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 (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	0.978	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	Bethesda	10	3	3	0	26	0.948	15	2
14^th	Glenwood	1	1	0	0	1	0.946	8	6
15^th	Crownsville	1	0	0	1	4	0.942	25	10
16^th	Churchville	1	0	0	0	1	0.935	24	8
17^th	Poolesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.934	17
18^th	Brookeville	1	0	0	0	1	0.931	19	1
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	0.895	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
30^th	Woodbine	1	0	0	0	1	0.894	26	4
31^st	Fulton	1	1	1	1	1	0.877	39	8
32^nd	Jarrettsville	2	0	0	0	0	0.876	35	3
33^rd	Owings	2	2	1	0	2	0.873	41	8
34^th	Monkton	0	1	0	0	1	0.861	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	0.848	52	12
41^st	Ellicott City	11	6	5	0	9	0.846	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	0.833	42	6
49^th	Port Republic	1	0	0	0	0	0.828	71	22
50^th	Hampstead	2	2	0	0	0	0.825	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	0.814	50	5
56^th	Accident	1	1	1	0	0	0.811	48	8
57^th	Bel Air	8	3	4	1	7	0.811	49	8
58^th	Dickerson	1	0	0	0	1	0.81	61	3
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	0.799	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	0.786	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	0.775	68	3
72^nd	Emmitsburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.769	78	6
73^rd	Street	1	0	0	0	0	0.765	70	3
74^th	Church Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.764	54	20
75^th	Clear Spring	1	1	1	0	0	0.76	75
76^th	Mardela Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.758	96	20
77^th	Damascus	3	1	1	0	0	0.737	86	9
78^th	Prince Frederick	2	1	3	1	0	0.736	98	20
79^th	Smithsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.733	72	7
80^th	Adamstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.731	106	26
81^st	Sharpsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.728	92	11
82^nd	Knoxville	1	0	0	0	0	0.727	76	6
83^rd	Walkersville	2	1	1	1	0	0.727	89	6
84^th	Lavale	2	0	0	0	0	0.726	64	20
85^th	Finksburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.723	84	1
86^th	Arnold	3	2	0	1	1	0.722	73	13
87^th	Mechanicsville	4	1	0	0	16	0.708	87
88^th	Kensington	3	2	1	1	7	0.706	81	7
89^th	Accokeek	1	0	0	0	1	0.698	103	14
90^th	Trappe	1	0	0	0	0	0.697	74	16
91^st	Odenton	5	1	0	0	2	0.694	101	10
92^nd	Towson	3	0	8	1	6	0.693	85	7
93^rd	Pylesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.691	95	2
94^th	Chaptico	1	0	0	0	0	0.686	88	6
95^th	Union Bridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.681	121	26
96^th	Preston	1	0	0	0	1	0.679	114	18
97^th	Seabrook	3	0	0	0	0	0.678	83	14
98^th	Tall Timbers	1	0	0	0	0	0.676	100	2
99^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	1	0.675	80	19
100^th	Rockville	20	6	7	1	33	0.673	91	9
101^st	Pocomoke City	1	1	1	0	0	0.663	122	21
102^nd	Shady Side	1	0	0	0	0	0.662	123	21
103^rd	Morganza	0	0	1	0	0	0.656	69	34
104^th	Hanover	2	1	0	1	1	0.653	108	4
105^th	Elkridge	4	2	0	0	5	0.653	105
106^th	Westminster	8	3	6	1	7	0.653	94	12
107^th	Newburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.652	107
