Maryland City Rankings

Rank (of 248)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Largo	0	0	1	0	2	0.987	2	1
2^nd	Upperco	1	0	0	0	0	0.986	1	1
3^rd	Baldwin	1	0	0	0	0	0.984	6	3
4^th	Potomac	5	2	1	0	18	0.979	4
5^th	West Friendship	1	0	0	0	0	0.972	3	2
6^th	Sparks	1	0	0	0	0	0.971	5	1
7^th	Dayton	1	0	0	0	0	0.964	14	7
8^th	Clarksville	2	1	1	0	3	0.96	9	1
9^th	Marriottsville	0	1	1	0	1	0.956	10	1
10^th	Phoenix	1	0	0	0	1	0.954	7	3
11^th	North Potomac	2	0	0	0	0	0.951	11
12^th	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0.948	34	22
13^th	Glenwood	1	1	0	0	1	0.946	8	5
14^th	Crownsville	1	0	0	1	4	0.942	25	11
15^th	Churchville	1	0	0	0	1	0.935	24	9
16^th	Poolesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.934	17	1
17^th	Brookeville	1	0	0	0	1	0.931	19	2
18^th	Bethesda	10	4	3	0	26	0.926	15	3
19^th	Perry Hall	2	0	0	0	2	0.924	18	1
20^th	Ijamsville	1	3	2	0	2	0.923	16	4
21^st	Myersville	2	0	0	0	0	0.917	13	8
22^nd	Kingsville	1	0	0	0	3	0.916	22
23^rd	Ocean City	1	0	0	0	1	0.913	11	12
24^th	Sykesville	6	2	3	0	2	0.908	27	3
25^th	New Market	3	1	0	0	0	0.899	21	4
26^th	Berlin	2	2	1	0	2	0.896	31	5
27^th	Chevy Chase	4	0	0	0	3	0.895	29	2
28^th	Davidsonville	1	0	0	0	2	0.895	23	5
29^th	Forest Hill	2	0	0	0	2	0.894	47	18
29^th	Woodbine	1	0	0	0	1	0.894	26	3
31^st	Jarrettsville	2	0	0	0	0	0.876	35	4
32^nd	Fulton	1	1	1	1	1	0.876	39	7
33^rd	Owings	2	2	1	0	2	0.873	41	8
34^th	Monkton	0	1	0	0	1	0.863	28	6
35^th	Parkton	1	0	1	0	0	0.86	30	5
36^th	Gambrills	1	1	2	0	4	0.855	37	1
37^th	Glenelg	0	0	1	0	0	0.855	20	17
38^th	Middletown	2	1	1	0	2	0.85	36	2
39^th	White Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.85	32	7
40^th	Freeland	1	0	0	0	0	0.849	52	12
41^st	Ellicott City	11	6	5	0	9	0.847	55	14
42^nd	Hollywood	1	0	0	0	2	0.843	56	14
43^rd	Monrovia	2	0	0	0	0	0.838	33	10
44^th	Leonardtown	2	1	2	0	8	0.837	46	2
45^th	Deale	1	0	0	0	0	0.836	93	48
46^th	Sandy Spring	1	0	1	0	1	0.835	63	17
47^th	Severna Park	5	1	2	0	3	0.835	40	7
48^th	Fallston	1	1	1	0	0	0.832	42	6
49^th	Port Republic	1	0	0	0	0	0.828	71	22
50^th	Hampstead	2	2	0	0	0	0.826	60	10
51^st	California	1	0	0	0	1	0.823	59	8
52^nd	Keymar	1	0	0	0	1	0.821	43	9
53^rd	Huntingtown	2	1	1	0	3	0.816	65	12
54^th	Boonsboro	2	1	1	0	1	0.815	38	16
55^th	Mount Airy	3	1	0	0	5	0.815	50	5
56^th	Accident	1	1	1	0	0	0.812	48	8
57^th	Dickerson	1	0	0	0	1	0.81	61	4
58^th	Bel Air	8	3	4	1	7	0.81	49	9
59^th	Edgewater	3	1	2	1	2	0.81	44	15
60^th	Clarksburg	5	2	1	0	1	0.807	67	7
61^st	Lutherville	2	1	0	0	5	0.8	45	16
62^nd	Cordova	1	0	0	0	0	0.799	66	4
63^rd	Crofton	4	0	0	0	1	0.793	62	1
64^th	Timonium	4	0	1	0	1	0.788	58	6
65^th	Olney	3	2	0	0	7	0.787	57	8
66^th	Brunswick	1	1	1	0	0	0.784	77	11
67^th	Chesapeake Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.784	51	16
68^th	Snow Hill	1	1	1	1	0	0.78	79	11
69^th	Darlington	1	0	0	0	1	0.779	53	16
70^th	Manchester	2	0	1	0	1	0.776	82	12
71^st	Stevensville	3	2	1	0	2	0.776	68	3
72^nd	Emmitsburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.769	78	6
73^rd	Laytonsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.768		(n/a)
74^th	Church Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.765	54	20
75^th	Street	1	0	0	0	0	0.765	70	5
76^th	Clear Spring	1	1	1	0	0	0.761	75	1
77^th	Mardela Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.759	96	19
78^th	Damascus	3	1	1	0	0	0.738	86	8
79^th	Prince Frederick	2	1	3	1	0	0.736	98	19
80^th	Smithsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.732	72	8
81^st	Adamstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.732	106	25
82^nd	Sharpsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.728	92	10
83^rd	Walkersville	2	1	1	1	0	0.728	89	6
84^th	Knoxville	1	0	0	0	0	0.727	76	8
85^th	Lavale	2	0	0	0	0	0.726	64	21
86^th	Finksburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.724	84	2
87^th	Arnold	3	2	0	1	1	0.721	73	14
88^th	Mechanicsville	4	1	0	0	16	0.708	87	1
89^th	Kensington	3	2	1	1	7	0.706	81	8
90^th	Seabrook	2	0	0	0	0	0.706	83	7
91^st	Accokeek	1	0	0	0	1	0.699	103	12
92^nd	Trappe	1	0	0	0	0	0.697	74	18
93^rd	Odenton	5	1	0	0	2	0.695	101	8
94^th	Towson	3	0	8	1	6	0.693	85	9
95^th	Pylesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.69	95
96^th	Chaptico	1	0	0	0	0	0.687	88	8
97^th	Preston	1	0	0	0	1	0.68	114	17
98^th	Union Bridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.679	121	23
99^th	Tall Timbers	1	0	0	0	0	0.676	100	1
100^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	1	0.675	80	20
101^st	Rockville	20	6	7	1	33	0.673	91	10
102^nd	Shady Side	1	0	0	0	0	0.662	123	21
103^rd	Pocomoke City	1	1	1	0	0	0.662	122	19
104^th	Newburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.654	107	3
105^th	Hanover	2	1	0	1	1	0.654	108	3
106^th	Elkridge	4	2	0	0	5	0.654	105	1
107^th	Westminster	8	3	6	1	7	0.653	94	13
108^th	Grasonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.652	113	5
109^th	Morganza	0	0	1	0	0	0.652	69	40
110^th	Taneytown	1	1	0	0	0	0.652	127	17
111^th	Catonsville	2	1	0	0	2	0.649	115	4
112^th	Saint Leonard	1	0	0	0	0	0.649	97	15
113^th	Frederick	19	5	7	1	14	0.646	118	5
114^th	Centreville	2	1	1	0	2	0.646	116	2
115^th	Flintstone	1	0	0	0	1	0.642	132	17
116^th	Pittsville	0	1	0	0	0	0.641	150	34
117^th	Millersville	2	2	1	1	5	0.636	111	6
118^th	Church Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.636	170	52
119^th	Rising Sun	2	1	0	0	1	0.633	104	15
120^th	Lexington Park	4	2	0	0	2	0.624	119	1
121^st	Mount Savage	1	1	0	0	0	0.611	133	12
122^nd	Derwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.608	124	2
123^rd	Oakland	4	0	1	0	0	0.603	156	33
124^th	Deal Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.602	166	42
