Best Schools for Asian Students in Maryland (2026)
These are the Maryland public schools where asian students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested asian students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.
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Elementary schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold Spring Elementary Potomac | 98% | 98% | 109 | A+ |
| 2 | Clearspring Elementary Damascus | 98% | 98% | 61 | A+ |
| 3 | Seven Locks Elementary Bethesda | 95% | 95% | 50 | A+ |
| 4 | Chevy Chase Elementary Chevy Chase | 95% | 95% | 35 | A+ |
| 5 | Travilah Elementary North Potomac | 98% | 92% | 94 | B+ |
| 6 | Wayside Elementary Potomac | 92% | 98% | 129 | A |
| 7 | Clarksville Elementary Clarksville | 92% | 98% | 127 | A+ |
| 8 | Pinewood Elementary Timonium | 87% | 98% | 70 | A+ |
| 9 | Centerville Elementary Frederick | 92% | 92% | 105 | A |
| 10 | Piney Orchard Elementary Odenton | 90% | 90% | 21 | B |
| 11 | Lutherville Laboratory Lutherville | 90% | 90% | 20 | B |
| 12 | Jacksonville Elementary Phoenix | 90% | 90% | 20 | A+ |
| 13 | Sparks Elementary Sparks | 90% | 90% | 25 | A+ |
| 14 | New Market Elementary New Market | 90% | 90% | 20 | A+ |
| 15 | Longfellow Elementary Columbia | 90% | 90% | 21 | B |
| 16 | Bannockburn Elementary Bethesda | 90% | 90% | 27 | A |
| 17 | Forest Knolls Elementary Silver Spring | 90% | 90% | 20 | C+ |
| 18 | Poolesville Elementary Poolesville | 90% | 90% | 20 | A+ |
| 19 | Glenarden Woods Elementary Lanham | 90% | 90% | 28 | A+ |
| 20 | Jones Lane Elementary Gaithersburg | 90% | 90% | 21 | C+ |
| 21 | Mill Creek Towne Elementary Rockville | 90% | 90% | 25 | A |
| 22 | Greenwood Elementary Brookeville | 90% | 90% | 22 | A |
| 23 | Germantown Elementary Germantown | 90% | 90% | 24 | A |
| 24 | Bradley Hills Elementary Bethesda | 85% | 95% | 48 | A+ |
| 25 | Pointers Run Elementary Clarksville | 87% | 92% | 158 | A+ |
Middle schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takoma Park Middle Silver Spring | 98% | 98% | 186 | A |
| 2 | Herbert Hoover Middle Potomac | 95% | 91% | 373 | A+ |
| 3 | Clarksville Middle Clarksville | 92% | 92% | 272 | B+ |
| 4 | Boonsboro Middle Boonsboro | 90% | 90% | 20 | A |
| 5 | Fallston Middle School Fallston | 90% | 90% | 26 | C+ |
| 6 | Frederick Classical Charter Frederick | 90% | 90% | 21 | A+ |
| 7 | Severn River Middle Arnold | 90% | 90% | 21 | A |
| 8 | Glenwood Middle Glenwood | 95% | 85% | 39 | A+ |
| 9 | Urbana Middle Ijamsville | 92% | 87% | 211 | A+ |
| 10 | Folly Quarter Middle Ellicott City | 87% | 92% | 179 | B+ |
| 11 | Robert Frost Middle School Rockville | 91% | 87% | 404 | B+ |
| 12 | Cabin John Middle Potomac | 87% | 89% | 339 | B |
| 13 | Thomas W. Pyle Middle Bethesda | 87% | 87% | 212 | A+ |
| 14 | Mount View Middle Marriottsville | 85% | 88% | 303 | A |
| 15 | Roberto W. Clemente Middle Germantown | 87% | 84% | 309 | C+ |
| 16 | Burleigh Manor Middle Ellicott City | 86% | 85% | 386 | A+ |
| 17 | John Poole Middle Poolesville | 95% | 75% | 38 | A+ |
| 18 | Ridgely Middle Lutherville | 82% | 87% | 195 | A |
| 19 | Sykesville Middle Sykesville | 85% | 85% | 41 | A |
| 20 | Theodore G. Davis Middle School Waldorf | 85% | 85% | 32 | B+ |
| 21 | Oakdale Middle Ijamsville | 85% | 85% | 52 | A |
| 22 | Lime Kiln Middle Fulton | 87% | 82% | 169 | B+ |
| 23 | North Bethesda Middle Bethesda | 87% | 82% | 130 | B |
| 24 | Kingsview Middle Germantown | 87% | 77% | 238 | B+ |
| 25 | Bel Air Middle Bel Air | 82% | 82% | 97 | B+ |
High schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poolesville High Poolesville | 98% | 98% | 94 | A+ |
| 2 | Marriotts Ridge High Marriottsville | 98% | 98% | 94 | A+ |
| 3 | Eastern Technical High School Baltimore | 95% | 95% | 49 | A+ |
| 4 | Thomas S. Wootton High Rockville | 92% | 98% | 189 | A+ |
| 5 | River Hill High Clarksville | 92% | 98% | 88 | A+ |
| 6 | Walt Whitman High Bethesda | 87% | 95% | 66 | A+ |
| 7 | South River High Edgewater | 90% | 90% | 24 | A+ |
| 8 | Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore | 90% | 90% | 23 | A+ |
| 9 | Tuscarora High Frederick | 90% | 90% | 30 | A |
| 10 | Bel Air High Bel Air | 90% | 90% | 21 | A |
| 11 | Glenelg High Glenelg | 90% | 90% | 22 | A+ |
| 12 | Damascus High Damascus | 90% | 90% | 25 | A |
| 13 | Leonardtown High Leonardtown | 90% | 90% | 20 | A+ |
| 14 | Walter Johnson High Bethesda | 85% | 95% | 46 | A+ |
| 15 | Urbana High Ijamsville | 85% | 95% | 48 | A+ |
| 16 | Richard Montgomery High Rockville | 87% | 92% | 159 | A+ |
| 17 | Winston Churchill High Potomac | 87% | 92% | 136 | A+ |
| 18 | Northwest High Germantown | 92% | 87% | 121 | A |
| 19 | Eleanor Roosevelt High Greenbelt | 87% | 87% | 75 | A |
| 20 | Mount Hebron High Ellicott City | 82% | 92% | 124 | A+ |
| 21 | Centennial High Ellicott City | 87% | 87% | 130 | A+ |
| 22 | Reservoir High Fulton | 75% | 95% | 47 | A |
| 23 | Western School of Technology Baltimore | 85% | 85% | 38 | A+ |
| 24 | Dulaney High Timonium | 85% | 85% | 54 | A+ |
| 25 | Atholton High Columbia | 82% | 87% | 66 | A+ |
Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology