Best Schools for Black Students in Maryland (2026)
These are the Maryland public schools where black 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 black 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 | Glenarden Woods Elementary Lanham | 87% | 82% | 246 | A+ |
| 2 | Mount Harmony Elementary Owings | 90% | 70% | 29 | A+ |
| 3 | Triadelphia Ridge Elementary Ellicott City | 70% | 70% | 29 | A+ |
| 4 | Heather Hills Elementary Bowie | 67% | 72% | 184 | A+ |
| 5 | Urbana Elementary Frederick | 75% | 65% | 38 | A+ |
| 6 | Clarksville Elementary Clarksville | 70% | 70% | 20 | A+ |
| 7 | Luxmanor Elementary Rockville | 75% | 55% | 36 | B |
| 8 | Hillcrest Elementary Baltimore | 65% | 55% | 40 | B+ |
| 9 | Chapel Hill Elementary Perry Hall | 65% | 55% | 52 | A+ |
| 10 | Pinewood Elementary Timonium | 50% | 70% | 20 | A+ |
| 11 | Centerville Elementary Frederick | 75% | 45% | 43 | A |
| 12 | Worthington Elementary Ellicott City | 50% | 70% | 21 | A |
| 13 | Clemens Crossing Elementary Columbia | 65% | 55% | 38 | A |
| 14 | Waverly Elementary Ellicott City | 65% | 55% | 34 | A+ |
| 15 | Forest Knolls Elementary Silver Spring | 55% | 65% | 59 | C+ |
| 16 | Greenwood Elementary Brookeville | 70% | 50% | 27 | A |
| 17 | Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary Rockville | 65% | 55% | 43 | A+ |
| 18 | Pointers Run Elementary Clarksville | 65% | 55% | 48 | A+ |
| 19 | Viers Mill Elementary Silver Spring | 70% | 50% | 21 | C |
| 20 | Jones Lane Elementary Gaithersburg | 70% | 50% | 24 | C+ |
| 21 | Rockburn Elementary Elkridge | 55% | 55% | 46 | A+ |
| 22 | Dayton Oaks Elementary Dayton | 65% | 45% | 36 | A+ |
| 23 | Rock Creek Forest Elementary Chevy Chase | 55% | 55% | 50 | B+ |
| 24 | Westover Elementary Silver Spring | 65% | 45% | 57 | B |
| 25 | Diamond Elementary Gaithersburg | 55% | 55% | 32 | B+ |
Middle schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clarksville Middle Clarksville | 85% | 65% | 39 | B+ |
| 2 | Thomas W. Pyle Middle Bethesda | 75% | 65% | 42 | A+ |
| 3 | Folly Quarter Middle Ellicott City | 65% | 75% | 40 | B+ |
| 4 | Urbana Middle Ijamsville | 77% | 52% | 75 | A+ |
| 5 | Oklahoma Road Middle Sykesville | 75% | 45% | 37 | A+ |
| 6 | Middletown Middle Middletown | 70% | 50% | 20 | C+ |
| 7 | Mount View Middle Marriottsville | 65% | 55% | 42 | A |
| 8 | Glenwood Middle Glenwood | 70% | 50% | 30 | A+ |
| 9 | Boonsboro Middle Boonsboro | 70% | 50% | 24 | A |
| 10 | Dora Kennedy French Immersion Greenbelt | 64% | 53% | 302 | A+ |
| 11 | Patterson Mill Middle School Bel Air | 57% | 57% | 65 | B+ |
| 12 | Central Middle Edgewater | 65% | 45% | 53 | B+ |
| 13 | Windsor Knolls Middle Ijamsville | 65% | 45% | 34 | A |
| 14 | Oakdale Middle Ijamsville | 65% | 45% | 35 | A |
| 15 | Lime Kiln Middle Fulton | 57% | 52% | 79 | B+ |
| 16 | Cabin John Middle Potomac | 62% | 47% | 120 | B |
| 17 | Severna Park Middle Severna Park | 55% | 55% | 45 | A+ |
| 18 | Herbert Hoover Middle Potomac | 62% | 42% | 81 | A+ |
| 19 | Northern Middle Owings | 62% | 42% | 66 | A |
| 20 | Shiloh Middle Hampstead | 70% | 30% | 29 | B |
| 21 | Robert Frost Middle School Rockville | 62% | 37% | 105 | B+ |
| 22 | Westland Middle Bethesda | 55% | 45% | 46 | B |
| 23 | Windy Hill Middle Owings | 57% | 37% | 85 | A+ |
| 24 | Robert Goddard Montessori Seabrook | 52% | 37% | 160 | A+ |
| 25 | Smithsburg Middle Smithsburg | 55% | 35% | 49 | A+ |
High schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC Largo | 98% | 82% | 82 | A+ |
| 2 | Eastern Technical High School Baltimore | 92% | 77% | 75 | A+ |
| 3 | Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore | 87% | 77% | 243 | A+ |
| 4 | Western School of Technology Baltimore | 87% | 72% | 161 | A+ |
| 5 | Urbana High Ijamsville | — | 70% | 18 | A+ |
| 6 | Harford Technical High Bel Air | 85% | 55% | 46 | A+ |
| 7 | Centennial High Ellicott City | 70% | 70% | 25 | A+ |
| 8 | Thomas S. Wootton High Rockville | 70% | 70% | 29 | A+ |
| 9 | Walter Johnson High Bethesda | 75% | 65% | 59 | A+ |
| 10 | Winston Churchill High Potomac | 75% | 65% | 51 | A+ |
| 11 | Damascus High Damascus | 70% | 70% | 27 | A |
| 12 | Northern High Owings | 75% | 55% | 36 | A+ |
| 13 | Richard Montgomery High Rockville | 67% | 57% | 82 | A+ |
| 14 | Marriotts Ridge High Marriottsville | 70% | 55% | 26 | A+ |
| 15 | Baltimore City College Baltimore | 77% | 47% | 220 | A |
| 16 | C. Milton Wright High Bel Air | 70% | 50% | 28 | A+ |
| 17 | Oakdale High Ijamsville | 70% | 50% | 25 | A+ |
| 18 | Atholton High Columbia | 62% | 57% | 85 | A+ |
| 19 | Queen Anne's County High School Centreville | 70% | 50% | 21 | A |
| 20 | Eleanor Roosevelt High Greenbelt | 65% | 51% | 333 | A |
| 21 | Chesapeake Science Point Hanover | 67% | 47% | 120 | A+ |
| 22 | Reservoir High Fulton | 57% | 57% | 113 | A |
| 23 | George W. Carver Center for Arts & Technology Towson | 77% | 37% | 76 | A+ |
| 24 | Baltimore School for the Arts Baltimore | 65% | 45% | 39 | A+ |
| 25 | North Point High School Waldorf | 67% | 42% | 221 | 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