Maryland School District Rankings

Updated Tuesday, May 24, 2022, based on the 2020-21 school year test scores.

*Please note that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on standardized testing and the number of schools reporting results are lower.

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Rank (of 24)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
15^th	Allegany County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	14	4	4	0	Cumberland	Allegany County	0.43	9	6
10^th	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	83	20	14	5	Annapolis	Anne Arundel County	0.54	12	2
24^th	Baltimore City Public Schools	PK, KG-12	113	9	36	1	Baltimore	Baltimore city	0.212	24
13^th	Baltimore County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	110	28	34	3	Towson	Baltimore County	0.49	19	6
5^th	Calvert County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	12	6	4	1	Prince Frederick	Calvert County	0.637	2	3
18^th	Caroline County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	0	Denton	Caroline County	0.394	15	3
2^nd	Carroll County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	23	9	10	1	Westminster	Carroll County	0.755	1	1
17^th	Cecil County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	17	6	5	0	Elkton	Cecil County	0.403	14	3
19^th	Charles County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	22	8	8	0	La Plata	Charles County	0.367	18	1
16^th	Dorchester County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	7	2	2	0	Cambridge	Dorchester County	0.426	20	4
4^th	Frederick County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	41	13	11	1	Frederick	Frederick County	0.657	6	2
14^th	Garrett County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	0	Oakland	Garrett County	0.439	16	2
8^th	Harford County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	33	9	11	1	Bel Air	Harford County	0.588	10	2
1^st	Howard County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	42	20	13	1	Ellicott City	Howard County	0.765	5	4
20^th	Kent County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Rock Hall	Kent County	0.347	23	3
3^rd	Montgomery County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	137	40	26	3	Rockville	Montgomery County	0.698	8	5
22^nd	Prince George's County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	146	24	29	6	Upper Marlboro	Prince George's County	0.318	22
7^th	Queen Anne's County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	8	4	2	0	Centreville	Queen Anne's County	0.609	3	4
	SEED School of Maryland	6-12	0	0	1	0	Baltimore	Baltimore city			(n/a)
23^rd	Somerset County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	0	Westover	Somerset County	0.23	21	2
6^th	St. Mary's County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	19	4	3	0	Leonardtown	St. Mary's County	0.625	7	1
9^th	Talbot County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Easton	Talbot County	0.551	11	2
12^th	Washington County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	25	7	10	1	Hagerstown	Washington County	0.502	13	1
21^st	Wicomico County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	16	4	5	0	Salisbury	Wicomico County	0.341	17	4
11^th	Worcester County Public Schools	PK, KG-12	5	4	3	1	Newark	Worcester County	0.535	4	7

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Maryland State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on May 24, 2022, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Maryland State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Maryland State Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland State Department of Education. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.