Maryland City Rankings

Updated Tuesday, August 28, 2018, based on the 2017-18 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 243)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2018)	Rank (2017)	Rank change from 2017
1^st	Baldwin	1	0	0	0	0	0.995	1
2^nd	Phoenix	1	0	0	0	1	0.994	4	2
3^rd	Sparks	1	0	0	0	0	0.986	6	3
4^th	North Potomac	2	0	0	0	0	0.982	3	1
5^th	Potomac	4	2	1	0	12	0.975	5
6^th	Clarksville	2	1	1	0	0	0.972	2	4
7^th	Ocean City	1	0	0	0	1	0.963	7
8^th	Perry Hall	1	0	0	0	1	0.958	15	7
9^th	Dayton	1	0	0	0	0	0.953	14	5
10^th	West Friendship	1	0	0	0	0	0.952	8	2
11^th	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0.948	10	1
12^th	Ijamsville	1	3	2	0	1	0.946	17	5
13^th	Marriottsville	0	1	1	0	1	0.94	9	4
14^th	Bethesda	11	3	3	0	21	0.934	12	2
15^th	Kingsville	1	0	0	0	3	0.923	28	13
16^th	Sykesville	6	2	3	0	1	0.92	19	3
17^th	Lutherville	2	1	0	0	4	0.908	22	5
18^th	Glenwood	1	1	0	0	0	0.907	23	5
19^th	Parkton	1	0	1	0	1	0.905	31	12
20^th	Chevy Chase	4	0	0	0	1	0.903	26	6
21^st	Glenelg	0	0	1	0	0	0.897	24	3
22^nd	Middletown	2	1	1	0	1	0.896	35	13
23^rd	Monrovia	2	0	0	0	0	0.896	40	17
24^th	Owings	2	2	1	0	1	0.894	30	6
25^th	Monkton	0	1	0	0	0	0.891	13	12
26^th	Huntingtown	2	1	1	0	3	0.887	63	37
27^th	Davidsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.886	11	16
28^th	Chesapeake Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.878	61	33
29^th	New Market	2	1	0	0	0	0.876	25	4
30^th	Upperco	1	0	0	0	0	0.873	18	12
31^st	Crofton	4	0	0	0	1	0.872	37	6
32^nd	Freeland	1	0	0	0	0	0.871	34	2
33^rd	Hampstead	2	2	1	0	0	0.87	52	19
34^th	Church Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.87	44	10
35^th	Woodbine	1	0	0	0	1	0.86	50	15
36^th	Arnold	3	2	0	0	1	0.855	29	7
37^th	Edgewater	3	1	1	1	1	0.853	33	4
38^th	Berlin	3	1	1	0	1	0.853	57	19
39^th	Timonium	4	0	1	0	1	0.851	38	1
40^th	Fulton	1	1	1	1	1	0.849	58	18
41^st	Finksburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.848	55	14
42^nd	Mount Airy	3	1	0	0	4	0.848	39	3
43^rd	Poolesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.826	48	5
44^th	Brookeville	1	0	0	0	1	0.824	32	12
45^th	Manchester	2	0	1	0	1	0.823	42	3
46^th	Olney	3	2	0	0	5	0.822	51	5
47^th	Severna Park	5	1	2	0	2	0.821	16	31
48^th	Port Republic	1	0	0	0	0	0.821	21	27
49^th	Churchville	1	0	0	0	2	0.819	41	8
50^th	Lavale	2	0	0	0	0	0.815	61	11
51^st	Jarrettsville	2	0	0	0	0	0.814	78	27
52^nd	Cordova	1	0	0	0	0	0.814	74	22
53^rd	Clarksburg	3	2	1	0	0	0.812	47	6
54^th	Adamstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.809	64	10
55^th	Ellicott City	11	6	3	1	8	0.809	36	19
56^th	Deale	1	0	0	0	0	0.807	116	60
57^th	Nanjemoy	1	0	0	0	0	0.804	90	33
58^th	Stevensville	3	2	1	0	0	0.803	45	13
59^th	Gambrills	1	1	1	0	2	0.8	59
60^th	Leonardtown	2	1	1	0	5	0.796	56	4
61^st	Boonsboro	2	1	1	0	0	0.793	99	38
