Best High Schools in Baltimore, MD (2025-26)
Every ranked high school in Baltimore, MD, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
Baltimore, MD rankings: High Schools · Elementary Schools
Baltimore, MD high schools ranked
How Baltimore, MD's high schools compare
A: 2B: 3C: 6D: 18F: 7
14% of the 36 ranked high schools in Baltimore, MD earn an A or B (2 A grades, 3 B, 6 C, 18 D, 7 F), against 50% of high schools nationwide. 34 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (94% here, 74% nationally), and 29 exceed it. On average 26% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 24% (national averages: 44% actual, 41% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Patapsco High And Center For Arts (35% against 20%, C+), City Neighbors High (28% against 14%, D+), Paul Laurence Dunbar High (31% against 21%, C-).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 10): Baltimore City Public Schools (5), Baltimore County Public Schools (5).
The largest ranked high schools: Parkville High (2,200 students, D+, #14), Dundalk High (2,193 students, D-, #26), Perry Hall High (2,029 students, C-, #10).
Of the top 25, 8 are magnet schools and 3 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
High schools in Baltimore, MD that are not ranked
20 graded high schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Special-purpose schools (11)
Alternative, special-education and vocational schools serve a different mission and a different student body, so they are graded but not ranked against regular schools.
- F Achievement Academy At Harbor City High, Baltimore
- F Carver Vocational Technical High, Baltimore
- F Catonsville Center For Alternative Studies, Baltimore
- D- Digital Harbor High School, Baltimore
- A+ Eastern Technical High School, Baltimore
- D- Edmondson Westside High, Baltimore
- F Excel Academy At Francis M Wood High, Baltimore
- D- Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High, Baltimore
- F Rosedale Center, Baltimore
- F Vivien T Thomas Medical Arts Academy, Baltimore
- A Western School Of Technology, Baltimore
Not yet graded (9)
Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.
- Battle Monument School, Baltimore
- Bluford Drew Jemison Stem Academy West, Baltimore
- Claremont School, Baltimore
- Eager Street Academy, Baltimore
- Joseph C Briscoe Academy, Baltimore
- Maiden Choice School, Baltimore
- New Era Academy, Baltimore
- Ridgeruxton School, Baltimore
- William S Baer School, Baltimore
About this ranking
- Scope: public high schools in Baltimore, MD, as grouped on its schools page; the Maryland ranking covers the whole state.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about high schools in Baltimore, MD
What is the best high school in Baltimore, MD?
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in Baltimore ranks first among the 36 ranked high schools in Baltimore, MD with a SchoolGrade of A+, 67% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 63%.
How are high schools in Baltimore, MD ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many high schools does Baltimore, MD have?
SchoolGrade grades 56 public high schools in Baltimore, MD; 36 are ranked here and 20 are listed as not ranked.