math proficiency	1,351
10	Walter Johnson High Bethesda · High · Grades 9–12	Public	81.5 Top 10%	78% Math proficiency	3,016
11	Severna Park High Severna Park · High · Grades 9–12	Public	81.2 Top 10%	81% Math proficiency	1,842
12	Century High Sykesville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	81.1 Top 10%	77% Math proficiency	1,101
13	Liberty High Sykesville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	81.0 Top 10%	74% Math proficiency	1,007
14	Fallston High Fallston · High · Grades 9–12	Public	80.6 Top 10%	74% Math proficiency	1,036
15	Urbana High Ijamsville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	80.6 Top 10%	84% Math proficiency	1,989
16	Oakdale High Ijamsville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	80.2 Top 10%	79% Math proficiency	1,702
17	Bethesda-Chevy Chase High Bethesda · High · Grades 9–12	Public	80.1 Top 10%	76% Math proficiency	2,377
18	Howard High Ellicott City · High · Grades 9–12	Public	79.9 Top 10%	77% Math proficiency	1,493
19	South Carroll High Sykesville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	79.6 Top 10%	73% Math proficiency	933
20	Mount Hebron High Ellicott City · High · Grades 9–12	Public	78.6 Top 10%	78% Math proficiency	1,455
21	South River High Edgewater · High · Grades 9–12	Public	78.2 Top 10%	73% Math proficiency	1,680
22	Linganore High Frederick · High · Grades 9–12	Public	77.8 Top 10%	75% Math proficiency	1,647
23	Baltimore School for the Arts Baltimore · High · Grades 9–12	Public	77.7 Top 10%	62% Math proficiency	443
24	Hereford High Parkton · High · Grades 9–12	Public	77.7 Top 10%	69% Math proficiency	1,175
25	Atholton High Columbia · High · Grades 9–12	Public	77.6 Top 10%	73% Math proficiency	1,540
26	Middletown High Middletown · High · Grades 9–12	Public	77.6 Top 10%	77% Math proficiency	1,059
27	North Harford High Pylesville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	77.1 Top 10%	67% Math proficiency	1,204
28	Bel Air High Bel Air · High · Grades 9–12	Public	76.7 Top 25%	64% Math proficiency	1,341
29	Westminster High Westminster · High · Grades 9–12	Public	76.3 Top 25%	64% Math proficiency	1,477
30	Broadneck High Annapolis · High · Grades 9–12	Public	75.9 Top 25%	68% Math proficiency	2,143
31	C. Milton Wright High Bel Air · High · Grades 9–12	Public	75.9 Top 25%	65% Math proficiency	1,291
32	Northern High Owings · High · Grades 9–12	Public	75.7 Top 25%	61% Math proficiency	1,478
33	Damascus High Damascus · High · Grades 9–12	Public	75.5 Top 25%	74% Math proficiency	1,390
34	Towson High Towson · High · Grades 9–12	Public	75.2 Top 25%	69% Math proficiency	1,558
35	Richard Montgomery High Rockville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	75.0 Top 25%	74% Math proficiency	2,366
36	Kent Island High School Stevensville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	74.7 Top 25%	66% Math proficiency	1,153
37	Patterson Mill High School Bel Air · High · Grades 9–12	Public	74.4 Top 25%	67% Math proficiency	839
38	Sherwood High Sandy Spring · High · Grades 9–12	Public	73.8 Top 25%	64% Math proficiency	1,675
39	Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC Largo · High · Grades 9–12	Public	73.6 Top 25%	82% Math proficiency	462
40	Huntingtown High School Huntingtown · High · Grades 9–12	Public	73.6 Top 25%	61% Math proficiency	1,311
41	Reservoir High Fulton · High · Grades 9–12	Public	73.5 Top 25%	64% Math proficiency	1,597