62^nd	Newburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.793	65	3
63^rd	Bel Air	8	3	4	1	8	0.79	49	14
64^th	Fallston	1	1	1	0	0	0.788	20	44
65^th	Myersville	2	0	0	0	0	0.787	71	6
65^th	Forest Hill	2	0	0	0	1	0.787	54	11
67^th	Largo	1	0	1	0	2	0.786	77	10
68^th	California	1	0	0	0	1	0.786	85	17
69^th	Crownsville	1	0	0	1	1	0.776	43	26
70^th	Harwood	0	0	1	0	1	0.774	75	5
71^st	Centreville	2	1	1	0	2	0.774	70	1
72^nd	Morganza	0	0	1	0	0	0.769	27	45
73^rd	Mardela Springs	1	0	0	1	0	0.768	60	13
74^th	Damascus	3	1	1	0	0	0.767	69	5
75^th	Dickerson	1	0	0	0	0	0.762	66	9
76^th	Sabillasville	1	0	0	0	0	0.759	76
77^th	Walkersville	2	1	1	0	0	0.753	82	5
78^th	Church Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.752	81	3
79^th	Conowingo	1	0	0	0	0	0.738	84	5
80^th	Lexington Park	4	2	0	0	2	0.733	80
81^st	Snow Hill	2	0	1	1	1	0.73	93	12
82^nd	Brunswick	1	1	1	0	0	0.729	113	31
83^rd	Rising Sun	2	1	0	0	0	0.729	88	5
84^th	Hebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.726	104	20
85^th	Darlington	1	0	0	0	1	0.719	53	32
86^th	Smithsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.717	149	63
87^th	Charlestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.712	132	45
88^th	Clear Spring	1	1	1	0	1	0.71	160	72
89^th	Mechanicsville	4	1	0	0	13	0.709	95	6
90^th	Westminster	9	3	5	1	5	0.709	97	7
91^st	Seabrook	5	0	0	0	0	0.707	89	2
92^nd	Street	1	0	0	0	0	0.705	73	19
93^rd	Cresaptown	1	0	1	0	1	0.704	106	13
94^th	Tall Timbers	1	0	0	0	0	0.702	103	9
95^th	Millersville	2	2	1	1	2	0.699	91	4
96^th	Hollywood	1	0	0	0	2	0.698	83	13
97^th	Grasonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.697	72	25
98^th	St Michaels	1	0	0	1	0	0.692	121	23
99^th	Pylesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.691	94	5
100^th	Hanover	1	1	0	1	1	0.688	111	11
101^st	Pocomoke City	2	0	1	0	0	0.685	122	21
102^nd	Secretary	1	0	0	0	0	0.684	112	10
103^rd	Frostburg	3	0	1	0	0	0.68	127	24
104^th	Taneytown	1	1	0	0	0	0.675	129	25
105^th	Frederick	18	6	5	2	13	0.668	109	4
106^th	Delmar	1	0	0	0	0	0.668	126	20
107^th	Derwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.666	117	10
108^th	Odenton	4	1	0	0	1	0.665	87	21
109^th	Deal Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.663	136	27
110^th	Kensington	3	1	1	1	5	0.66	102	8
111^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	0	0.66	79	32
112^th	Rockville	19	6	6	2	24	0.659	98	14
113^th	Thurmont	3	1	1	0	1	0.658	115	2
114^th	Mount Savage	1	1	0	0	0	0.656	86	28
115^th	Bryantown	1	0	0	0	1	0.654	114	1
116^th	Lothian	2	1	0	0	0	0.653	110	6
117^th	Pittsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.65	101	16
118^th	Sandy Spring	1	0	1	0	2	0.646	67	51
119^th	Cockeysville	2	1	0	0	2	0.644	108	11
120^th	Elkridge	4	2	0	0	1	0.643	107	13
121^st	Chesapeake City	1	1	1	0	0	0.642	100	21
