Best Schools for Hispanic Students in Maryland (2026)
These are the Maryland public schools where hispanic 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 hispanic 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 | Heather Hills Elementary Bowie | 90% | 90% | 20 | A+ |
| 2 | Glenarden Woods Elementary Lanham | 95% | 85% | 53 | A+ |
| 3 | Bannockburn Elementary Bethesda | 90% | 70% | 24 | A |
| 4 | Urbana Elementary Frederick | 75% | 75% | 40 | A+ |
| 5 | Centerville Elementary Frederick | 85% | 65% | 59 | A |
| 6 | Belvedere Elementary Arnold | 70% | 70% | 29 | A+ |
| 7 | South Shore Elementary Crownsville | 70% | 70% | 20 | A+ |
| 8 | Emmorton Elementary Bel Air | 70% | 70% | 22 | A |
| 9 | Beverly Farms Elementary Potomac | 75% | 65% | 35 | A+ |
| 10 | Seven Locks Elementary Bethesda | 70% | 70% | 29 | A+ |
| 11 | Fountaindale Elementary Hagerstown | 70% | 70% | 22 | A |
| 12 | Wood Acres Elementary Bethesda | 75% | 65% | 43 | B+ |
| 13 | Crofton Elementary Crofton | 85% | 55% | 32 | B+ |
| 14 | Ocean City Elementary Ocean City | 65% | 65% | 35 | A+ |
| 15 | Crofton Meadows Elementary Crofton | 75% | 55% | 31 | B |
| 16 | Four Seasons Elementary Gambrills | 70% | 50% | 28 | B+ |
| 17 | Windy Hill Elementary Owings | 70% | 50% | 22 | A+ |
| 18 | Middletown Elementary Middletown | 65% | 55% | 38 | A+ |
| 19 | New Market Elementary New Market | 70% | 50% | 25 | A+ |
| 20 | Bellows Spring Elementary Ellicott City | 65% | 55% | 39 | A |
| 21 | Bells Mill Elementary Potomac | 70% | 50% | 26 | A |
| 22 | Burning Tree Elementary Bethesda | 70% | 50% | 25 | B |
| 23 | Diamond Elementary Gaithersburg | 65% | 55% | 46 | B+ |
| 24 | Piney Orchard Elementary Odenton | 75% | 45% | 33 | B |
| 25 | Whitehall Elementary Bowie | 65% | 55% | 38 | B |
Middle schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clarksville Middle Clarksville | 90% | 70% | 25 | B+ |
| 2 | Thomas W. Pyle Middle Bethesda | 77% | 72% | 155 | A+ |
| 3 | Severna Park Middle Severna Park | 72% | 72% | 82 | A+ |
| 4 | Folly Quarter Middle Ellicott City | 70% | 70% | 30 | B+ |
| 5 | Glenwood Middle Glenwood | 65% | 65% | 38 | A+ |
| 6 | Hammond Middle Laurel | 75% | 55% | 46 | A |
| 7 | Roland Park Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 65% | 65% | 51 | B+ |
| 8 | Northern Middle Owings | 70% | 50% | 27 | A |
| 9 | Thomas Johnson Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 70% | 50% | 22 | A |
| 10 | Plum Point Middle Huntingtown | 65% | 55% | 37 | B |
| 11 | Oklahoma Road Middle Sykesville | 70% | 50% | 28 | A+ |
| 12 | Urbana Middle Ijamsville | 67% | 52% | 116 | A+ |
| 13 | North Harford Middle Pylesville | 70% | 50% | 20 | C |
| 14 | Herbert Hoover Middle Potomac | 72% | 47% | 79 | A+ |
| 15 | Cabin John Middle Potomac | 67% | 52% | 79 | B |
| 16 | Dora Kennedy French Immersion Greenbelt | 70% | 50% | 21 | A+ |
| 17 | Windsor Knolls Middle Ijamsville | 67% | 47% | 80 | A |
| 18 | Crofton Middle Gambrills | 62% | 52% | 122 | A |
| 19 | Magothy River Middle Arnold | 62% | 47% | 62 | A+ |
| 20 | Hereford Middle Monkton | 55% | 55% | 49 | A |
| 21 | Middletown Middle Middletown | 65% | 45% | 57 | C+ |
| 22 | Oakdale Middle Ijamsville | 67% | 42% | 65 | A |
| 23 | Robert Frost Middle School Rockville | 62% | 47% | 91 | B+ |
| 24 | Bel Air Middle Bel Air | 57% | 47% | 96 | B+ |
| 25 | Mount View Middle Marriottsville | 55% | 45% | 33 | A |
High schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walt Whitman High Bethesda | 95% | 90% | 38 | A+ |
| 2 | Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore | 85% | 95% | 34 | A+ |
| 3 | Chesapeake Science Point Hanover | 90% | 70% | 27 | A+ |
| 4 | Urbana High Ijamsville | 75% | 85% | 43 | A+ |
| 5 | Walter Johnson High Bethesda | 82% | 67% | 83 | A+ |
| 6 | Winston Churchill High Potomac | 75% | 70% | 38 | A+ |
| 7 | Oakdale High Ijamsville | 90% | 50% | 20 | A+ |
| 8 | Patuxent High Lusby | 90% | 50% | 23 | A |
| 9 | Stephen Decatur High Berlin | 70% | 70% | 24 | A+ |
| 10 | Poolesville High Poolesville | 70% | 70% | 29 | A+ |
| 11 | Severna Park High Severna Park | 70% | 70% | 24 | A+ |
| 12 | Howard High Ellicott City | 70% | 70% | 22 | A+ |
| 13 | Centennial High Ellicott City | 70% | 70% | 24 | A+ |
| 14 | Thomas S. Wootton High Rockville | 70% | 70% | 29 | A+ |
| 15 | Atholton High Columbia | 50% | 70% | 24 | A+ |
| 16 | North Point High School Waldorf | 70% | 50% | 23 | A |
| 17 | Arundel High Gambrills | 65% | 55% | 42 | A |
| 18 | Bethesda-Chevy Chase High Bethesda | 67% | 52% | 74 | A+ |
| 19 | Dulaney High Timonium | 65% | 45% | 38 | A+ |
| 20 | South River High Edgewater | 55% | 55% | 34 | A+ |
| 21 | Damascus High Damascus | 55% | 55% | 46 | A |
| 22 | Eleanor Roosevelt High Greenbelt | 62% | 47% | 90 | A |
| 23 | Richard Montgomery High Rockville | 52% | 52% | 121 | A+ |
| 24 | Aberdeen High Aberdeen | 70% | 35% | 30 | B+ |
| 25 | Wicomico High Salisbury | 70% | 30% | 22 | C+ |
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