Maryland City Rankings

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Rank (of 236)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
1^st	Potomac	5	2	1	0	16	0.983	7	6
2^nd	Baldwin	1	0	0	0	0	0.983	1	1
3^rd	Clarksville	2	1	1	0	3	0.982	4	1
4^th	North Potomac	2	0	0	0	0	0.98	3	1
5^th	Monkton	0	1	0	0	1	0.977	43	38
6^th	Marriottsville	0	1	1	0	1	0.96	13	7
7^th	Dayton	1	0	0	0	0	0.954	16	9
8^th	West Friendship	1	0	0	0	0	0.949	14	6
9^th	Sparks	1	0	0	0	0	0.946	6	3
10^th	Fulton	1	1	1	1	0	0.946	51	41
11^th	Bethesda	10	3	3	0	22	0.946	11
12^th	Phoenix	1	0	0	0	1	0.945	2	10
13^th	Chevy Chase	4	0	0	0	2	0.937	24	11
14^th	Kingsville	1	0	0	0	3	0.931	19	5
15^th	Perry Hall	2	0	0	0	2	0.929	18	3
16^th	Poolesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.925	21	5
17^th	Upperco	1	0	0	0	0	0.919	10	7
18^th	Ellicott City	11	6	4	0	9	0.916	46	28
19^th	Parkton	1	0	1	0	0	0.911	38	19
20^th	Ocean City	1	0	0	0	1	0.909	8	12
21^st	Glenwood	1	1	0	0	0	0.907	9	12
22^nd	Timonium	4	0	1	0	1	0.902	40	18
23^rd	Davidsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.898	20	3
24^th	Severna Park	5	1	2	0	3	0.897	12	12
25^th	Freeland	1	0	0	0	0	0.893	17	8
26^th	Lutherville	2	1	0	0	3	0.875	27	1
27^th	Brookeville	1	0	0	0	1	0.87	22	5
28^th	Clarksburg	4	2	1	0	1	0.869	68	40
29^th	Olney	3	2	0	0	6	0.864	50	21
30^th	Fallston	1	1	1	0	0	0.862	39	9
31^st	Woodbine	1	0	0	0	1	0.845	37	6
32^nd	Largo	0	0	1	0	2	0.844	78	46
33^rd	New Market	2	1	0	0	0	0.839	26	7
34^th	Dickerson	1	0	0	0	0	0.833	47	13
35^th	Arnold	3	2	0	0	1	0.831	31	4
36^th	Gambrills	1	1	1	1	3	0.819	71	35
37^th	Sykesville	6	2	3	0	1	0.815	33	4
38^th	Crofton	4	0	0	0	1	0.815	34	4
39^th	Finksburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.814	49	10
40^th	Monrovia	2	0	0	0	0	0.812	48	8
41^st	Owings	2	2	1	0	1	0.81	29	12
42^nd	Middletown	2	1	1	0	2	0.809	25	17
43^rd	Leonardtown	2	1	1	0	8	0.806	60	17
44^th	Myersville	2	0	0	0	0	0.796	64	20
45^th	Ijamsville	1	3	2	0	2	0.792	15	30
46^th	Bel Air	8	3	4	1	7	0.79	66	20
47^th	Rockville	21	6	5	1	29	0.788	81	34
48^th	Church Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.777	23	25
49^th	Mount Airy	3	1	0	0	5	0.775	62	13
50^th	California	1	0	0	0	1	0.774	52	2
51^st	Kensington	3	2	1	1	7	0.773	97	46
52^nd	Jarrettsville	2	0	0	0	0	0.76	44	8
53^rd	Hampstead	2	2	0	0	0	0.759	28	25
54^th	Damascus	3	1	1	0	0	0.754	87	33
55^th	Huntingtown	2	1	1	0	3	0.747	30	25
56^th	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0.744	41	15
57^th	Pylesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.743	103	46
58^th	Westminster	8	3	5	1	6	0.743	73	15
59^th	Catonsville	2	1	0	0	3	0.742	148	89
60^th	Sharpsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.737	155	95
61^st	Forest Hill	2	0	0	0	1	0.735	36	25