42	Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore · High · Grades 9–12	Public	72.0 Top 25%	82% Math proficiency	1,632
43	Dulaney High Timonium · High · Grades 9–12	Public	71.9 Top 25%	64% Math proficiency	1,889
44	Leonardtown High Leonardtown · High · Grades 9–12	Public	71.9 Top 25%	64% Math proficiency	2,118
45	Manchester Valley High Manchester · High · Grades 9–12	Public	71.9 Top 25%	58% Math proficiency	1,339
46	Northern Garrett High School Accident · High · Grades 9–12	Public	70.2 Top 25%	52% Math proficiency	439
47	North Point High School Waldorf · High · Grades 9–12	Public	69.4 Top 25%	54% Math proficiency	1,960
48	Stephen Decatur High Berlin · High · Grades 9–12	Public	69.2 Top 25%	63% Math proficiency	1,462
49	Chesapeake High Pasadena · High · Grades 9–12	Public	69.1 Top 25%	53% Math proficiency	1,540
50	Snow Hill High Snow Hill · High · Grades 9–12	Public	69.1 Top 25%	62% Math proficiency	368
51	Pocomoke High Pocomoke City · High · Grades 9–12	Public	68.0 Top 25%	57% Math proficiency	374
52	Queen Anne's County High School Centreville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	68.0 Top 25%	55% Math proficiency	1,145
53	La Plata High School La Plata · High · Grades 9–12	Public	67.9 Top 25%	49% Math proficiency	1,217
54	Northwest High Germantown · High · Grades 9–12	Public	67.5 Top 25%	59% Math proficiency	2,300
55	Clear Spring High Clear Spring · High · Grades 9–12	Public	67.1 Top 25%	57% Math proficiency	478
56	Bohemia Manor High Chesapeake City · High · Grades 9–12	Public	66.4 Top 25%	52% Math proficiency	591
57	Arundel High Gambrills · High · Grades 9–12	Public	66.2 Top 25%	52% Math proficiency	1,778
58	Crofton High School Gambrills · High · Grades 9–12	Public	66.2 Top 25%	17.3% Free/reduced-price lunch	1,906
59	Sparrows Point High Sparrows Point · High · Grades 9–12	Public	65.8 Top 50%	47% Math proficiency	1,095
60	Hammond High Columbia · High · Grades 9–12	Public	65.6 Top 50%	55% Math proficiency	1,159
61	Chopticon High Morganza · High · Grades 9–12	Public	65.1 Top 50%	60% Math proficiency	1,526
62	Walkersville High Walkersville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	65.1 Top 50%	66% Math proficiency	1,181
63	Patuxent High Lusby · High · Grades 9–12	Public	64.9 Top 50%	46% Math proficiency	928
64	Brunswick High Brunswick · High · Grades 9–12	Public	64.7 Top 50%	57% Math proficiency	910
65	Boonsboro High Boonsboro · High · Grades 9–12	Public	63.9 Top 50%	52% Math proficiency	838
66	Long Reach High Columbia · High · Grades 9–12	Public	63.4 Top 50%	51% Math proficiency	1,334
67	Montgomery Blair High Silver Spring · High · Grades 9–12	Public	63.3 Top 50%	58% Math proficiency	3,266
68	Quince Orchard High Gaithersburg · High · Grades 9–12	Public	63.3 Top 50%	55% Math proficiency	2,100
69	Clarksburg High Clarksburg · High · Grades 9–12	Public	63.0 Top 50%	54% Math proficiency	2,241
70	Southern High Harwood · High · Grades 9–12	Public	62.9 Top 50%	50% Math proficiency	1,080
71	Tuscarora High Frederick · High · Grades 9–12	Public	62.9 Top 50%	59% Math proficiency	1,735
72	Francis Scott Key High Union Bridge · High · Grades 9–12	Public	62.6 Top 50%	51% Math proficiency	906
73	Smithsburg High Smithsburg · High · Grades 9–12	Public	61.9 Top 50%	52% Math proficiency	733
74	Rising Sun High North East · High · Grades 9–12	Public	61.7 Top 50%	52% Math proficiency	1,074
75	Calvert High Prince Frederick · High · Grades 9–12	Public	61.4 Top 50%	45% Math proficiency	1,080
