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Maryland City Rankings

Updated Monday, September 2, 2019, based on the 2018-19 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 242)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2019)	Rank (2018)	Rank change from 2018
1^st	Baldwin	1	0	0	0	0	0.994	1
2^nd	Phoenix	1	0	0	0	1	0.992	2
3^rd	North Potomac	2	0	0	0	0	0.988	4	1
4^th	Clarksville	2	1	1	0	0	0.981	6	2
5^th	Glenelg	0	0	1	0	0	0.978	21	16
6^th	Sparks	1	0	0	0	0	0.967	3	3
7^th	Glenwood	1	1	0	0	0	0.965	18	11
8^th	Upperco	1	0	0	0	0	0.964	30	22
9^th	Potomac	4	2	1	0	12	0.963	5	4
10^th	Ocean City	1	0	0	0	1	0.961	7	3
11^th	Ijamsville	1	3	2	0	1	0.936	12	1
12^th	Bethesda	12	3	3	0	21	0.935	14	2
13^th	Marriottsville	0	1	1	0	1	0.935	13
14^th	Severna Park	5	1	2	0	2	0.932	47	33
15^th	West Friendship	1	0	0	0	0	0.93	10	5
16^th	Kingsville	1	0	0	0	3	0.927	15	1
17^th	Perry Hall	2	0	0	0	1	0.924	8	9
18^th	Dayton	1	0	0	0	0	0.918	9	9
19^th	Freeland	1	0	0	0	0	0.914	32	13
20^th	Chevy Chase	4	0	0	0	1	0.902	20
21^st	Davidsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.897	27	6
22^nd	Middletown	2	1	1	0	1	0.897	22
23^rd	Poolesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.894	43	20
24^th	Church Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.892	34	10
25^th	New Market	2	1	0	0	0	0.888	29	4
26^th	Lutherville	2	1	0	0	4	0.886	17	9
27^th	Hampstead	2	2	0	0	0	0.882	33	6
28^th	Brookeville	1	0	0	0	1	0.879	44	16
29^th	Owings	2	2	1	0	1	0.875	24	5
30^th	Huntingtown	2	1	1	0	3	0.871	26	4
31^st	Sykesville	6	2	3	0	1	0.869	16	15
32^nd	Forest Hill	2	0	0	0	1	0.866	65	33
33^rd	Arnold	3	2	0	0	1	0.859	36	3
34^th	Crofton	4	0	0	0	1	0.859	31	3
35^th	Crownsville	1	0	0	1	1	0.855	69	34
36^th	Parkton	1	0	1	0	1	0.854	19	17
37^th	Jarrettsville	2	0	0	0	0	0.849	51	14
38^th	Woodbine	1	0	0	0	1	0.848	35	3
39^th	Timonium	4	0	1	0	1	0.847	39
40^th	Chesapeake Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.844	28	12
41^st	Sabillasville	1	0	0	0	0	0.843	76	35
42^nd	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0.842	11	31
43^rd	Finksburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.836	41	2
44^th	Fallston	1	1	1	0	0	0.834	64	20
45^th	Cordova	1	0	0	0	0	0.832	52	7
46^th	Ellicott City	11	6	4	0	8	0.831	55	9
47^th	Berlin	2	2	1	0	1	0.823	38	9
48^th	Churchville	1	0	0	0	2	0.822	49	1
48^th	Lavale	2	0	0	0	0	0.822	50	2
50^th	Olney	3	2	0	0	5	0.82	46	4
51^st	Dickerson	1	0	0	0	0	0.817	75	24
52^nd	Tilghman	1	0	0	0	0	0.816		(n/a)
53^rd	Monkton	0	1	0	0	0	0.815	25	28
54^th	Fulton	1	1	1	1	1	0.812	40	14
55^th	Edgewater	3	1	1	1	1	0.809	37	18
56^th	Monrovia	2	0	0	0	0	0.809	23	33
57^th	Port Republic	1	0	0	0	0	0.803	48	9
58^th	Mount Airy	3	1	0	0	4	0.799	42	16
59^th	Adamstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.797	54	5
60^th	Deale	1	0	0	0	0	0.795	56	4
61^st	Boonsboro	2	1	1	0	0	0.795	61
62^nd	California	1	0	0	0	1	0.792	68	6
63^rd	Leonardtown	2	1	1	0	5	0.785	60	3
64^th	Nanjemoy	1	0	0	0	0	0.783	57	7
65^th	Bel Air	8	3	4	1	8	0.778	63	2
66^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	0	0.777	111	45
67^th	Clarksburg	3	2	1	0	0	0.773	53	14
68^th	Gambrills	1	1	1	0	2	0.769	59	9
69^th	Myersville	2	0	0	0	0	0.768	65	4
70^th	Westminster	8	3	5	1	5	0.767	90	20
71^st	Manchester	2	0	1	0	1	0.765	45	26
72^nd	Church Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.762	78	6
73^rd	Stevensville	3	2	1	0	0	0.761	58	15
74^th	Hollywood	1	0	0	0	2	0.757	96	22
75^th	Newburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.756	62	13
76^th	Mechanicsville	4	1	0	0	13	0.748	89	13
77^th	Mount Savage	1	1	0	0	0	0.741	114	37
78^th	Mardela Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.736	73	5
79^th	Cresaptown	1	0	1	0	1	0.734	93	14
80^th	Street	1	0	0	0	0	0.733	92	12
81^st	Charlestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.732	87	6
82^nd	Largo	1	0	1	0	2	0.73	67	15
83^rd	Smithsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.726	86	3
84^th	Grasonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.723	97	13
85^th	Rockville	20	6	6	1	24	0.723	112	27
86^th	Darlington	1	0	0	0	1	0.72	85	1
87^th	Centreville	2	1	1	0	2	0.715	71	16
88^th	Damascus	3	1	1	0	0	0.703	74	14
89^th	White Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.701	127	38
90^th	Taneytown	1	1	0	0	0	0.696	104	14
91^st	Trappe	1	0	0	0	0	0.694	137	46
92^nd	Rising Sun	2	1	0	0	0	0.694	83	9
93^rd	Secretary	1	0	0	0	0	0.691	102	9
94^th	Clear Spring	1	1	1	0	1	0.687	88	6
95^th	Tall Timbers	1	0	0	0	0	0.685	94	1
96^th	Kensington	3	2	1	1	5	0.678	110	14
97^th	Walkersville	2	1	1	0	0	0.676	77	20
98^th	Seabrook	4	0	0	0	0	0.669	91	7
99^th	Lexington Park	4	2	0	0	2	0.669	80	19
100^th	Chaptico	1	0	0	0	0	0.667	141	41
101^st	Bryantown	1	0	0	0	1	0.661	115	14
102^nd	Flintstone	1	0	0	0	1	0.657	167	65
103^rd	Derwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.655	107	4
104^th	Pittsville	0	1	0	0	0	0.654	117	13
105^th	Odenton	4	1	0	0	1	0.654	108	3
106^th	Hanover	2	1	1	0	1	0.653	100	6
107^th	Hebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.652	84	23
108^th	Chesapeake City	1	1	1	0	0	0.65	121	13
109^th	Pylesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.647	99	10
110^th	Frostburg	3	0	1	0	0	0.647	103	7
111^th	Delmar	1	0	0	0	0	0.646	106	5
112^th	Accokeek	1	0	0	0	1	0.643	126	14
113^th	Brunswick	1	1	1	0	0	0.639	82	31
114^th	Morganza	0	0	1	0	0	0.638	72	42
115^th	Elkridge	4	2	0	0	1	0.629	120	5
116^th	Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.627	202	86
117^th	Loveville	1	0	0	0	1	0.626	125	8
118^th	Snow Hill	1	1	1	1	1	0.625	81	37
119^th	St Michaels	1	0	1	0	0	0.617	98	21
