Best Schools for White Students in Maryland (2026)
These are the Maryland public schools where white 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 white 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 | Oak View Elementary Silver Spring | 95% | 95% | 60 | A |
| 2 | Fox Chapel Elementary Germantown | 95% | 95% | 31 | A+ |
| 3 | Shipley's Choice Elementary Millersville | 92% | 92% | 164 | A |
| 4 | Bannockburn Elementary Bethesda | 92% | 92% | 144 | A |
| 5 | Glenarden Woods Elementary Lanham | 95% | 85% | 32 | A+ |
| 6 | East Silver Spring Elementary Silver Spring | 95% | 85% | 31 | B+ |
| 7 | Chevy Chase Elementary Chevy Chase | 92% | 87% | 239 | A+ |
| 8 | Carroll Manor Elementary Baldwin | 87% | 87% | 152 | A |
| 9 | Pot Spring Elementary Timonium | 87% | 87% | 65 | C+ |
| 10 | Jacksonville Elementary Phoenix | 87% | 87% | 220 | A+ |
| 11 | Burning Tree Elementary Bethesda | 92% | 82% | 134 | B |
| 12 | Pine Crest Elementary Silver Spring | 82% | 92% | 107 | A |
| 13 | West Annapolis Elementary Annapolis | 87% | 87% | 65 | A+ |
| 14 | Fort Garrison Elementary Baltimore | 82% | 87% | 90 | A+ |
| 15 | Benfield Elementary Severna Park | 92% | 77% | 200 | A+ |
| 16 | Woodlin Elementary Bethesda | 87% | 82% | 97 | C |
| 17 | Stonegate Elementary Silver Spring | 85% | 85% | 55 | C+ |
| 18 | Wayside Elementary Potomac | 82% | 87% | 105 | A |
| 19 | North Salisbury Elementary Salisbury | 82% | 87% | 158 | C+ |
| 20 | Jones Lane Elementary Gaithersburg | 82% | 87% | 110 | C+ |
| 21 | Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary Silver Spring | 85% | 85% | 40 | A+ |
| 22 | Folger Mckinsey Elementary Severna Park | 82% | 82% | 267 | A+ |
| 23 | Riderwood Elementary Towson | 82% | 82% | 167 | A+ |
| 24 | Clarksville Elementary Clarksville | 82% | 82% | 69 | A+ |
| 25 | Centerville Elementary Frederick | 82% | 82% | 255 | A |
Middle schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federal Hill Preparatory Academy Baltimore | 90% | 90% | 25 | B |
| 2 | Tunbridge Public Charter School Baltimore | 85% | 95% | 45 | A |
| 3 | Dora Kennedy French Immersion Greenbelt | 95% | 85% | 45 | A+ |
| 4 | Takoma Park Middle Silver Spring | 88% | 88% | 312 | A |
| 5 | Eastern Middle Silver Spring | 92% | 82% | 197 | C |
| 6 | Mount Royal Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 85% | 85% | 34 | C+ |
| 7 | Thomas W. Pyle Middle Bethesda | 82% | 82% | 983 | A+ |
| 8 | Silver Creek Middle Kensington | 86% | 77% | 417 | B+ |
| 9 | Clarksville Middle Clarksville | 82% | 79% | 304 | B+ |
| 10 | Robert Goddard Montessori Seabrook | 90% | 70% | 25 | A+ |
| 11 | Robert Frost Middle School Rockville | 84% | 75% | 421 | B+ |
| 12 | Patterson Park Public Charter School Baltimore | 85% | 75% | 55 | B |
| 13 | The Mount Washington School Baltimore | 82% | 77% | 83 | D |
| 14 | Westland Middle Bethesda | 82% | 76% | 488 | B |
| 15 | Herbert Hoover Middle Potomac | 83% | 74% | 445 | A+ |
| 16 | Severna Park Middle Severna Park | 78% | 75% | 1191 | A+ |
| 17 | North Bethesda Middle Bethesda | 82% | 71% | 672 | B |
| 18 | Cabin John Middle Potomac | 79% | 73% | 419 | B |
| 19 | Roland Park Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 75% | 75% | 452 | B+ |
| 20 | Sligo Middle Silver Spring | 82% | 67% | 180 | C+ |
| 21 | Burleigh Manor Middle Ellicott City | 72% | 77% | 237 | A+ |
| 22 | Mount View Middle Marriottsville | 75% | 73% | 412 | A |
| 23 | Glenwood Middle Glenwood | 82% | 65% | 359 | A+ |
| 24 | Stephen Decatur Middle Berlin | 81% | 64% | 477 | A+ |
| 25 | Julius West Middle Rockville | 77% | 68% | 436 | B+ |
High schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore | 95% | 95% | 59 | A+ |
| 2 | Montgomery Blair High Silver Spring | 92% | 92% | 156 | B+ |
| 3 | Bethesda-Chevy Chase High Bethesda | 92% | 92% | 265 | A+ |
| 4 | Walt Whitman High Bethesda | 94% | 87% | 339 | A+ |
| 5 | Springbrook High Silver Spring | 90% | 90% | 28 | C+ |
| 6 | George W. Carver Center for Arts & Technology Towson | 98% | 82% | 91 | A+ |
| 7 | Baltimore City College Baltimore | 95% | 85% | 35 | A |
| 8 | River Hill High Clarksville | 87% | 92% | 132 | A+ |
| 9 | Marriotts Ridge High Marriottsville | 92% | 87% | 178 | A+ |
| 10 | Eleanor Roosevelt High Greenbelt | 92% | 87% | 70 | A |
| 11 | Urbana High Ijamsville | 87% | 87% | 275 | A+ |
| 12 | Richard Montgomery High Rockville | 87% | 87% | 152 | A+ |
| 13 | Thomas S. Wootton High Rockville | 92% | 82% | 246 | A+ |
| 14 | Walter Johnson High Bethesda | 92% | 82% | 312 | A+ |
| 15 | Winston Churchill High Potomac | 87% | 87% | 280 | A+ |
| 16 | Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Hagerstown | 95% | 75% | 50 | A+ |
| 17 | Paint Branch High Burtonsville | 95% | 75% | 43 | B+ |
| 18 | Baltimore School for the Arts Baltimore | 85% | 85% | 35 | A+ |
| 19 | Eastern Technical High School Baltimore | 87% | 82% | 165 | A+ |
| 20 | Towson High Towson | 87% | 82% | 239 | A+ |
| 21 | Oakdale High Ijamsville | 87% | 82% | 246 | A+ |
| 22 | Glenelg High Glenelg | 87% | 82% | 218 | A+ |
| 23 | Wheaton High Silver Spring | 85% | 85% | 39 | B |
| 24 | Severna Park High Severna Park | 84% | 81% | 344 | A+ |
| 25 | Dulaney High Timonium | 87% | 77% | 239 | 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