108^th	Grasonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.652	113	5
109^th	Taneytown	1	1	0	0	0	0.65	127	18
110^th	Saint Leonard	1	0	0	0	0	0.648	97	13
111^th	Catonsville	2	1	0	0	2	0.648	115	4
112^th	Centreville	2	1	1	0	2	0.647	116	4
113^th	Frederick	19	5	7	1	14	0.644	118	5
114^th	Flintstone	1	0	0	0	1	0.641	132	18
115^th	Pittsville	0	1	0	0	0	0.639	150	35
116^th	Millersville	2	2	1	1	5	0.637	111	5
117^th	Church Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.635	170	53
118^th	Rising Sun	2	1	0	0	1	0.632	104	14
119^th	Lexington Park	4	2	0	0	2	0.624	119
120^th	Mount Savage	1	1	0	0	0	0.609	133	13
121^st	Derwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.608	124	3
122^nd	Oakland	4	0	1	0	0	0.603	156	34
123^rd	Deal Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.602	166	43
124^th	Delmar	1	0	0	0	1	0.598	138	14
125^th	Germantown	14	4	2	1	5	0.597	142	17
126^th	Chesapeake City	1	1	1	0	0	0.597	131	5
127^th	Frostburg	3	0	1	0	1	0.591	112	15
128^th	Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.587	194	66
129^th	Andrews Air Force Base	1	0	0	0	0	0.586	126	3
130^th	St Michaels	1	0	1	0	0	0.585	146	16
131^st	Lusby	2	2	1	0	0	0.584	143	12
132^nd	Pasadena	8	2	2	0	4	0.584	128	4
133^rd	Pikesville	1	0	0	0	5	0.582	160	27
134^th	Columbia	14	4	5	0	14	0.582	136	2
135^th	Harwood	0	0	1	0	1	0.581	99	36
136^th	Grantsville	1	0	0	0	1	0.58	135	1
137^th	Loveville	1	0	0	0	0	0.576	129	8
138^th	Hagerstown	14	3	5	1	17	0.573	148	10
139^th	Greenbelt	3	1	1	0	2	0.564	137	2
140^th	Morningside	2	0	0	0	0	0.564	151	11
141^st	Woodlawn	1	0	0	0	0	0.564	168	27
142^nd	Nanjemoy	1	0	0	0	0	0.563	159	17
143^rd	Cumberland	5	2	2	0	5	0.562	158	15
144^th	Denton	1	1	0	0	0	0.561	163	19
145^th	Bowie	10	2	1	0	7	0.559	140	5
146^th	Charlestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.558	147	1
147^th	Sabillasville	1	0	0	0	1	0.557	155	8
148^th	Williamsport	2	1	1	0	1	0.554	161	13
149^th	Thurmont	3	1	1	0	1	0.55	165	16
150^th	Lothian	1	1	0	0	0	0.549	130	20
151^st	La Plata	3	2	1	0	3	0.548	157	6
152^nd	Abingdon	3	0	0	0	1	0.544	153	1
153^rd	Vienna	1	0	0	0	0	0.543	109	44
154^th	Friendsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.535	125	29
155^th	Ridgely	1	0	2	0	1	0.531	176	21
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	Perryville	1	1	1	0	1	0.526	145	13
159^th	Hebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.524	120	39
160^th	Gaithersburg	22	5	3	0	17	0.521	167	7
161^st	Cockeysville	2	1	0	0	2	0.514	173	12
162^nd	Havre De Grace	3	1	1	0	2	0.513	144	18
163^rd	Conowingo	1	0	0	0	0	0.513	139	24
164^th	Fruitland	2	1	0	0	1	0.51	189	25
165^th	Secretary	1	0	0	0	0	0.508	90	75
166^th	Rock Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.501	117	49
167^th	Silver Spring	38	10	7	0	40	0.497	181	14
168^th	Greensboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.495	169	1
169^th	Bryantown	1	0	0	0	1	0.492	149	20
170^th	Worton	0	0	1	0	1	0.485	198	28
171^st	Jessup	2	1	1	0	0	0.484	180	9
172^nd	Linthicum	2	1	0	0	1	0.483	182	10
173^rd	Port Deposit	1	0	0	0	0	0.483	110	63
174^th	Belcamp	1	0	0	0	3	0.479	178	4
175^th	Park Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.469	186	11
