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Maryland City Rankings

Due to the disruption caused by COVID-19, the Maryland State Department of Education did not administer assessments for the 2019-2020 school year. SchoolDigger will resume updating its rankings when test scores are released in 2021.

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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	3	2
2^nd	Phoenix	1	0	0	0	1	0.992	1	1
3^rd	North Potomac	2	0	0	0	0	0.988	4	1
4^th	Clarksville	2	1	1	0	2	0.983	5	1
5^th	Glenelg	0	0	1	0	0	0.978	23	18
6^th	Sparks	1	0	0	0	0	0.971	2	4
7^th	Potomac	4	2	1	0	16	0.964	6	1
8^th	Ocean City	1	0	0	0	1	0.962	7	1
9^th	Glenwood	1	1	0	0	0	0.961	18	9
10^th	Upperco	1	0	0	0	0	0.958	20	10
11^th	Bethesda	12	3	3	0	21	0.937	14	3
12^th	Severna Park	5	1	2	0	3	0.936	47	35
13^th	Marriottsville	0	1	1	0	1	0.935	13
14^th	West Friendship	1	0	0	0	0	0.934	9	5
15^th	Ijamsville	1	3	2	0	2	0.932	12	3
16^th	Dayton	1	0	0	0	0	0.925	10	6
17^th	Freeland	1	0	0	0	0	0.924	25	8
18^th	Perry Hall	2	0	0	0	1	0.913	8	10
19^th	Kingsville	1	0	0	0	3	0.911	15	4
20^th	Davidsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.91	27	7
21^st	Poolesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.904	44	23
22^nd	Brookeville	1	0	0	0	1	0.902	45	23
23^rd	Church Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.901	31	8
24^th	Chevy Chase	4	0	0	0	2	0.897	22	2
25^th	Middletown	2	1	1	0	2	0.893	26	1
26^th	New Market	2	1	0	0	0	0.89	33	7
27^th	Lutherville	2	1	0	0	3	0.887	17	10
28^th	Hampstead	2	2	0	0	0	0.88	36	8
29^th	Owings	2	2	1	0	1	0.879	24	5
30^th	Huntingtown	2	1	1	0	3	0.87	29	1
31^st	Arnold	3	2	0	0	1	0.87	32	1
32^nd	Chesapeake Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.868	35	3
33^rd	Sykesville	6	2	3	0	0	0.867	16	17
34^th	Crofton	4	0	0	0	1	0.86	30	4
35^th	Cordova	1	0	0	0	0	0.858	43	8
36^th	Forest Hill	2	0	0	0	1	0.855	51	15
37^th	Woodbine	1	0	0	0	1	0.851	34	3
38^th	Parkton	1	0	1	0	0	0.848	19	19
39^th	Fallston	1	1	1	0	0	0.844	60	21
40^th	Timonium	4	0	1	0	1	0.844	38	2
41^st	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0.842	11	30
42^nd	Lavale	2	0	0	0	0	0.84	56	14
43^rd	Monkton	0	1	0	0	0	0.839	21	22
44^th	Crownsville	1	0	0	1	1	0.836	62	18
44^th	Jarrettsville	2	0	0	0	0	0.836	50	6
46^th	Ellicott City	11	6	4	0	9	0.833	52	6
47^th	Dickerson	1	0	0	0	0	0.831	78	31
48^th	Monrovia	2	0	0	0	0	0.826	28	20
49^th	Finksburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.821	41	8
50^th	Olney	3	2	0	0	5	0.818	48	2
51^st	Fulton	1	1	1	1	0	0.816	39	12
52^nd	California	1	0	0	0	1	0.814	65	13
53^rd	Berlin	2	2	1	0	2	0.81	46	7
54^th	Edgewater	3	1	1	1	1	0.809	37	17
55^th	Port Republic	1	0	0	0	0	0.808	70	15
56^th	Churchville	1	0	0	0	1	0.807	40	16
57^th	Tilghman	1	0	0	0	0	0.803		(n/a)
58^th	Deale	1	0	0	0	0	0.801	58
