2010 City Rankings - Maryland High Schools
The city rankings were calculated by taking the standardized tests used by Maryland to determine the proficiency level across varying grades and subjects for high schools in the state. These school percentile ranks were then averaged for all high schools in each city and ordered from highest to lowest. The tests and subjects used to determine the percentile ranks can be found below. Learn more about how rankings are determined.
HSA Exams Used To Determine Rankings
- Algebra
- Biology
- English 2
Find a City's Ranking:
| Rank | City Name | Percentile | Changed From 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clarksville, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,452 Has one high school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" |  | 98.01 |  1 |
| 4 | Severna Park, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,923 | 95.57 | 6 | |
| 6 | Towson, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,382 | 94.53 | 18 | |
| 5 | Poolesville, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,150 | 94.17 | 14 | |
| 7 | Huntingtown, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,656 | 93.80 | 7 | |
| 9 | Potomac, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,087 Has one high school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 92.47 |  5 |
| 10 | Middletown, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,331 | 92.39 | 10 | |
| 12 | Parkton, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,387 | 91.58 | 1 | |
| 13 | Glenelg, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,188 | 91.28 | 4 | |
| 14 | Owings, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,611 | 90.55 | 2 | |
| 17 | Marriottsville, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,276 | 90.03 | 12 | |
| 19 | Timonium, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,878 | 88.55 | 2 | |
| 20 | Edgewater, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,043 | 88.18 | 4 | |
| 21 | Smithsburg, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 791 | 88.18 | 15 | |
| 22 | Hampstead, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,029 | 86.63 | 7 | |
| 16 | Sykesville, Maryland High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 2,305 | 84.71 | 3 | |
| 11 | Ellicott City, Maryland High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 4,566 | 84.54 | 8 | |
| 26 | Clear Spring, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 502 | 83.01 | 6 | |
| 23 | Bethesda, Maryland High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 5,831 | 82.74 | 16 | |
| 29 | Lusby, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,251 | 82.50 | 1 | |
| 25 | Westminster, Maryland High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 2,912 | 81.65 |  | |
| 35 | Prince Frederick, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,204 | 81.54 | 14 | |
| 36 | Gambrills, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,910 | 81.09 | 8 | |
| 37 | Boonsboro, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 922 | 80.58 | 3 | |
| 32 | Ijamsville, Maryland High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,644 | 80.29 | 5 | |
| 38 | Fallston, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,209 | 79.39 | 4 | |
| 33 | Bel Air, Maryland High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 3,971 | 77.99 | 7 | |
| 42 | Accident, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 537 | 77.62 | 10 | |
| 44 | Harwood, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,141 Has one high school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 77.33 | 26 |
| 47 | Chesapeake City, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 736 | 75.78 | 16 | |
| 53 | Eldersburg, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,282 | 72.75 | 31 | |
| 55 | Stevensville, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,251 | 72.53 | 17 | |
| 75 | Rockville, Maryland High Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 7,594 | 71.81 | 69 | |
| 56 | Brunswick, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 829 | 71.64 | 3 | |
| 57 | Union Bridge, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,149 | 71.42 | 1 | |
| 48 | Columbia, Maryland High Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 6,519 | 71.34 | 40 | |
| 58 | Fulton, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,555 | 70.83 | 21 | |
| 59 | Pylesville, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,393 | 70.68 | 16 | |
| 72 | Hagerstown, Maryland High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 2,494 | 68.84 | 18 | |
| 97 | North East, Maryland High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 2,303 | 67.95 | 74 | |
| 63 | Leonardtown, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,941 | 67.87 | 24 | |
| 66 | Hancock, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 340 | 66.76 | 51 | |
| 64 | Damascus, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,412 | 66.10 | 43 | |
| 65 | Snow Hill, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 355 | 66.10 | 18 | |
| 67 | La Plata, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,388 | 65.95 | 2 | |
| 71 | Millersville, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,391 | 65.66 | 10 | |
