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Glen Burnie High

Public, Magnet Grades 9-12
134th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 220 Maryland High Schools
Better than 39% of Maryland high schools
Summary

Glen Burnie High is a public high school in Glen Burnie, Maryland, serving 2,391 students in grades 9-12 as part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools district. While the school has some strengths, it consistently underperforms compared to other high schools in the district and the state.

Glen Burnie High's test scores are significantly lower than the county and state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 3.7% of Glen Burnie High students were proficient or better in MCAP/Mathematics, compared to 28.8% for Anne Arundel County and 26.5% for Maryland. The school's four-year graduation rate of around 88.5% is also slightly lower than the state average. Additionally, Glen Burnie High has a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 22.1% to 45.2% in recent years, which is much higher than the district and state averages.

When compared to other high schools in the Anne Arundel County Public Schools district, Severna Park High and Arundel High are ranked significantly higher and have much higher proficiency rates in MCAP assessments. While Glen Burnie High has a relatively high per-student spending of around $15,800, the school's challenges may not be solely due to a lack of resources, but rather other factors such as student demographics and school culture.

2,226
Students ?
16.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,838
Per pupil spending ?
61.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 7550 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd
       Glen Burnie, MD  21060

(410) 761-8950

District: Anne Arundel County Public Schools


Feeder schools for Glen Burnie High:

Elementary:    Freetown Elementary
    Glendale Elementary
    Marley Elementary
    Oakwood Elementary
    More...
Middle:    Corkran Middle School
    Marley Middle
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
31.3%
White:
29.4%
African American:
29.2%
more
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 23rd percentile in 2013 → 39th in 2025
Strengths
92% graduate within 4 years
Ranking is trending up — up 16 percentile points since 2013
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Maryland average (19% vs 37% meeting standards)
!Mathematics scores 23 pts below the Maryland average
!Near the bottom of Anne Arundel County Public Schools's ranking
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school19%
District avg41%
Maryland avg37%
134th of 220
Maryland public high schools ?
Bottom 39%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
12th of 15High Schools in the Anne Arundel County Public Schools
13th of 25Anne Arundel County Public Schools among Maryland districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202531.3134 of 22039.1%★★☆☆☆
202430.4120 of 14617.8%★☆☆☆☆
202232.5134 of 22540.4%★★☆☆☆
201923.9120 of 13813.0%★☆☆☆☆
201828.6132 of 19733.0%★★☆☆☆
201724.2135 of 18025.0%★☆☆☆☆
201639.3146 of 23337.3%★★☆☆☆
201543.2144 of 23338.2%★★☆☆☆
201461.0130 of 23143.7%★★☆☆☆
201326.7142 of 18523.2%★☆☆☆☆
201239.8127 of 18732.1%★★☆☆☆
201135.9132 of 18327.9%★☆☆☆☆
201059.8120 of 22045.5%★★☆☆☆
200956.5128 of 21339.9%★★☆☆☆
200858.7124 of 21442.1%★★☆☆☆
200745.5122 of 20941.6%★★☆☆☆
200642.6130 of 20436.3%★★☆☆☆
200537.9131 of 20435.8%★★☆☆☆
200441.4124 of 20138.3%★★☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202122.023 of 258.0%★☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
20216.15 of 50.0%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Asian (2021)8th percentile
Military Connected (2021)<1st percentile
By subject vs Maryland (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts54%+3 vs state
Mathematics4%-23 vs state
Algebra I4%-18 vs state

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by a student
Thursday, May 5, 2022

Open Quote They are positive things I like to say about the school. The teachers and staff are nice the school resource officers are nice. The worst thing about this school is that I have gone bullied before buying a student and one of the students tell the whole school not to be friends with me and I was going to a situation with that student and this one boy who literally pushed me in the hall and after a week later he started being all nice instead of apologizing to me the bathrooms are always be locked up. The school smells like weed it is hard to use the bathroom because one of the bathroom things don't work and people keep believing trash in the sinks the kids eat in the bathrooms which is really disgusting the bathrooms will be way too full all the time for no reason because they're not doing what they're supposed to and it's hard to use the bathroom this way. Close Quote


by a parent
Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Open Quote Great school Close Quote





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In the 2024-25 school year, 2,226 students attended Glen Burnie High.

Glen Burnie High ranks 134th of 220 Maryland high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Glen Burnie High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Freetown Elementary
Elementary : Glendale Elementary
Elementary : Marley Elementary
Elementary : Oakwood Elementary
Elementary : Point Pleasant Elementary
Elementary : Quarterfield Elementary
Elementary : Richard Henry Lee Elementary
Elementary : Woodside Elementary
Middle : Corkran Middle School
Middle : Marley Middle

Students at Glen Burnie High are 31% Hispanic, 29% White, 29% African American, 6% Two or more races, 4% Asian.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland State Department of Education.

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