122^nd	La Plata	2	1	1	0	1	0.641	92	30
123^rd	Prince Frederick	2	1	2	1	0	0.636	124	1
124^th	Union Bridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.629	139	15
125^th	Loveville	1	0	0	0	1	0.628	150	25
126^th	Accokeek	1	0	0	0	1	0.625	118	8
127^th	White Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.625	46	81
128^th	Germantown	15	4	2	1	0	0.619	128
129^th	Linthicum	2	1	0	0	1	0.616	105	24
130^th	Accident	1	1	1	0	0	0.614	134	4
131^st	Towson	3	0	5	0	3	0.611	174	43
132^nd	Gaithersburg	21	5	3	0	13	0.608	137	5
133^rd	Pasadena	8	2	2	0	2	0.606	120	13
134^th	Greensboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.601	153	19
135^th	Denton	1	1	0	0	0	0.6	123	12
136^th	Lusby	2	2	1	0	0	0.598	140	4
137^th	Trappe	1	0	0	0	0	0.592	135	2
138^th	Perryville	1	1	1	0	1	0.588	131	7
139^th	White Marsh	1	0	0	0	1	0.585	164	25
140^th	Emmitsburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.583	119	21
141^st	Chaptico	1	0	0	0	0	0.576	198	57
142^nd	Westernport	1	0	0	0	0	0.575	167	25
143^rd	Preston	1	0	0	0	0	0.569	130	13
144^th	Burtonsville	1	1	1	0	1	0.563	156	12
145^th	Shady Side	1	0	0	0	0	0.563	96	49
146^th	Sparrows Point	0	0	1	0	0	0.559	68	78
147^th	Lonaconing	1	1	0	0	0	0.559	173	26
148^th	Havre De Grace	3	1	1	0	2	0.557	142	6
149^th	Hancock	1	0	0	1	0	0.556	172	23
150^th	Cascade	1	0	0	0	0	0.555	168	18
151^st	Sudlersville	1	1	0	0	0	0.554	154	3
152^nd	Catonsville	2	1	0	0	1	0.551	148	4
153^rd	Williamsport	2	1	1	0	2	0.547	191	38
154^th	Columbia	14	4	5	0	6	0.544	152	2
155^th	Abingdon	3	0	0	0	1	0.544	141	14
156^th	Cecilton	1	0	0	0	0	0.543	178	22
157^th	Hagerstown	17	3	5	1	16	0.537	181	24
158^th	Cumberland	5	2	2	0	4	0.533	165	7
159^th	Bowie	10	2	2	0	7	0.53	171	12
160^th	Silver Spring	38	10	7	0	22	0.529	157	3
161^st	Grantsville	1	0	0	0	3	0.528	145	16
162^nd	Sharpsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.526	203	41
163^rd	Keymar	1	0	0	0	1	0.524	138	25
164^th	Fruitland	2	1	0	0	1	0.522	161	3
165^th	Maugansville	1	0	0	0	0	0.512	209	44
166^th	Port Deposit	1	0	0	0	0	0.509	177	11
167^th	Flintstone	1	0	0	0	1	0.503	189	22
168^th	Reisterstown	5	1	1	0	1	0.497	176	8
169^th	Jessup	2	1	0	0	0	0.494	159	10
170^th	Federalsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.493	183	13
171^st	Ridgely	1	0	1	0	1	0.492	169	2
172^nd	Elkton	7	2	1	0	5	0.49	182	10
173^rd	Easton	1	1	1	0	4	0.489	166	7
174^th	Pikesville	1	0	0	0	1	0.484	162	12
175^th	Fort George G Meade	1	0	0	0	0	0.483	133	42
176^th	North East	2	1	2	0	1	0.481	175	1
177^th	Severn	4	0	0	0	1	0.479	147	30
178^th	Vienna	1	0	0	0	0	0.478	202	24
179^th	Andrews Air Force Base	1	0	0	0	0	0.477	192	13
180^th	Knoxville	1	0	0	0	0	0.471	223	43
181^st	Chestertown	1	1	0	0	4	0.469	200	19
182^nd	Crisfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.465	186	4