76	Baltimore City College Baltimore · High · Grades 9–12	Public	61.3 Top 50%	52% Math proficiency	1,470
77	Winters Mill High Westminster · High · Grades 9–12	Public	61.2 Top 50%	50% Math proficiency	1,156
78	Severn Run High School Severn · High · Grades 9–12	Public	61.1 Top 50%	33% Free/reduced-price lunch	1,608
79	Mardela Middle & High Mardela Springs · High · Grades 6–12	Public	61.0 Top 50%	40% Math proficiency	742
80	Catonsville High Baltimore · High · Grades 9–12	Public	60.9 Top 50%	47% Math proficiency	1,735
81	Havre de Grace High Havre de Grace · High · Grades 9–12	Public	60.4 Top 50%	47% Math proficiency	822
82	Rockville High Rockville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	60.2 Top 50%	49% Math proficiency	1,550
83	Wilde Lake High Columbia · High · Grades 9–12	Public	60.2 Top 50%	48% Math proficiency	1,197
84	Loch Raven High Baltimore · High · Grades 9–12	Public	59.6 Top 50%	47% Math proficiency	780
85	Paint Branch High Burtonsville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	57.8 Top 50%	47% Math proficiency	2,038
86	Southern Garrett High School Oakland · High · Grades 7–12	Public	57.8 Top 50%	52% Math proficiency	870
87	Aberdeen High Aberdeen · High · Grades 9–12	Public	57.7 Top 50%	45% Math proficiency	1,396
88	Catoctin High Thurmont · High · Grades 9–12	Public	57.5 Top 50%	57% Math proficiency	823
89	Col. Zadok Magruder High Rockville · High · Grades 9–12	Public	57.3 Top 50%	50% Math proficiency	1,671
90	Eleanor Roosevelt High Greenbelt · High · Grades 9–12	Public	57.2 Top 50%	60% Math proficiency	2,544
91	Albert Einstein High Kensington · High · Grades 9–12	Public	55.9 Top 50%	41% Math proficiency	1,991
92	Mountain Ridge High School Frostburg · High · Grades 9–12	Public	55.9 Top 50%	42% Math proficiency	743
93	Parkside High Salisbury · High · Grades 9–12	Public	55.5 Top 50%	46% Math proficiency	1,272
94	Kent County High Worton · High · Grades 9–12	Public	55.0 Top 50%	37% Math proficiency	511
95	Wheaton High Silver Spring · High · Grades 9–12	Public	54.1 Top 50%	50% Math proficiency	2,794
96	Allegany High Cumberland · High · Grades 9–12	Public	53.9 Top 50%	37% Math proficiency	719
97	James M. Bennett High Salisbury · High · Grades 9–12	Public	53.9 Top 50%	52% Math proficiency	1,474
98	James Hubert Blake High Silver Spring · High · Grades 9–12	Public	53.4 Top 50%	45% Math proficiency	1,960
99	Guilford Park High Jessup · High · Grades 9–12	Public	53.3 Top 50%	45.2% Free/reduced-price lunch	1,218
100	Oakland Mills High Columbia · High · Grades 9–12	Public	53.3 Top 50%	47% Math proficiency	1,413

Glenelg High in Glenelg leads the 2025 list of high schools in Maryland with a Success Index (US) of 85.6. Of the 100 schools shown, 100 are public.

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What is the best high school in Maryland?

Glenelg High in Glenelg ranks first among high schools in Maryland with a Success Index (US) of 85.6 out of 100 (Enrollment: 1,363).

How are high schools in Maryland ranked?

Each school's Success Index (US) combines 4 factors: math proficiency (30%), reading proficiency (30%), community advantage (fewer free/reduced-price lunch) (25%), students per teacher (15%). Each factor is a percentile against schools of the same type across United States. Schools with fewer than 60 students are excluded from rankings.

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