Best Cities in Maryland for Schools

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Rank (of 247)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Upperco	1	0	0	0	0	0.983	5	4
2^nd	Largo	0	0	1	0	2	0.982	13	11
3^rd	West Friendship	1	0	0	0	0	0.98	7	4
4^th	Potomac	5	2	1	0	17	0.979	3	1
5^th	Sparks	1	0	0	0	1	0.978	1	4
6^th	Baldwin	1	0	0	0	0	0.972	6
7^th	Phoenix	1	0	0	0	1	0.969	4	3
8^th	Glenwood	1	1	0	0	1	0.963	12	4
9^th	Clarksville	2	1	1	0	3	0.963	8	1
10^th	Marriottsville	0	1	1	0	1	0.962	11	1
11^th	Ocean City	1	0	0	0	1	0.958	2	9
11^th	North Potomac	2	0	0	0	0	0.958	9	2
13^th	Myersville	2	0	0	0	0	0.941	15	2
14^th	Dayton	1	0	0	0	0	0.94	16	2
15^th	Bethesda	11	3	3	0	22	0.934	17	2
16^th	Ijamsville	1	3	2	0	2	0.933	33	17
17^th	Poolesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.931	18	1
18^th	Perry Hall	2	0	0	0	2	0.927	14	4
19^th	Brookeville	1	0	0	0	1	0.926	20	1
20^th	Glenelg	0	0	1	0	0	0.918	22	2
21^st	New Market	3	1	0	0	0	0.918	32	11
22^nd	Kingsville	1	0	0	0	3	0.916	27	5
23^rd	Davidsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.913	19	4
24^th	Churchville	1	0	0	0	1	0.908	28	4
25^th	Crownsville	1	0	0	1	3	0.888	37	12
26^th	Woodbine	1	0	0	0	1	0.886	35	9
27^th	Sykesville	6	2	3	0	2	0.885	30	3
28^th	Monkton	0	1	0	0	1	0.884	21	7
29^th	Chevy Chase	4	0	0	0	3	0.882	25	4
30^th	Parkton	1	0	1	0	0	0.881	34	4
31^st	Berlin	2	2	1	0	2	0.878	53	22
32^nd	White Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.869	23	9
33^rd	Monrovia	2	0	0	0	0	0.866	31	2
34^th	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0.864	24	10
35^th	Jarrettsville	2	0	0	0	0	0.863	44	9
36^th	Middletown	2	1	1	0	2	0.853	79	43
37^th	Gambrills	1	1	2	0	3	0.848	36	1
38^th	Boonsboro	2	1	1	0	1	0.847	55	17
39^th	Fulton	1	1	1	1	0	0.847	42	3
40^th	Severna Park	5	1	2	0	3	0.846	10	30
41^st	Owings	2	2	1	0	2	0.846	48	7
42^nd	Fallston	1	1	1	0	0	0.842	70	28
43^rd	Keymar	1	0	0	0	1	0.836	85	42
44^th	Edgewater	3	1	2	1	1	0.832	43	1
45^th	Lutherville	2	1	0	0	5	0.832	61	16
46^th	Leonardtown	2	1	2	0	8	0.832	69	23
47^th	Forest Hill	2	0	0	0	1	0.831	41	6
48^th	Accident	1	1	1	0	0	0.83	82	34
49^th	Bel Air	8	3	4	1	7	0.829	71	22
50^th	Mount Airy	3	1	0	0	5	0.824	50
51^st	Chesapeake Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.823	39	12
52^nd	Freeland	1	0	0	0	0	0.818	59	7
53^rd	Darlington	1	0	0	0	1	0.817	72	19
54^th	Church Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.815	26	28
55^th	Ellicott City	11	6	5	0	9	0.814	38	17
56^th	Hollywood	1	0	0	0	2	0.812	81	25
57^th	Olney	3	2	0	0	6	0.805	47	10
58^th	Timonium	4	0	1	0	1	0.804	40	18
59^th	California	1	0	0	0	1	0.803	46	13
60^th	Hampstead	2	2	0	0	0	0.803	60
61^st	Dickerson	1	0	0	0	1	0.802	29	32
62^nd	Crofton	4	0	0	0	1	0.798	54	8
63^rd	Sandy Spring	1	0	1	0	1	0.797	45	18
64^th	Lavale	2	0	0	0	0	0.796	68	4
65^th	Huntingtown	2	1	1	0	3	0.796	56	9
