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Rosedale Center

Public Grades 9-12
226th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 227 Maryland High Schools
Better than 0% of Maryland high schools
Summary

Rosedale Center is a small, alternative high school in Baltimore, MD, serving 108 students in grades 9-12 as part of the Baltimore County Public Schools district, and it is designed for students who need a highly structured and supportive environment due to significant academic, behavioral, or emotional challenges.

This school faces severe challenges, with academic performance ranking in the bottom 1% of Maryland high schools. In the 2025-2026 school year, 0% of students were proficient in Mathematics and only 2.4% in English Language Arts. The school also struggles with student engagement, as shown by a 77.3% chronic absenteeism rate and a staggering 58.3% dropout rate—nearly five times the district average of 12.1%. To put this in perspective, nearby Perry Hall High has a dropout rate of just 2.5%, while Eastern Technical High School, a magnet school only 1.14 miles away, boasts 99.6% ELA proficiency and a 9.2% chronic absenteeism rate. Even other high-need schools like Patterson High (36.6% dropout rate) perform better than Rosedale Center.

Despite these outcomes, Rosedale Center receives extraordinary resources, with per-pupil spending of $239,297 in 2020-2021—over 10 times more than Perry Hall High ($16,693) and a student-teacher ratio of just 3.2:1. This "high cost, low return" paradox suggests that while the school invests heavily in support, it has not yet found an effective strategy to address the root causes of student disconnection. The school’s ranking has collapsed from the 39th percentile in 2009-2010 to the 0th percentile today, indicating a long-term decline that requires urgent attention.

108
Students ?
3.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
78.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 7090 Golden Ring Road Suite 10
       Baltimore, MD  21237

(443) 809-0133

District: Baltimore County Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:
59.3%
White:
24.1%
Hispanic:
8.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2004 → <1st in 2026
Strengths
Small classes — about 3 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Maryland average (1% vs 38% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (<1st percentile)
!English Language Arts scores 49 pts below the Maryland average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school1%
District avg32%
Maryland avg38%
226th of 227
Maryland public high schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 7 pts since 2022
From bottom 7% (2022) to bottom 1% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
26th of 26High Schools in the Baltimore County Public Schools
18th of 25Baltimore County Public Schools among Maryland districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
20227.6333 of 3330.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.9321 of 3282.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20102.2312 of 3243.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200792.61 of 26499.6%★★★★★
200590.55 of 25598.0%★★★★★
200487.110 of 25296.0%★★★★★
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
20267.5226 of 2270.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.1220 of 2200.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.0209 of 2257.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201514.6192 of 23317.6%★☆☆☆☆
201053.0134 of 22039.1%★★☆☆☆
200949.3140 of 21334.3%★★☆☆☆
20082.9205 of 2144.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20052.6201 of 2041.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200425.2192 of 2014.5%☆☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Maryland (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts2%-49 vs state
Mathematics0%-27 vs state
Algebra I0%-21 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Rosedale Center

Rosedale Center ranks in the bottom 0.4% of Maryland high schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 108 students attended Rosedale Center.

Students at Rosedale Center are 59% African American, 24% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

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Latest Maryland data All new data »
2025–26 MCAP test scoresJul 28, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJun 13, 2026
2024–25 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesJun 13, 2026
2024–25 MCAP test scoresAug 26, 2025


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.

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