125^th	Delmar	1	0	0	0	1	0.599	138	13
126^th	Germantown	14	4	2	1	5	0.597	142	16
127^th	Chesapeake City	1	1	1	0	0	0.596	131	4
128^th	Frostburg	3	0	1	0	1	0.59	112	16
129^th	Andrews Air Force Base	1	0	0	0	0	0.588	126	3
130^th	Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.587	194	64
131^st	Pasadena	8	2	2	0	4	0.583	128	3
132^nd	Lusby	2	2	1	0	0	0.583	143	11
133^rd	St Michaels	1	0	1	0	0	0.583	146	13
134^th	Pikesville	1	0	0	0	5	0.583	160	26
135^th	Columbia	14	4	5	0	14	0.581	136	1
136^th	Grantsville	1	0	0	0	1	0.58	135	1
137^th	Woodlawn	1	0	0	0	0	0.58	168	31
138^th	Harwood	0	0	1	0	1	0.577	99	39
139^th	Loveville	1	0	0	0	0	0.577	129	10
140^th	Hagerstown	14	3	5	1	17	0.573	148	8
141^st	Morningside	2	0	0	0	0	0.565	151	10
142^nd	Greenbelt	3	1	1	0	2	0.564	137	5
143^rd	Nanjemoy	1	0	0	0	0	0.563	159	16
144^th	Cumberland	5	2	2	0	5	0.561	158	14
145^th	Denton	1	1	0	0	0	0.56	163	18
146^th	Bowie	10	2	1	0	7	0.559	140	6
147^th	Charlestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.558	147
148^th	Sabillasville	1	0	0	0	1	0.558	155	7
149^th	Williamsport	2	1	1	0	1	0.553	161	12
150^th	Lothian	1	1	0	0	0	0.551	130	20
151^st	Thurmont	3	1	1	0	1	0.548	165	14
152^nd	La Plata	3	2	1	0	3	0.548	157	5
153^rd	Abingdon	3	0	0	0	1	0.545	153
154^th	Vienna	1	0	0	0	0	0.543	109	45
155^th	Friendsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.535	125	30
156^th	Hancock	1	0	1	0	0	0.53	171	15
157^th	Westernport	1	0	0	0	0	0.529	154	3
158^th	Ridgely	1	0	2	0	1	0.529	176	18
159^th	Perryville	1	1	1	0	1	0.525	145	14
160^th	Hebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.525	120	40
161^st	Cockeysville	2	1	0	0	2	0.515	173	12
162^nd	Conowingo	1	0	0	0	0	0.513	139	23
163^rd	Havre De Grace	3	1	1	0	2	0.512	144	19
164^th	Gaithersburg	21	5	3	0	17	0.512	167	3
165^th	Fruitland	2	1	0	0	1	0.51	189	24
166^th	Secretary	1	0	0	0	0	0.509	90	76
167^th	Rock Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.502	117	50
168^th	Silver Spring	38	10	7	0	40	0.496	181	13
169^th	Greensboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.496	169
170^th	Bryantown	1	0	0	0	1	0.492	149	21
171^st	Port Deposit	1	0	0	0	0	0.483	110	61
172^nd	Jessup	2	1	1	0	0	0.483	180	8
173^rd	Linthicum	2	1	0	0	1	0.482	182	9
174^th	Worton	0	0	1	0	1	0.48	198	24
175^th	Belcamp	1	0	0	0	3	0.48	178	3
176^th	Park Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.469	186	10
177^th	Tracys Landing	1	0	0	0	0	0.467	152	25
178^th	Lonaconing	1	1	0	0	0	0.465	174	4
179^th	Maugansville	1	0	0	0	0	0.461	162	17
180^th	Sparrows Point	0	0	1	0	0	0.458	179	1
181^st	Severn	4	0	2	0	4	0.456	183	2
182^nd	Federalsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.452	177	5
183^rd	Marbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.451	184	1
184^th	White Marsh	1	0	0	0	3	0.447	172	12