66^th	Cordova	1	0	0	0	0	0.794	58	8
67^th	Clarksburg	5	2	1	0	1	0.787	51	16
68^th	Stevensville	3	2	1	0	2	0.783	49	19
69^th	Morganza	0	0	1	0	0	0.782	204	135
70^th	Street	1	0	0	0	0	0.777	64	6
71^st	Port Republic	1	0	0	0	0	0.772	73	2
72^nd	Smithsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.771	96	24
73^rd	Arnold	3	2	0	1	1	0.77	76	3
74^th	Trappe	1	0	0	0	0	0.757	86	12
75^th	Clear Spring	1	1	1	0	0	0.754	90	15
76^th	Knoxville	1	0	0	0	0	0.751	78	2
77^th	Brunswick	1	1	1	0	0	0.749	115	38
78^th	Emmitsburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.741	77	1
79^th	Snow Hill	1	1	1	1	0	0.739	98	19
80^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	1	0.732	62	18
81^st	Kensington	3	2	1	1	7	0.73	84	3
82^nd	Manchester	2	0	1	0	1	0.729	137	55
83^rd	Seabrook	3	0	0	0	0	0.727	100	17
84^th	Finksburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.726	52	32
85^th	Towson	3	0	8	2	5	0.724	91	6
86^th	Damascus	3	1	1	0	0	0.723	65	21
87^th	Mechanicsville	4	1	0	0	14	0.722	92	5
88^th	Chaptico	1	0	0	0	0	0.711	103	15
89^th	Walkersville	2	1	1	1	0	0.709	118	29
90^th	Secretary	1	0	0	0	0	0.704	67	23
91^st	Rockville	21	6	7	0	33	0.702	75	16
92^nd	Sharpsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.698	66	26
93^rd	Deale	1	0	0	0	0	0.69	57	36
94^th	Westminster	8	3	6	1	6	0.688	88	6
95^th	Pylesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.687	127	32
96^th	Mardela Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.683	94	2
97^th	Saint Leonard	1	0	0	0	0	0.682	99	2
98^th	Prince Frederick	2	1	2	2	0	0.682	117	19
99^th	Harwood	0	0	1	0	1	0.677	89	10
100^th	Tall Timbers	1	0	0	0	0	0.675	74	26
101^st	Odenton	4	1	0	0	2	0.674	102	1
102^nd	Cresaptown	1	0	1	0	1	0.673	197	95
103^rd	Accokeek	1	0	0	0	1	0.671	110	7
104^th	Rising Sun	2	1	0	0	0	0.667	107	3
105^th	Elkridge	4	2	0	0	5	0.664	114	9
106^th	Adamstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.659	87	19
107^th	Newburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.658	112	5
108^th	Hanover	2	1	0	1	2	0.655	108
109^th	Vienna	1	0	0	0	0	0.654	163	54
110^th	Port Deposit	1	0	0	0	0	0.646	116	6
111^th	Millersville	2	2	1	1	6	0.645	120	9
112^th	Frostburg	3	0	1	0	1	0.644	113	1
113^th	Grasonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.644	63	50
114^th	Preston	1	0	0	0	1	0.642	111	3
115^th	Catonsville	2	1	0	0	3	0.641	105	10
116^th	Centreville	2	1	1	0	2	0.639	80	36
117^th	Rock Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.637	125	8
118^th	Frederick	19	5	7	1	13	0.629	132	14
119^th	Lexington Park	4	2	0	0	2	0.626	109	10
120^th	Hebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.625	151	31
121^st	Union Bridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.625	134	13
122^nd	Pocomoke City	1	1	1	0	0	0.624	144	22
123^rd	Shady Side	1	0	0	0	0	0.622	104	19