62^nd	Edgewater	3	1	1	1	1	0.735	54	8
63^rd	Adamstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.733	59	4
64^th	Lexington Park	4	2	0	0	2	0.721	95	31
65^th	Loveville	1	0	0	0	1	0.718	112	47
66^th	Millersville	2	2	1	1	6	0.718	121	55
67^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	1	0.713	63	4
68^th	Boonsboro	2	1	1	0	0	0.708	61	7
69^th	Chesapeake Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.707	32	37
70^th	Union Bridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.703	139	69
71^st	White Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.698	88	17
72^nd	Grasonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.697	84	12
73^rd	Churchville	1	0	0	0	1	0.696	56	17
74^th	Manchester	2	0	1	0	1	0.693	72	2
75^th	Stevensville	3	2	1	0	1	0.686	69	6
76^th	Hollywood	1	0	0	0	2	0.681	65	11
77^th	Derwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.68	111	34
78^th	Crownsville	1	0	0	1	1	0.665	44	34
79^th	Accokeek	1	0	0	0	1	0.662	120	41
80^th	Sandy Spring	1	0	1	0	2	0.661	133	53
81^st	Port Republic	1	0	0	0	0	0.66	55	26
82^nd	Trappe	1	0	0	0	0	0.657	94	12
83^rd	Hanover	2	1	1	0	1	0.652	107	24
84^th	Brunswick	1	1	1	0	0	0.649	109	25
85^th	Tilghman	1	0	0	0	0	0.648	57	28
86^th	Elkridge	4	2	0	0	1	0.648	117	31
87^th	Smithsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.64	82	5
88^th	Odenton	4	1	0	0	2	0.637	100	12
89^th	Cascade	1	0	0	0	0	0.636	158	69
90^th	Walkersville	2	1	1	0	0	0.632	96	6
91^st	Germantown	14	4	2	1	4	0.629	132	41
92^nd	Sabillasville	1	0	0	0	1	0.626	67	25
93^rd	Darlington	1	0	0	0	1	0.625	92	1
94^th	Secretary	1	0	0	0	0	0.612	89	5
95^th	Columbia	14	4	5	0	8	0.607	159	64
96^th	Berlin	2	2	1	0	2	0.604	53	43
97^th	Greenbelt	3	1	1	0	2	0.604	190	93
98^th	Cordova	1	0	0	0	0	0.602	35	63
99^th	Centreville	2	1	1	0	2	0.599	86	13
100^th	Frederick	20	5	5	1	11	0.597	123	23
101^st	Chaptico	1	0	0	0	0	0.597	104	3
102^nd	St Michaels	1	0	1	0	0	0.589	114	12
103^rd	Havre De Grace	3	1	1	0	2	0.587	164	61
104^th	Seabrook	2	0	0	0	0	0.587	105	1
105^th	Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.586	126	21
106^th	Clear Spring	1	1	1	0	0	0.584	91	15
107^th	Charlestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.582	85	22
108^th	Lavale	2	0	0	0	0	0.582	42	66
109^th	Thurmont	3	1	1	0	1	0.581	128	19
110^th	Preston	1	0	0	0	1	0.581	135	25
111^th	Church Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	74	37
112^th	Burtonsville	1	1	1	0	1	0.573	173	61
113^th	Mechanicsville	4	1	0	0	13	0.57	76	37
114^th	Mount Savage	1	1	0	0	0	0.568	77	37
115^th	Pasadena	8	2	2	0	2	0.564	125	10
116^th	Deale	1	0	0	0	0	0.562	58	58
117^th	Gaithersburg	21	5	3	0	13	0.561	144	27
118^th	Newburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.56	75	43