185^th	Reisterstown	5	1	1	0	2	0.446	191	6
186^th	Laurel	14	3	1	1	7	0.444	188	2
187^th	Hurlock	1	1	1	0	0	0.437	193	6
188^th	Chestertown	1	1	0	0	4	0.437	204	16
189^th	Annapolis	12	3	5	0	18	0.433	190	1
190^th	Cascade	1	0	0	0	0	0.43	196	6
191^st	Burtonsville	1	1	1	0	2	0.426	187	4
192^nd	Fort Meade	4	2	1	0	0	0.426	192
193^rd	Sudlersville	1	1	0	0	1	0.423	185	8
194^th	Halethorpe	1	0	0	0	4	0.418	164	30
195^th	Cresaptown	1	0	1	0	1	0.414	102	93
196^th	Cecilton	1	0	0	0	0	0.413	175	21
197^th	North East	2	1	2	0	1	0.409	197
198^th	Springdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.405	141	57
199^th	Great Mills	2	0	1	0	1	0.4	195	4
200^th	White Plains	2	0	0	0	1	0.398	202	2
201^st	Aberdeen	3	1	2	1	2	0.397	207	6
202^nd	Upper Marlboro	12	2	5	1	9	0.393	199	3
203^rd	Easton	1	1	1	0	5	0.391	205	2
204^th	Riverdale	2	1	2	0	0	0.386	203	1
205^th	Tilghman	1	0	0	0	0	0.384	230	25
206^th	Owings Mills	5	0	2	0	11	0.377	208	2
207^th	Glen Burnie	15	2	2	1	5	0.367	201	6
208^th	Randallstown	3	1	1	0	1	0.363	210	2
209^th	Landover	10	2	1	0	3	0.363	214	5
210^th	Indian Head	2	2	1	0	0	0.361	218	8
211^th	Crisfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.359	200	11
212^th	Elkton	7	2	2	0	5	0.35	206	6
213^th	Lanham	7	1	1	0	9	0.349	211	2
214^th	Oxon Hill	7	0	2	0	1	0.341	215	1
215^th	Waldorf	13	4	4	0	5	0.335	212	3
216^th	Brandywine	3	1	1	0	2	0.321	220	4
217^th	Temple Hills	7	2	1	0	5	0.316	223	6
218^th	Salisbury	9	2	4	0	9	0.315	219	1
219^th	Beltsville	3	1	1	1	4	0.314	221	2
220^th	Edgewood	2	1	1	0	0	0.307	213	7
221^st	Takoma Park	4	0	0	0	3	0.306	217	4
222^nd	Mitchellville	2	1	0	1	2	0.299	216	6
223^rd	Galena	1	0	0	0	0	0.295	227	4
224^th	Pomfret	1	0	2	0	0	0.281	134	90
225^th	Baltimore	185	33	53	5	126	0.28	222	3
226^th	Hyattsville	10	3	1	0	8	0.269	228	2
227^th	Westover	0	1	1	0	1	0.26	225	2
228^th	Clinton	4	1	1	0	5	0.256	231	3
229^th	Glenarden	1	0	0	0	1	0.253	243	14
230^th	Rosedale	0	1	0	0	1	0.246	209	21
231^st	Joppa	3	1	1	0	2	0.239	226	5
232^nd	College Park	2	0	0	0	5	0.234	234	2
233^rd	Cheverly	1	0	0	0	1	0.224	229	4
234^th	New Carrollton	2	1	0	0	0	0.221	233	1
235^th	Forestville	4	0	0	0	1	0.22	232	3
236^th	Fort Washington	8	1	1	0	2	0.219	224	12
237^th	Princess Anne	2	0	1	0	0	0.219	235	2
238^th	Berwyn Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.212	237	1
239^th	Capitol Heights	8	1	1	0	1	0.209	236	3
240^th	Montgomery village	2	1	0	0	4	0.208	238	2
241^st	Adelphi	4	2	0	0	2	0.181	239	2
242^nd	Landover Hills	2	0	0	0	2	0.18	242
243^rd	Cambridge	3	1	2	0	2	0.137	241	2
244^th	Bladensburg	3	0	2	0	1	0.105	246	2
245^th	Suitland	3	0	1	0	1	0.102	244	1
246^th	Mount Rainier	2	0	0	0	0	0.088	245	1
247^th	Glenn Dale	1	0	0	0	2	0.073	240	7
248^th	District Heights	3	1	0	0	0	0.067	247	1

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