124^th	Derwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.618	101	23
125^th	Friendsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.617	128	3
126^th	Andrews Air Force Base	1	0	0	0	0	0.611	126
127^th	Taneytown	1	1	0	0	0	0.608	123	4
128^th	Pasadena	8	2	2	0	4	0.604	129	1
129^th	Loveville	1	0	0	0	0	0.602	121	8
130^th	Lothian	1	1	0	0	0	0.599	145	15
131^st	Chesapeake City	1	1	1	0	0	0.598	119	12
132^nd	Flintstone	1	0	0	0	1	0.597	83	49
133^rd	Mount Savage	1	1	0	0	0	0.592	95	38
134^th	Pomfret	1	0	2	0	0	0.591	97	37
135^th	Grantsville	1	0	0	0	1	0.588	130	5
136^th	Columbia	14	4	5	0	12	0.58	146	10
137^th	Greenbelt	3	1	1	0	2	0.576	148	11
138^th	Delmar	1	0	0	0	1	0.575	135	3
139^th	Conowingo	1	0	0	0	0	0.572	168	29
140^th	Bowie	11	2	1	0	7	0.566	138	2
141^st	Springdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.566	192	51
142^nd	Germantown	14	4	2	1	4	0.563	133	9
143^rd	Lusby	2	2	1	0	0	0.563	152	9
144^th	Havre De Grace	3	1	1	0	2	0.557	136	8
145^th	Perryville	1	1	1	0	1	0.555	154	9
146^th	St Michaels	1	0	1	0	0	0.554	147	1
147^th	Charlestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.554	106	41
148^th	Hagerstown	14	3	5	1	15	0.553	156	8
149^th	Bryantown	1	0	0	0	1	0.553	143	6
150^th	Pittsville	0	1	0	0	0	0.552	139	11
151^st	Morningside	2	0	0	0	0	0.548		(n/a)
152^nd	Tracys Landing	1	0	0	0	0	0.548		(n/a)
153^rd	Abingdon	3	0	0	0	1	0.548	141	12
154^th	Westernport	1	0	0	0	0	0.545	149	5
155^th	Sabillasville	1	0	0	0	1	0.544	190	35
156^th	Oakland	4	1	1	0	0	0.539	160	4
157^th	La Plata	3	2	1	0	3	0.538	122	35
158^th	Cumberland	5	2	2	0	5	0.534	155	3
159^th	Nanjemoy	1	0	0	0	0	0.529	140	19
160^th	Pikesville	1	0	0	0	5	0.526	196	36
161^st	Williamsport	2	1	1	0	1	0.521	153	8
162^nd	Maugansville	1	0	0	0	0	0.52	161	1
163^rd	Denton	1	1	0	0	0	0.519	164	1
164^th	Halethorpe	1	0	0	0	3	0.516	162	2
165^th	Thurmont	3	1	1	0	1	0.514	175	10
166^th	Deal Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.513	93	73
167^th	Gaithersburg	22	5	3	0	14	0.51	157	10
168^th	Woodlawn	1	0	0	0	0	0.51	172	4
169^th	Greensboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.509	179	10
170^th	Church Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.508	158	12
171^st	Hancock	1	0	1	0	0	0.506	191	20
172^nd	White Marsh	1	0	0	0	3	0.504	188	16
173^rd	Cockeysville	2	1	0	0	2	0.503	165	8
174^th	Lonaconing	1	1	0	0	0	0.493	177	3
175^th	Cecilton	1	0	0	0	0	0.491	199	24
176^th	Ridgely	1	0	2	0	1	0.491	183	7
177^th	Federalsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.486	185	8
178^th	Belcamp	1	0	0	0	2	0.486	124	54
179^th	Sparrows Point	0	0	1	0	0	0.482	236	57
180^th	Jessup	2	1	0	1	0	0.481	159	21
181^st	Silver Spring	37	10	8	0	38	0.48	170	11
182^nd	Linthicum	2	1	0	0	1	0.478	169	13
183^rd	Severn	4	0	1	0	3	0.478	173	10
184^th	Marbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.476	178	6