120^th	Emmitsburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.614	140	20
121^st	Prince Frederick	2	1	1	2	0	0.613	123	2
122^nd	Millersville	2	2	1	1	2	0.613	95	27
123^rd	Frederick	19	6	5	1	13	0.61	105	18
124^th	Preston	1	0	0	0	0	0.605	143	19
125^th	Conowingo	1	0	0	0	0	0.601	79	46
126^th	Pocomoke City	1	1	1	0	0	0.594	101	25
127^th	Sudlersville	1	1	0	0	0	0.593	151	24
128^th	Pasadena	8	2	2	0	2	0.59	133	5
129^th	Thurmont	3	1	1	0	1	0.588	113	16
130^th	Harwood	0	0	1	0	1	0.587	70	60
131^st	Sandy Spring	1	0	1	0	2	0.586	118	13
132^nd	Germantown	14	4	2	1	0	0.586	128	4
133^rd	Greensboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.585	134	1
134^th	Cecilton	1	0	0	0	0	0.579	156	22
135^th	Linthicum	2	1	0	0	1	0.578	129	6
136^th	Andrews Air Force Base	1	0	0	0	0	0.576	179	43
137^th	Accident	1	1	1	0	0	0.576	130	7
138^th	Fort George G Meade	1	0	0	0	0	0.573	175	37
139^th	Union Bridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.571	124	15
140^th	Shady Side	1	0	0	0	0	0.57	145	5
141^st	Gaithersburg	21	5	3	0	13	0.569	132	9
142^nd	La Plata	2	1	1	0	1	0.569	122	20
143^rd	Hancock	1	0	1	0	0	0.56	149	6
144^th	Sharpsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.558	162	18
145^th	Lothian	2	1	0	0	0	0.556	116	29
146^th	Cockeysville	2	1	0	0	2	0.55	119	27
147^th	Denton	1	1	0	0	0	0.55	135	12
148^th	Catonsville	2	1	0	0	1	0.549	152	4
149^th	Lonaconing	1	1	0	0	0	0.544	147	2
150^th	Lusby	2	2	1	0	0	0.544	136	14
151^st	Port Deposit	1	0	0	0	0	0.535	166	15
152^nd	Bowie	10	2	2	1	7	0.533	159	7
153^rd	Deal Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.529	109	44
154^th	Abingdon	3	0	0	0	1	0.527	155	1
155^th	Silver Spring	38	10	7	0	22	0.524	160	5
156^th	Keymar	1	0	0	0	1	0.519	163	7
157^th	Maugansville	1	0	0	0	0	0.511	165	8
158^th	Columbia	14	4	5	0	6	0.508	154	4
159^th	Westernport	1	0	0	0	0	0.496	142	17
160^th	White Marsh	1	0	0	0	1	0.494	139	21
161^st	Grantsville	1	0	0	0	3	0.491	161
162^nd	Williamsport	2	1	1	0	2	0.49	153	9
163^rd	Cumberland	5	2	2	0	4	0.487	158	5
164^th	Cascade	1	0	0	0	0	0.481	150	14
165^th	Hagerstown	14	3	5	1	16	0.477	157	8
166^th	Pomfret	1	0	2	0	0	0.476	190	24
167^th	Havre De Grace	3	1	1	0	2	0.473	148	19
168^th	Berwyn Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.47	198	30
169^th	Burtonsville	1	1	1	0	1	0.467	144	25
170^th	Fruitland	2	1	0	0	1	0.465	164	6
171^st	Ridgely	1	0	1	0	1	0.464	171
172^nd	North East	2	1	2	0	1	0.461	176	4
173^rd	Saint Leonard	1	0	0	0	0	0.451	186	13
174^th	Perryville	1	1	1	0	1	0.451	138	36
175^th	Jessup	2	1	0	0	0	0.451	169	6
176^th	Laurel	14	3	1	1	6	0.45	183	7
177^th	Severn	4	0	0	0	1	0.437	177
178^th	Belcamp	1	0	0	0	2	0.435	206	28
179^th	Elkton	7	2	1	0	5	0.434	172	7
180^th	Reisterstown	5	1	1	0	1	0.425	168	12
181^st	Marbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.424	185	4
