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These Are Maryland's Top Public High Schools: New Rankings Released

A pair of Montgomery County public high schools were ranked the best in Maryland, followed by some in Howard County, according to a new Niche report.

Poolesville High School

Poolesville High School

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Poolesville High School took the top spot in Maryland - and 32nd overall in the nation - followed by Walt Whitman High School, River Hill High School, Winston Church Hill High School, and Marriotts Ridge High School.

To determine the "best public schools in America," Niche's ranking was "based on rigorous analysis of academic and student life data from US Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users." 

Complete methodology can be found here.

The highest performing schools in Maryland, according to Niche, by county: 

Anne Arundel

  • 1. Severna Park High School;
  • 2. Broadneck High School;
  • 3. Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter School;
  • 4. South River High School;
  • 5. Crofton High School;
  • 6. Arundel High School;
  • 7. Southern High School;
  • 8. Annapolis High School;
  • 9. Old Mill High School;
  • 10. Northeast High School.

Baltimore

  • 1. Eastern Technical High School;
  • 2. Western School of Technology and Environmental Science;
  • 3. George W. Carver Center for Arts and Technology;
  • 4. Towson High School;
  • 5. Hereford High School;
  • 6. Dulaney High School;
  • 7. Catonsville High School;
  • 8. Perry Hall High School;
  • 9. Pikesville High School;
  • 10. Franklin High School.

Calvert

  • 1. Huntingtown High School;
  • 2. Northern High School;
  • 3. Calvert High School;
  • 4. Patuxent High School;
  • 5. Calvert Country School.

Carroll

  • 1. Century High School;

  • 2. Liberty High School;
  • 3. Westminster High School;
  • 4. South Carroll High School;
  • 5. Winters Mill High School;
  • 6. Manchester Valley High School;
  • 7. Francis Scott Key High School.

Cecil

  • 1. Bohemia Manor School;
  • 2. Elkton High School;
  • 3. Rising Sun High School;
  • 4. Perryville High School;
  • 5. North East High School.

Charles

  • 1. North Point High School;
  • 2. La Plata High School;
  • 3. Maurice J. McDonough High School;
  • 4. Henry E. Lackey High School;
  • 5. St. Charles High School;
  • 6. Thomas Stone High School;
  • 7. Westlake High School.

Frederick

  • 1. Urbana High School;

  • 2. Oakdale High School;
  • 3. Middletown High School;
  • 4. Frederick High School;
  • 5. Linganore High School;
  • 6. Walkersville High School;
  • 7. Tuscarora High School;
  • 8. Gov. Thomas Johnson High School;
  • 9. Brunswick High School;
  • 10. Catoctin High School.

Harford

  • 1. Patterson Mill High School;
  • 2. C. Milton Wright High School;
  • 3. Bel Air High School;
  • 4. Aberdeen High School;
  • 5. Harford Technical High School;
  • 6. Fallston High School;
  • 7. North Harford High School;
  • 8. Edgewood High School;
  • 9. Havre de Grace High School;
  • 10. Joppatowne High School.

Howard

  • 1. River Hill High School;
  • 2. Marriotts Ridge High School;
  • 3. Centennial High School;
  • 4. Mount Hebron High School;
  • 5. Atholton High School;
  • 6. Howard High School;
  • 7. Glenelg High School;
  • 8. Reservoir High School;
  • 9. Wilde Lake High School;
  • 10. Hammond High School.

Montgomery

  • 1. Poolesville High School;
  • 2. Walt Whitman High School;
  • 3. Winston Churchill High School;
  • 4. Thomas S. Wootton High School;
  • 5. Walter Johnson High School;
  • 6. Richard Montgomery High School;
  • 7. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School;
  • 8. Northwest High School;
  • 9. Montgomery Blair High School;
  • 10. Quince Orchard High School.

Prince George's

  • 1. Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC;

  • 2. Elanor Roosevelt High School;
  • 3. Oxon Hill High School;
  • 4. College Park Academy;
  • 5. Chesapeake Math and IT Academy;
  • 6. Charles Herbert Flowers High School;
  • 7. Bowie High School;
  • 8. Duval High School;
  • 9. Frederick Douglass High School;
  • 10. Largo High School.

St. Mary's

  • 1. Leonardtown High School;
  • 2. Great Mills High School;
  • 3. Chopticon High School.

Washington

  • 1. Barbara Ingram School for the Arts;

  • 2. North Hagerstown High School;
  • 3. Smithsburg High School;
  • 4. Boonsboro High School;
  • 5. Washington County Technical School;
  • 6. South Hagerstown High School;
  • 7. Clear Spring High School;
  • 8. Williamsport High School;
  • 9. Hancock Middle Senior High School;
  • 10. Marshall Street School.

The complete Niche ranking of the best public high schools in America can be found here. A breakdown of schools in Maryland can be found here.

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