59^th	Adamstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.8	61	2
60^th	Leonardtown	2	1	1	0	6	0.794	54	6
61^st	Boonsboro	2	1	1	0	0	0.794	64	3
62^nd	Mount Airy	3	1	0	0	4	0.793	42	20
63^rd	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	0	0.79	103	40
64^th	Myersville	2	0	0	0	0	0.79	59	5
65^th	Hollywood	1	0	0	0	2	0.787	89	24
66^th	Bel Air	8	3	4	1	8	0.779	63	3
67^th	Sabillasville	1	0	0	0	0	0.771	74	7
68^th	Clarksburg	3	2	1	0	1	0.771	49	19
69^th	Stevensville	3	2	1	0	0	0.769	53	16
70^th	Nanjemoy	1	0	0	0	0	0.769	67	3
71^st	Gambrills	1	1	1	0	3	0.769	57	14
72^nd	Manchester	2	0	1	0	1	0.759	55	17
73^rd	Westminster	8	3	5	1	6	0.756	95	22
74^th	Church Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.754	77	3
75^th	Newburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.749	66	9
76^th	Mechanicsville	4	1	0	0	13	0.746	92	16
77^th	Mount Savage	1	1	0	0	0	0.739	126	49
78^th	Largo	1	0	1	0	2	0.734	68	10
79^th	Street	1	0	0	0	0	0.732	91	12
80^th	Mardela Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.729	76	4
81^st	Rockville	20	6	6	1	23	0.726	115	34
82^nd	Smithsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.725	84	2
83^rd	Cresaptown	1	0	1	0	0	0.725	93	10
84^th	Grasonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.72	90	6
85^th	Charlestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.717	117	32
86^th	Centreville	2	1	1	0	2	0.715	71	15
87^th	Damascus	3	1	1	0	0	0.714	72	15
88^th	White Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.713	123	35
89^th	Secretary	1	0	0	0	0	0.71	109	20
90^th	Tall Timbers	1	0	0	0	0	0.708	82	8
91^st	Clear Spring	1	1	1	0	0	0.707	86	5
92^nd	Darlington	1	0	0	0	1	0.702	83	9
93^rd	Rising Sun	2	1	0	0	0	0.698	88	5
94^th	Trappe	1	0	0	0	0	0.693	138	44
95^th	Lexington Park	4	2	0	0	2	0.69	81	14
96^th	Walkersville	2	1	1	0	0	0.675	79	17
97^th	Kensington	3	2	1	1	3	0.673	107	10
98^th	Bryantown	1	0	0	0	1	0.673	99	1
99^th	Taneytown	1	1	0	0	0	0.667	118	19
100^th	Odenton	4	1	0	0	2	0.664	102	2
101^st	Frostburg	3	0	1	0	1	0.661	97	4
102^nd	Flintstone	1	0	0	0	1	0.66	163	61
103^rd	Pylesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.66	96	7
104^th	Chaptico	1	0	0	0	0	0.658	154	50
105^th	Seabrook	4	0	0	0	0	0.657	108	3
106^th	Chesapeake City	1	1	1	0	0	0.657	113	7
107^th	Hanover	2	1	1	0	1	0.657	100	7
108^th	Delmar	1	0	0	0	0	0.654	104	4
109^th	Brunswick	1	1	1	0	0	0.649	80	29
110^th	Conowingo	1	0	0	0	0	0.644	75	35
111^th	Derwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.642	105	6
112^th	Loveville	1	0	0	0	1	0.639	119	7
113^th	Morganza	0	0	1	0	0	0.638	73	40
114^th	St Michaels	1	0	1	0	0	0.637	98	16
115^th	Emmitsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.637	128	13
116^th	Prince Frederick	2	1	1	2	0	0.63	116
117^th	Elkridge	4	2	0	0	1	0.629	124	7
118^th	Snow Hill	1	1	1	1	0	0.628	87	31