182^nd	Fort Meade	3	2	1	0	0	0.422	184	2
183^rd	Chestertown	1	1	0	0	4	0.418	181	2
184^th	Takoma Park	4	0	0	0	4	0.411	196	12
185^th	Waldorf	13	4	4	0	4	0.405	187	2
186^th	Mitchellville	3	1	0	1	1	0.397	192	6
187^th	Annapolis	12	4	2	1	12	0.392	188	1
188^th	Crisfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.384	182	6
189^th	Lanham	5	1	1	0	1	0.382	222	33
190^th	Glenn Dale	1	0	0	0	2	0.377	194	4
191^st	Pikesville	1	0	0	0	1	0.374	174	17
192^nd	College Park	2	0	0	0	4	0.373	209	17
193^rd	Owings Mills	5	0	2	0	7	0.367	212	19
194^th	Greenbelt	2	1	1	0	1	0.363	203	9
195^th	Federalsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.358	170	25
196^th	Glen Burnie	16	2	2	1	5	0.355	204	8
197^th	Halethorpe	1	0	0	0	1	0.355	193	4
198^th	Great Mills	2	0	1	0	1	0.352	211	13
199^th	Brandywine	2	1	1	0	2	0.351	210	11
200^th	Beltsville	4	1	1	1	2	0.348	200
201^st	Landover	10	2	1	0	2	0.34	208	7
202^nd	Easton	1	1	1	0	4	0.337	173	29
203^rd	Indian Head	2	2	1	0	1	0.331	213	10
204^th	Oakland	4	1	1	0	0	0.326	191	13
205^th	Vienna	1	0	0	0	0	0.325	178	27
206^th	Upper Marlboro	10	2	5	1	6	0.324	214	8
207^th	Salisbury	9	2	4	0	7	0.314	201	6
208^th	Park Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.313	207	1
209^th	Cheverly	1	0	0	0	1	0.312	219	10
210^th	Hurlock	1	1	1	0	0	0.304	189	21
211^th	Oxon Hill	8	0	2	0	2	0.295	218	7
212^th	Aberdeen	3	1	2	0	1	0.289	221	9
213^th	Westover	1	1	0	0	1	0.284	197	16
214^th	Edgewood	2	1	1	0	0	0.282	217	3
215^th	Springdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.281	195	20
216^th	Knoxville	1	0	0	0	0	0.281	180	36
217^th	Riverdale	3	1	2	0	0	0.274	236	19
218^th	Friendsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.272	199	19
219^th	Hyattsville	10	2	2	0	8	0.266	220	1
220^th	Baltimore	196	34	58	4	97	0.262	226	6
221^st	Fort Washington	9	2	1	0	2	0.26	224	3
222^nd	Bladensburg	3	0	3	0	1	0.242	231	9
223^rd	Montgomery village	2	1	0	0	1	0.24	234	11
224^th	Temple Hills	7	2	2	0	1	0.238	232	8
225^th	Suitland	5	1	0	1	1	0.236	228	3
226^th	Randallstown	3	1	1	0	0	0.235	227	1
227^th	Capitol Heights	9	1	1	0	1	0.222	230	3
228^th	Joppa	3	1	1	0	1	0.221	225	3
229^th	New Carrollton	4	1	0	0	0	0.218	223	6
230^th	Clinton	5	1	1	0	3	0.196	238	8
231^st	Worton	0	0	1	0	1	0.196	215	16
232^nd	Cambridge	3	1	1	0	0	0.194	233	1
233^rd	Landover Hills	2	0	0	0	2	0.192	229	4
234^th	Adelphi	4	1	0	0	1	0.177	237	3
235^th	Glenarden	1	0	0	0	1	0.152	239	4
236^th	Mount Rainier	2	0	0	0	1	0.151	240	4
237^th	Galena	1	0	0	0	0	0.148	205	32
238^th	Rock Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.142	216	22
239^th	Forestville	5	0	1	0	2	0.118	235	4
240^th	Princess Anne	2	0	1	0	0	0.113		(n/a)
241^st	District Heights	3	0	0	0	1	0.098	241
242^nd	Parkville	1	0	0	0	1	0.047	242

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