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1,383 schools · 25 districts · 889,960 students

49%
Average
Avg Proficiency
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Largest Schools in Maryland

School data sourced from NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) via the Common Core of Data.

Montgomery Blair High

Silver Spring

3,204 students

High Point High

Beltsville

3,003 students

Walter Johnson High

Bethesda

2,942 students

Wheaton High

Silver Spring

2,599 students

Charles Herbert Flowers High

Springdale

2,569 students

Parkdale High

Riverdale

2,561 students

Eleanor Roosevelt High

Greenbelt

2,526 students

Duval High

Lanham

2,503 students

Northwest High

Germantown

2,484 students

Bowie High

Bowie

2,460 students

Frequently Asked Questions

Maryland has 1,383 public schools across 25 districts, serving 889,960 students.

The largest school in Maryland is Montgomery Blair High with 3,204 students. Maryland has 1,383 public schools overall.

The average proficiency rate is 49%. Proficiency rates measure the percentage of students meeting state standards on standardized assessments, as reported by EDFacts.

All school data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data for enrollment and school characteristics, and EDFacts for proficiency rates and graduation rates.

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School data is sourced from NCES enrollment records and EDFacts proficiency and graduation rate assessments. No synthetic scores are used.

this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

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