| 69 | Sandy Spring, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,094 | 65.51 | 28 | |
| 117 | Annapolis, Maryland High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,815 | 64.63 | 82 | |
| 74 | Williamsport, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 899 | 64.62 | 19 | |
| 73 | Reisterstown, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,546 | 64.48 | 2 | |
| 77 | Morganza, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,588 | 63.00 | 32 | |
| 78 | Kensington, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,550 | 62.85 | 5 | |
| 60 | Frederick, Maryland High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 4,838 | 62.18 | 18 | |
| 79 | Frostburg, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 968 | 61.67 | 31 | |
| 81 | Walkersville, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,261 | 61.37 | 30 | |
| 83 | Perryville, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 892 | 61.00 | 26 | |
| 85 | Pasadena, Maryland High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,185 | 60.45 | 52 | |
| 87 | Greenbelt, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,696 | 59.31 | 27 | |
| 70 | Germantown, Maryland High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,388 | 58.20 | 17 | |
| 88 | Oakland, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 879 | 58.05 | 26 | |
| 89 | Great Mills, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,760 | 57.24 | 19 | |
| 43 | Waldorf, Maryland High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 5,181 | 56.82 | 3 | |
| 91 | Elkton, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,122 | 56.20 | 22 | |
| 93 | Berlin, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,433 | 56.06 | 25 | |
| 96 | St. Michaels, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 389 | 54.43 | 25 | |
| 98 | Ridgely, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,119 | 53.18 | 34 | |
| 103 | Easton, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,184 | 50.81 | 23 | |
| 104 | Centreville, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,211 | 50.52 | 38 | |
| 106 | Princess Anne, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 602 | 50.37 | 10 | |
| 107 | Havre De Grace, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 775 | 50.15 | 40 | |
| 109 | Cumberland, Maryland High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,805 | 49.78 | 37 | |
| 99 | Gaithersburg, Maryland High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,824 | 49.56 | 55 | |
| 112 | Glen Burnie, Maryland High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,951 | 49.37 | 36 | |
| 119 | Silver Spring, Maryland High Schools: 6 | Total Enrollment: 10,526 | 49.36 | 69 | |
| 110 | Fort Meade, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,242 | 49.04 | 24 | |
| 111 | Clarksburg, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,711 | 48.38 | 38 | |
| 113 | Sparrows Point, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 791 | 47.71 | 50 | |
| 116 | Thurmont, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 959 | 46.82 | 58 | |
| 120 | Joppa, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 952 | 44.53 | 46 | |
| 122 | Pocomoke City, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 373 | 43.21 | 28 | |
| 123 | Springdale, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,614 | 43.13 | 41 | |
| 124 | Burtonsville, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,849 | 42.69 | 40 | |
| 130 | Owings Mills, Maryland High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,962 | 39.40 | 52 | |
| 134 | Federalsburg, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 541 | 37.30 | 46 | |
| 136 | Hurlock, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 509 | 36.93 | 57 | |
| 137 | Pomfret, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,294 | 36.71 | 56 | |
| 138 | Cambridge, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 871 | 36.41 | 48 | |
| 139 | Edgewood, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,194 | 36.26 | 54 | |
| 140 | Montgomery Village, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,537 | 35.89 | 53 | |
| 181 | Baltimore, Maryland High Schools: 36 | Total Enrollment: 33,878 Has one high school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 34.55 | 180 |
| 142 | Bowie, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 3,007 | 33.75 | 49 | |
| 149 | Salisbury, Maryland High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 3,687 | 32.74 | 58 | |
| 144 | Mardela Springs, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 649 | 32.50 | 49 | |
| 146 | Worton, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 668 | 31.54 | 69 | |
| 147 | Hyattsville, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,527 | 31.39 | 55 | |
| 148 | Aberdeen, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,464 | 31.09 | 59 | |
| 150 | Randallstown, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,194 | 29.39 | 43 | |
| 151 | Laurel, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,855 | 27.40 | 50 | |
| 152 | Indian Head, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,341 | 26.74 | 55 | |
| 156 | Brandywine, Maryland High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,138 | 24.89 | 57 | |
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