176^th	Lonaconing	1	1	0	0	0	0.467	174	2
177^th	Tracys Landing	1	0	0	0	0	0.466	152	25
178^th	Sparrows Point	0	0	1	0	0	0.463	179	1
179^th	Maugansville	1	0	0	0	0	0.461	162	17
180^th	Severn	4	0	2	0	4	0.457	183	3
181^st	Federalsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.454	177	4
182^nd	Marbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.45	184	2
183^rd	Reisterstown	5	1	1	0	2	0.447	191	8
184^th	White Marsh	1	0	0	0	3	0.447	172	12
185^th	Laurel	14	3	1	1	7	0.444	188	3
186^th	Chestertown	1	1	0	0	4	0.438	204	18
187^th	Hurlock	1	1	1	0	0	0.438	193	6
188^th	Annapolis	12	3	4	1	18	0.433	190	2
189^th	Cascade	1	0	0	0	0	0.429	196	7
190^th	Burtonsville	1	1	1	0	2	0.428	187	3
191^st	Fort Meade	4	2	1	0	0	0.427	192	1
192^nd	Sudlersville	1	1	0	0	1	0.423	185	7
193^rd	Halethorpe	1	0	0	0	4	0.418	164	29
194^th	White Plains	1	0	0	0	1	0.414	202	8
195^th	Cresaptown	1	0	1	0	1	0.414	102	93
196^th	Cecilton	1	0	0	0	0	0.412	175	21
197^th	North East	2	1	2	0	1	0.411	197
198^th	Springdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.408	141	57
199^th	Great Mills	2	0	1	0	1	0.401	195	4
200^th	Aberdeen	3	1	2	1	2	0.399	207	7
201^st	Easton	1	1	1	0	5	0.394	205	4
202^nd	Riverdale	2	1	2	0	0	0.387	203	1
203^rd	Upper Marlboro	11	2	5	1	9	0.384	199	4
204^th	Tilghman	1	0	0	0	0	0.383	230	26
205^th	Owings Mills	5	0	2	0	11	0.378	208	3
206^th	Glen Burnie	15	2	2	1	5	0.368	201	5
207^th	Randallstown	3	1	1	0	1	0.363	210	3
208^th	Indian Head	2	2	1	0	0	0.363	218	10
209^th	Landover	10	2	1	0	3	0.363	214	5
210^th	Crisfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.362	200	10
211^th	Elkton	7	2	2	0	5	0.35	206	5
212^th	Lanham	7	1	1	0	9	0.35	211	1
213^th	Oxon Hill	7	0	2	0	1	0.341	215	2
214^th	Waldorf	13	4	4	0	5	0.335	212	2
215^th	Brandywine	3	1	1	0	2	0.322	220	5
216^th	Temple Hills	7	2	1	0	5	0.317	223	7
217^th	Salisbury	9	2	4	0	9	0.316	219	2
218^th	Beltsville	3	1	1	1	4	0.314	221	3
219^th	Edgewood	2	1	1	0	0	0.309	213	6
220^th	Takoma Park	4	0	0	0	3	0.306	217	3
221^st	Mitchellville	2	1	0	1	2	0.3	216	5
222^nd	Galena	1	0	0	0	0	0.295	227	5
223^rd	Pomfret	1	0	2	0	0	0.282	134	89
224^th	Baltimore	186	33	54	4	126	0.28	222	2
225^th	Hyattsville	10	3	1	0	8	0.27	228	3
226^th	Westover	0	1	1	0	1	0.263	225	1
227^th	Clinton	4	1	1	0	5	0.256	231	4
228^th	Glenarden	1	0	0	0	1	0.253	243	15
229^th	Rosedale	0	1	0	0	1	0.248	209	20
230^th	Joppa	3	1	1	0	2	0.24	226	4
231^st	College Park	2	0	0	0	5	0.234	234	3
232^nd	Cheverly	1	0	0	0	1	0.225	229	3
233^rd	New Carrollton	2	1	0	0	0	0.222	233
234^th	Forestville	4	0	0	0	1	0.22	232	2
235^th	Fort Washington	9	1	1	0	2	0.22	224	11
236^th	Princess Anne	2	0	1	0	0	0.22	235	1
237^th	Berwyn Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.212	237
238^th	Capitol Heights	8	1	1	0	1	0.21	236	2
239^th	Montgomery village	2	1	0	0	4	0.209	238	1
240^th	Adelphi	4	2	0	0	2	0.182	239	1
241^st	Landover Hills	2	0	0	0	2	0.181	242	1
242^nd	Cambridge	4	1	2	0	2	0.138	241	1
243^rd	Bladensburg	3	0	2	0	1	0.105	246	3
244^th	Suitland	3	0	1	0	1	0.102	244
245^th	Mount Rainier	2	0	0	0	0	0.089	245
246^th	Glenn Dale	1	0	0	0	2	0.073	240	6
247^th	District Heights	3	1	0	0	0	0.067	247

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