119^th	Conowingo	1	0	0	0	0	0.56	110	9
120^th	Taneytown	1	1	0	0	0	0.555	99	21
121^st	Prince Frederick	2	1	1	1	0	0.551	116	5
122^nd	Rising Sun	2	1	0	0	0	0.548	93	29
123^rd	Shady Side	1	0	0	0	0	0.545	127	4
124^th	La Plata	2	1	1	0	3	0.545	137	13
125^th	Frostburg	3	0	1	0	1	0.54	101	24
126^th	Bowie	10	2	2	1	7	0.536	154	28
127^th	Reisterstown	5	1	1	0	2	0.534	183	56
128^th	Silver Spring	38	10	6	0	34	0.531	156	28
129^th	Knoxville	1	0	0	0	0	0.527	217	88
130^th	Nanjemoy	1	0	0	0	0	0.526	70	60
131^st	Annapolis	12	4	2	1	17	0.522	185	54
132^nd	Street	1	0	0	0	0	0.516	79	53
133^rd	Cockeysville	2	1	0	0	2	0.509	152	19
134^th	Williamsport	2	1	1	0	1	0.502	163	29
135^th	Deal Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.501	141	6
136^th	Chesapeake City	1	1	1	0	0	0.501	106	30
137^th	Rock Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.494	233	96
138^th	White Marsh	1	0	0	0	2	0.493	161	23
139^th	Westernport	1	0	0	0	0	0.49	166	27
140^th	Emmitsburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.488	115	25
141^st	Hebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.486	122	19
142^nd	Mardela Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.485	80	62
143^rd	Linthicum	2	1	0	0	1	0.484	134	9
144^th	Marbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.483	180	36
145^th	Tall Timbers	1	0	0	0	0	0.481	90	55
146^th	Hancock	1	0	1	0	0	0.47	129	17
147^th	Andrews Air Force Base	1	0	0	0	0	0.467	149	2
148^th	Ridgely	1	0	1	0	1	0.466	171	23
149^th	Jessup	2	1	0	0	0	0.46	167	18
150^th	Belcamp	1	0	0	0	2	0.46	179	29
151^st	Fort Meade	3	2	1	0	0	0.456	181	30
152^nd	Cecilton	1	0	0	0	0	0.455	138	14
153^rd	Grantsville	1	0	0	0	1	0.454	151	2
154^th	Lusby	2	2	1	0	0	0.453	146	8
155^th	Vienna	1	0	0	0	0	0.449	207	52
156^th	Laurel	14	3	1	1	6	0.448	175	19
157^th	Snow Hill	1	1	1	1	0	0.448	118	39
158^th	Lothian	2	1	0	0	0	0.445	143	15
159^th	Oakland	4	1	1	0	0	0.444	195	36
160^th	Denton	1	1	0	0	0	0.439	145	15
161^st	Sudlersville	1	1	0	0	0	0.437	124	37
162^nd	Woodlawn	1	0	0	0	0	0.434		(n/a)
163^rd	Friendsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.433	196	33
164^th	Abingdon	3	0	0	0	1	0.432	157	7
165^th	Pomfret	1	0	2	0	0	0.429	169	4
166^th	Hagerstown	14	3	5	1	15	0.427	165	1
167^th	Owings Mills	5	0	2	0	7	0.423	199	32
168^th	Perryville	1	1	1	0	1	0.423	170	2
169^th	Pittsville	0	1	0	0	0	0.421	119	50
170^th	Accident	1	1	1	0	0	0.419	131	39
171^st	Cresaptown	1	0	1	0	0	0.415	83	88
172^nd	Bryantown	1	0	0	0	1	0.408	98	74
173^rd	Pocomoke City	1	1	1	0	0	0.407	140	33
174^th	Saint Leonard	1	0	0	0	0	0.403	174
175^th	Fort George G Meade	1	0	0	0	0	0.39	150	25
176^th	Maugansville	1	0	0	0	0	0.389	160	16
177^th	Severn	4	0	0	0	3	0.388	178	1