119^th	Pittsville	0	1	0	0	0	0.628	125	6
120^th	Accokeek	1	0	0	0	1	0.627	133	13
121^st	Millersville	2	2	1	1	3	0.627	94	27
122^nd	Hebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.619	85	37
123^rd	Frederick	19	6	5	1	11	0.612	106	17
124^th	Sudlersville	1	1	0	0	0	0.608	147	23
125^th	Pasadena	8	2	2	0	2	0.597	130	5
126^th	Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.597	203	77
127^th	Shady Side	1	0	0	0	0	0.594	143	16
128^th	Thurmont	3	1	1	0	1	0.594	111	17
129^th	Hancock	1	0	1	0	0	0.587	151	22
130^th	Harwood	0	0	1	0	1	0.587	69	61
131^st	Accident	1	1	1	0	0	0.584	129	2
132^nd	Germantown	14	4	2	1	1	0.584	131	1
133^rd	Sandy Spring	1	0	1	0	2	0.584	114	19
134^th	Linthicum	2	1	0	0	1	0.581	127	7
135^th	Preston	1	0	0	0	1	0.58	140	5
136^th	Greensboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	139	3
137^th	La Plata	2	1	1	0	3	0.574	121	16
138^th	Cecilton	1	0	0	0	0	0.573	162	24
139^th	Union Bridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.572	120	19
140^th	Pocomoke City	1	1	1	0	0	0.571	110	30
141^st	Deal Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.571	101	40
142^nd	Port Deposit	1	0	0	0	0	0.569	171	29
143^rd	Lothian	2	1	0	0	0	0.568	112	31
144^th	Gaithersburg	21	5	3	0	12	0.568	136	8
145^th	Denton	1	1	0	0	0	0.562	135	10
146^th	Lusby	2	2	1	0	0	0.562	132	14
147^th	Keymar	1	0	0	0	1	0.559	148	1
148^th	Catonsville	2	1	0	0	2	0.558	142	6
149^th	Andrews Air Force Base	1	0	0	0	0	0.553	169	20
150^th	Fort George G Meade	1	0	0	0	0	0.551	181	31
151^st	Grantsville	1	0	0	0	1	0.55	166	15
152^nd	Cockeysville	2	1	0	0	1	0.541	122	30
153^rd	Lonaconing	1	1	0	0	0	0.536	155	2
154^th	Bowie	10	2	2	1	5	0.535	159	5
155^th	Sharpsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.526	161	6
156^th	Silver Spring	38	10	7	0	30	0.52	164	8
157^th	Abingdon	3	0	0	0	1	0.518	149	8
158^th	Cascade	1	0	0	0	0	0.513	156	2
159^th	Columbia	14	4	5	0	6	0.504	152	7
160^th	Maugansville	1	0	0	0	0	0.503	157	3
161^st	White Marsh	1	0	0	0	2	0.496	137	24
162^nd	Cumberland	5	2	2	0	5	0.488	160	2
163^rd	Williamsport	2	1	1	0	1	0.488	150	13
164^th	Havre De Grace	3	1	1	0	2	0.488	141	23
165^th	Hagerstown	14	3	5	1	13	0.483	158	7
166^th	Westernport	1	0	0	0	0	0.479	145	21
167^th	Jessup	2	1	0	0	0	0.47	172	5
168^th	North East	2	1	2	0	1	0.467	175	7
169^th	Pomfret	1	0	2	0	0	0.464	193	24
170^th	Perryville	1	1	1	0	1	0.462	153	17
171^st	Ridgely	1	0	1	0	1	0.462	176	5
172^nd	Berwyn Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.461	194	22
173^rd	Burtonsville	1	1	1	0	1	0.459	146	27
174^th	Saint Leonard	1	0	0	0	0	0.456	165	9
175^th	Laurel	14	3	1	1	3	0.453	186	11
176^th	Elkton	7	2	1	0	5	0.451	173	3
177^th	Fruitland	2	1	0	0	1	0.448	167	10
178^th	Severn	4	0	0	0	2	0.445	180	2
179^th	Belcamp	1	0	0	0	1	0.442	200	21
180^th	Marbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.438	187	7