183^rd	Laurel	15	3	1	1	6	0.462	170	13
184^th	Fort Meade	3	2	1	0	0	0.458	180	4
185^th	Marbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.457	151	34
186^th	Saint Leonard	1	0	0	0	0	0.453	143	43
187^th	Waldorf	13	4	4	0	4	0.45	184	3
188^th	Annapolis	11	3	2	2	12	0.439	179	9
189^th	Hurlock	1	1	1	0	0	0.435	188	1
190^th	Pomfret	1	0	2	0	0	0.426	158	32
191^st	Oakland	4	1	1	0	0	0.422	193	2
192^nd	Mitchellville	3	1	0	1	1	0.421	190	2
193^rd	Halethorpe	1	0	0	0	1	0.421	215	22
194^th	Glenn Dale	1	0	0	0	2	0.418	144	50
195^th	Springdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.412	187	8
196^th	Takoma Park	4	0	0	0	4	0.411	197	1
197^th	Westover	1	1	0	0	1	0.403	212	15
198^th	Berwyn Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.394	210	12
199^th	Friendsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.393	199
200^th	Beltsville	4	1	1	1	2	0.391	185	15
201^st	Salisbury	9	2	4	0	7	0.391	208	7
202^nd	Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.386	163	39
203^rd	Greenbelt	2	1	1	0	1	0.385	195	8
204^th	Glen Burnie	16	2	2	1	5	0.384	196	8
205^th	Galena	1	0	0	0	0	0.383	146	59
206^th	Belcamp	1	0	0	0	2	0.378	125	81
207^th	Park Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.373	194	13
208^th	Landover	10	2	0	0	2	0.37	206	2
209^th	College Park	2	0	0	0	4	0.366	205	4
210^th	Brandywine	2	1	1	0	2	0.365	216	6
211^th	Great Mills	2	0	1	0	1	0.36	204	7
212^th	Owings Mills	5	0	2	0	7	0.36	201	11
213^th	Indian Head	2	2	1	0	1	0.347	211	2
214^th	Upper Marlboro	10	2	4	2	6	0.334	217	3
215^th	Worton	1	0	1	0	1	0.333	222	7
216^th	Rock Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.312	218	2
217^th	Edgewood	2	1	1	0	0	0.311	219	2
218^th	Oxon Hill	8	0	2	0	2	0.304	220	2
219^th	Cheverly	1	0	0	0	1	0.301	213	6
220^th	Hyattsville	10	2	2	1	8	0.293	224	4
221^st	Aberdeen	3	1	2	0	1	0.288	214	7
222^nd	Lanham	4	1	1	0	1	0.282	230	8
223^rd	New Carrollton	3	1	0	1	0	0.273	225	2
224^th	Fort Washington	9	2	1	0	2	0.262	231	7
225^th	Joppa	3	1	1	0	1	0.258	207	18
226^th	Baltimore	206	33	47	21	97	0.254	228	2
227^th	Randallstown	3	1	1	0	0	0.254	226	1
228^th	Suitland	6	1	0	1	1	0.245	227	1
229^th	Landover Hills	2	0	0	0	2	0.233	234	5
230^th	Capitol Heights	9	1	2	0	1	0.232	235	5
231^st	Bladensburg	3	0	2	2	1	0.226	238	7
232^nd	Temple Hills	7	2	2	0	1	0.224	233	1
233^rd	Cambridge	3	1	1	0	0	0.221	232	1
234^th	Montgomery village	2	1	0	0	1	0.211	229	5
235^th	Forestville	4	0	2	0	2	0.211	239	4
236^th	Riverdale	3	1	1	0	0	0.194	240	4
237^th	Adelphi	4	1	0	0	1	0.193	236	1
238^th	Clinton	5	1	1	0	3	0.179	237	1
239^th	Glenarden	1	0	0	0	1	0.146	242	3
240^th	Mount Rainier	2	0	0	0	1	0.126	243	3
241^st	District Heights	4	0	0	0	1	0.114	241
242^nd	Parkville	1	0	0	0	1	0.057	245	3
243^rd	Cheltenham	0	0	1	0	0	0.021	244	1

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