Best High Schools in Maryland

The top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in Maryland, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 50%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Montgomery Blair High	Silver Spring, MD	3,204	50%
2	High Point High	Beltsville, MD	3,003	46%
3	Walter Johnson High	Bethesda, MD	2,942	53%
4	Wheaton High	Silver Spring, MD	2,599	47%
5	Charles Herbert Flowers High	Springdale, MD	2,569	40%
6	Parkdale High	Riverdale, MD	2,561	28%
7	Eleanor Roosevelt High	Greenbelt, MD	2,526	52%
8	Duval High	Lanham, MD	2,503	43%
9	Northwest High	Germantown, MD	2,484	46%
10	Bowie High	Bowie, MD	2,460	49%
11	North County High	Glen Burnie, MD	2,451	50%
12	Old Mill High	Millersville, MD	2,445	52%
13	Gaithersburg High	Gaithersburg, MD	2,436	40%
14	Richard Montgomery High	Rockville, MD	2,390	51%
15	Northwestern High	Hyattsville, MD	2,346	29%
16	Bethesda-Chevy Chase High	Bethesda, MD	2,335	64%
17	Meade High	Ft Meade, MD	2,330	51%
18	Glen Burnie High	Glen Burnie, MD	2,324	49%
19	Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High	Upper Marlboro, MD	2,257	38%
20	Clarksburg High	Clarksburg, MD	2,251	44%
21	Seneca Valley High	Germantown, MD	2,239	38%
22	Winston Churchill High	Potomac, MD	2,234	72%
23	Parkville High	Baltimore, MD	2,200	39%
24	Dundalk High	Baltimore, MD	2,193	47%
25	Broadneck High	Annapolis, MD	2,174	70%
26	Bladensburg High	Bladensburg, MD	2,164	27%
27	Quince Orchard High	Gaithersburg, MD	2,154	63%
28	Paint Branch High	Burtonsville, MD	2,135	52%
29	Laurel High	Laurel, MD	2,134	44%
30	Annapolis High	Annapolis, MD	2,127	38%
31	Leonardtown High	Leonardtown, MD	2,039	65%
32	Perry Hall High	Baltimore, MD	2,029	58%
33	Walt Whitman High	Bethesda, MD	2,018	63%
34	Albert Einstein High	Kensington, MD	2,012	57%
35	Gov. Thomas Johnson High	Frederick, MD	1,962	45%
36	Urbana High	Ijamsville, MD	1,940	72%
37	Thomas S. Wootton High	Rockville, MD	1,911	63%
38	Kenwood High	Baltimore, MD	1,908	41%
39	Severna Park High	Severna Park, MD	1,873	72%
40	North Point High School	Waldorf, MD	1,867	53%
41	Springbrook High	Silver Spring, MD	1,838	45%
42	Reservoir High	Fulton, MD	1,837	54%
43	Suitland High	Suitland, MD	1,834	46%
44	Frederick High	Frederick, MD	1,829	54%
45	John F. Kennedy High	Silver Spring, MD	1,827	45%
46	Dulaney High	Timonium, MD	1,821	48%
47	Woodlawn High	Baltimore, MD	1,815	39%
48	Crofton High School	Gambrills, MD	1,805	73%
49	Northwood High	Silver Spring, MD	1,795	33%
50	James Hubert Blake High	Silver Spring, MD	1,784	48%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best high school in Maryland?

The largest high school in Maryland is Montgomery Blair High in Silver Spring with 3,204 students and a 50% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many high schools are in Maryland?

This page shows the top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in Maryland by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: April 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.