181^st	Fort Meade	3	2	1	0	0	0.435	184	3
182^nd	Chestertown	1	1	0	0	3	0.424	178	4
183^rd	Reisterstown	5	1	1	0	2	0.422	170	13
184^th	Takoma Park	4	0	0	0	3	0.41	197	13
185^th	Annapolis	12	4	2	1	15	0.402	188	3
186^th	Waldorf	13	4	4	0	4	0.396	189	3
187^th	Mitchellville	3	1	0	1	2	0.394	196	9
188^th	Pikesville	1	0	0	0	2	0.393	182	6
189^th	Crisfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.384	168	21
190^th	Greenbelt	2	1	1	0	1	0.376	206	16
191^st	Lanham	5	1	1	0	4	0.372	210	19
192^nd	Glenn Dale	1	0	0	0	3	0.37	199	7
193^rd	Federalsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.362	174	19
194^th	Glen Burnie	16	2	2	1	5	0.36	205	11
195^th	Oakland	4	1	1	0	0	0.358	185	10
196^th	Friendsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.358	198	2
196^th	College Park	2	0	0	0	5	0.358	214	18
198^th	Great Mills	2	0	1	0	1	0.357	208	10
199^th	Owings Mills	5	0	2	0	6	0.356	213	14
200^th	Brandywine	2	1	1	0	1	0.349	211	11
201^st	Halethorpe	1	0	0	0	2	0.343	191	10
202^nd	Landover	10	2	1	0	2	0.343	207	5
203^rd	Beltsville	4	1	1	1	2	0.34	201	2
204^th	Easton	1	1	1	0	4	0.339	177	27
205^th	Upper Marlboro	10	2	5	1	7	0.326	217	12
206^th	Indian Head	2	2	1	0	0	0.323	215	9
207^th	Vienna	1	0	0	0	0	0.319	183	24
208^th	Cheverly	1	0	0	0	1	0.317	221	13
209^th	Hurlock	1	1	1	0	0	0.31	190	19
210^th	Salisbury	9	2	4	0	7	0.308	202	8
211^th	Springdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.304	192	19
212^th	Park Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.304	212
213^th	Aberdeen	3	1	2	0	1	0.293	222	9
214^th	Oxon Hill	8	0	2	0	1	0.292	219	5
215^th	Westover	1	1	0	0	1	0.288	195	20
216^th	Edgewood	2	1	1	0	0	0.285	218	2
217^th	Knoxville	1	0	0	0	0	0.283	179	38
218^th	Hyattsville	10	2	2	0	7	0.271	225	7
219^th	Riverdale	3	1	2	0	0	0.265	220	1
220^th	Baltimore	196	34	58	4	101	0.259	228	8
221^st	Fort Washington	9	2	1	0	4	0.251	227	6
222^nd	Montgomery village	2	1	0	0	2	0.249	232	10
223^rd	Princess Anne	2	0	1	0	0	0.238	223
224^th	Bladensburg	3	0	3	0	1	0.232	236	12
225^th	Suitland	5	1	0	1	1	0.23	230	5
226^th	Joppa	3	1	1	0	2	0.228	226
227^th	Temple Hills	7	2	2	0	1	0.228	235	8
228^th	New Carrollton	4	1	0	0	0	0.228	224	4
229^th	Randallstown	3	1	1	0	1	0.226	229
230^th	Capitol Heights	9	1	1	0	1	0.22	233	3
231^st	Galena	1	0	0	0	0	0.209	204	27
232^nd	Worton	0	0	1	0	1	0.196	216	16
233^rd	Rock Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.192	209	24
234^th	Landover Hills	2	0	0	0	2	0.192	231	3
235^th	Clinton	5	1	1	0	4	0.191	239	4
236^th	Cambridge	3	1	1	0	2	0.188	234	2
237^th	Adelphi	4	1	0	0	1	0.172	237
238^th	Mount Rainier	2	0	0	0	0	0.149	242	4
239^th	Glenarden	1	0	0	0	1	0.141	240	1
240^th	Forestville	5	0	1	0	1	0.125	238	2
241^st	District Heights	3	0	0	0	0	0.1	241
242^nd	Parkville	1	0	0	0	0	0.055	243	1

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