178^th	Keymar	1	0	0	0	1	0.37	147	31
179^th	Pikesville	1	0	0	0	2	0.368	188	9
180^th	Brandywine	2	1	1	0	2	0.365	200	20
181^st	Easton	1	1	1	0	4	0.365	204	23
182^nd	Berwyn Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.363	172	10
183^rd	Fruitland	2	1	0	0	1	0.361	177	6
184^th	Flintstone	1	0	0	0	1	0.355	102	82
185^th	Cumberland	5	2	2	0	5	0.352	162	23
186^th	Takoma Park	4	0	0	0	3	0.351	184	2
187^th	Oxon Hill	8	0	2	0	1	0.35	214	27
188^th	Upper Marlboro	11	2	5	1	7	0.349	205	17
189^th	Glenn Dale	1	0	0	0	2	0.349	192	3
190^th	Mitchellville	3	1	0	1	2	0.345	187	3
191^st	Park Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.344	212	21
192^nd	Elkton	7	2	1	0	5	0.342	176	16
193^rd	Lanham	6	1	1	0	5	0.337	191	2
194^th	Halethorpe	1	0	0	0	2	0.333	201	7
195^th	Randallstown	3	1	1	0	1	0.33	229	34
196^th	Hurlock	1	1	1	0	0	0.329	209	13
197^th	Landover	10	2	1	0	2	0.325	202	5
198^th	Chestertown	1	1	0	0	4	0.325	182	16
199^th	Waldorf	13	4	4	0	5	0.31	186	13
200^th	Port Deposit	1	0	0	0	0	0.309	142	58
201^st	Lonaconing	1	1	0	0	0	0.301	153	48
202^nd	Springdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.298	211	9
203^rd	Federalsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.296	193	10
204^th	Fort Washington	9	2	1	0	3	0.293	221	17
205^th	Baltimore	190	34	57	4	113	0.292	220	15
206^th	Clinton	5	1	1	0	4	0.291	235	29
207^th	Glen Burnie	16	2	2	1	5	0.29	194	13
208^th	Montgomery village	2	1	0	0	2	0.287	222	14
209^th	Edgewood	2	1	1	0	0	0.283	216	7
210^th	Cheverly	1	0	0	0	1	0.282	208	2
211^th	Riverdale	3	1	2	0	0	0.276	219	8
212^th	Indian Head	2	2	1	0	0	0.275	206	6
213^th	Beltsville	4	1	1	1	2	0.274	203	10
214^th	Capitol Heights	9	1	0	0	1	0.271	230	16
215^th	North East	2	1	2	0	1	0.264	168	47
216^th	Joppa	3	1	1	0	2	0.257	226	10
217^th	Great Mills	2	0	1	0	1	0.248	198	19
218^th	Galena	1	0	0	0	0	0.247	231	13
219^th	Salisbury	9	2	4	0	8	0.245	210	9
220^th	Aberdeen	3	1	2	0	1	0.242	213	7
221^st	Suitland	5	1	1	1	1	0.24	225	4
222^nd	Greensboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.239	136	86
223^rd	Temple Hills	7	2	1	0	3	0.229	227	4
224^th	Mount Rainier	2	0	0	0	0	0.228	238	14
225^th	Hyattsville	10	2	1	0	7	0.222	218	7
226^th	Landover Hills	2	0	0	0	2	0.22	234	8
227^th	Camp Springs	1	0	0	0	2	0.219		(n/a)
228^th	College Park	2	0	0	0	5	0.214	196	32
229^th	Crisfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.212	189	40
230^th	Westover	0	2	0	0	1	0.205	215	15
231^st	Forestville	4	0	1	0	1	0.162	240	9
232^nd	White Plains	1	0	0	0	1	0.153		(n/a)
233^rd	New Carrollton	4	1	0	0	0	0.131	228	5
234^th	Princess Anne	2	0	1	0	0	0.124	223	11
235^th	Glenarden	1	0	0	0	1	0.118	239	4
236^th	Adelphi	4	1	0	0	2	0.118	237	1

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