185^th	Sudlersville	1	1	0	0	1	0.471	142	43
186^th	Park Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.468	181	5
187^th	Burtonsville	1	1	1	0	2	0.467	184	3
188^th	Laurel	14	3	1	1	8	0.465	174	14
189^th	Fruitland	2	1	0	0	1	0.459	182	7
190^th	Annapolis	12	4	3	1	17	0.456	167	23
191^st	Reisterstown	5	1	1	0	2	0.455	194	3
192^nd	Fort Meade	4	2	1	0	0	0.455	180	12
193^rd	Hurlock	1	1	1	0	0	0.453	176	17
194^th	Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.443	171	23
195^th	Great Mills	2	0	1	0	1	0.441	187	8
196^th	Cascade	1	0	0	0	0	0.438	131	65
197^th	North East	2	1	2	0	1	0.429	202	5
198^th	Worton	0	0	1	0	1	0.423	231	33
199^th	Upper Marlboro	10	1	5	1	9	0.416	186	13
200^th	Crisfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.399	228	28
201^st	Glen Burnie	16	2	2	1	5	0.386	200	1
202^nd	White Plains	1	0	0	0	1	0.384	209	7
203^rd	Riverdale	2	1	2	0	0	0.383	201	2
204^th	Chestertown	1	1	0	0	4	0.383	193	11
205^th	Easton	1	1	1	0	4	0.369	166	39
206^th	Elkton	7	2	2	0	5	0.365	198	8
207^th	Aberdeen	3	1	2	1	1	0.362	207
208^th	Owings Mills	5	0	2	0	10	0.36	189	19
209^th	Rosedale	1	0	0	0	1	0.358	220	11
210^th	Randallstown	3	1	1	0	1	0.352	205	5
211^th	Lanham	6	1	1	1	7	0.348	217	6
212^th	Waldorf	13	4	4	0	5	0.347	214	2
213^th	Edgewood	2	1	1	0	0	0.344	226	13
214^th	Landover	10	2	1	0	3	0.344	210	4
215^th	Oxon Hill	8	0	2	0	1	0.342	208	7
216^th	Mitchellville	2	1	0	1	2	0.336	203	13
217^th	Takoma Park	4	0	0	0	3	0.323	211	6
218^th	Indian Head	2	2	1	0	0	0.314	223	5
219^th	Salisbury	9	2	4	0	8	0.312	224	5
220^th	Brandywine	2	1	1	1	2	0.31	206	14
221^st	Beltsville	4	1	1	1	3	0.294	215	6
222^nd	Baltimore	185	35	54	4	122	0.274	221	1
223^rd	Temple Hills	7	2	1	0	4	0.274	218	5
224^th	Fort Washington	10	1	1	0	3	0.266	219	5
225^th	Westover	0	1	1	0	1	0.261	242	17
226^th	Joppa	3	1	1	0	2	0.259	213	13
227^th	Galena	1	0	0	0	0	0.257	232	5
228^th	Hyattsville	10	2	1	0	8	0.249	233	5
229^th	Cheverly	1	0	0	0	1	0.245	216	13
230^th	Tilghman	1	0	0	0	0	0.24	150	80
231^st	Clinton	5	1	1	0	5	0.239	227	4
232^nd	Forestville	4	1	0	0	1	0.233	234	2
233^rd	New Carrollton	3	1	0	0	0	0.228	230	3
234^th	College Park	2	0	0	0	5	0.224	222	12
235^th	Princess Anne	2	0	1	0	0	0.224		(n/a)
236^th	Capitol Heights	9	1	1	0	1	0.213	229	7
237^th	Berwyn Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.192	238	1
238^th	Montgomery village	2	1	0	0	3	0.19	237	1
239^th	Adelphi	4	2	0	0	2	0.184	239
240^th	Glenn Dale	1	0	0	0	2	0.178	225	15
241^st	Cambridge	4	1	2	0	2	0.158	245	4
242^nd	Landover Hills	2	0	0	0	2	0.141	244	2
243^rd	Glenarden	1	0	0	0	1	0.096	235	8
244^th	Suitland	3	0	1	0	1	0.094	195	49
245^th	Mount Rainier	2	0	0	0	0	0.091	240	5
246^th	Bladensburg	3	0	2	0	1	0.081	241	5
247^th	District Heights	4	1	0	0	0	0.043	243	4

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