Best Schools in Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD has 886 public schools (121 high, 101 middle, 553 elementary) serving 461,219 students. On average they score 35% on state proficiency tests against a projected 34%, so schools in Baltimore meet expectations. Rankings below compare each school’s actual results with the projection for its socioeconomic context.
Best High Schools in Baltimore, MD
The top high schools in Baltimore, ranked by actual test performance against the projection for each school’s socioeconomic context.
1. River Hill High
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Howard County Public Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 1424 Students
2. Marriotts Ridge High
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Howard County Public Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 1716 Students
3. Eastern Technical High School
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Baltimore County Public Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 1262 Students
4. Glenelg High
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Howard County Public Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 1339 Students
5. Liberty High
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Carroll County Public Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 991 Students
6. Severna Park High
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Anne Arundel County Public Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 1873 Students
7. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
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Baltimore City Public Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 1555 Students
8. Centennial High
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Howard County Public Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 1392 Students
9. Crofton High School
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Anne Arundel County Public Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 1805 Students
10. George W. Carver Center For Arts & Technology
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Baltimore County Public Schools • Public • Grades 9 - 12 • 984 Students
Best Middle Schools in Baltimore, MD
The top middle schools in Baltimore, ranked by actual test performance against the projection for each school’s socioeconomic context.
1. Clarksville Middle
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Howard County Public Schools • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 649 Students
2. Severna Park Middle
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Anne Arundel County Public Schools • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 1399 Students
3. Mount View Middle
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Howard County Public Schools • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 894 Students
4. Folly Quarter Middle
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Howard County Public Schools • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 683 Students
5. Burleigh Manor Middle School
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Howard County Public Schools • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 806 Students
6. Lime Kiln Middle
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Howard County Public Schools • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 643 Students
7. Glenwood Middle
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Howard County Public Schools • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 493 Students
8. Ellicott Mills Middle
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Howard County Public Schools • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 670 Students
9. Ridgely Middle
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Baltimore County Public Schools • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 1061 Students
10. Severn River Middle
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Anne Arundel County Public Schools • Public • Grades 6 - 8 • 734 Students
Best Elementary Schools in Baltimore, MD
The top elementary schools in Baltimore, ranked by actual test performance against the projection for each school’s socioeconomic context.
1. Riderwood Elementary
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Baltimore County Public Schools • Public • Grades KG - 5 • 395 Students
2. Pinewood Elementary
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Baltimore County Public Schools • Public • Grades Pre K - 5 • 555 Students
3. Rodgers Forge Elementary
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Baltimore County Public Schools • Public • Grades KG - 5 • 396 Students
4. Benfield Elementary
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Anne Arundel County Public Schools • Public • Grades Pre K - 5 • 455 Students
5. Timonium Elementary
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Baltimore County Public Schools • Public • Grades KG - 5 • 452 Students
6. West Towson Elementary
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Baltimore County Public Schools • Public • Grades Pre K - 5 • 382 Students
7. Severna Park Elementary
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Anne Arundel County Public Schools • Public • Grades Pre K - 5 • 379 Students
8. West Friendship Elementary
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Howard County Public Schools • Public • Grades KG - 5 • 366 Students
9. Worthington Elementary
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Howard County Public Schools • Public • Grades Pre K - 5 • 436 Students
10. Folger Mckinsey Elementary
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Anne Arundel County Public Schools • Public • Grades KG - 5 • 636 Students
Education & Community Snapshot in Baltimore, MD
City-level factors that shape the learning environment around local schools.
Community Factors
Baltimore, MD has a total population of 2,844,510 with 26% of that population attending schools. The adult high school graduation rate is 92%, and 43% of adults have a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Students in Baltimore, MD
K-12 Students
High School Graduates
Adults 25+ with HS diplomas
College Graduates
Adults 25+ with a Bachelor’s degree or higher
Demographics statistics provided by Best Neighborhood Baltimore, MD.
Safety
Crime Grades summarize reported incidents per 1,000 residents. Use them as neighborhood context, not a school rating.
Overall Crime Grade
25.26 per 1,000 Residents
Violent Crime Grade
5.02 per 1,000 Residents
Property Crime Grade
20.24 per 1,000 Residents
Crime statistics provided by CrimeGrade in Baltimore, MD.
Connectivity
Connectivity influences learning at home. We summarize internet infrastructure, typical download speed, and a digital connectivity index for Baltimore, MD.
ISP Report Card
Internet Infrastructure Grade
Average Download Speed
Speed Most Residents Can Get
Digital Connectivity Index
ISP Connectivity Demand Report
To read more about these statistics, please visit Baltimore, MD Internet Health Assessment.
Questions About Schools in Baltimore, MD
How many schools are in Baltimore, MD?
Baltimore, MD has 886 public schools: 121 high schools, 101 middle schools and 553 elementary schools, serving 461,219 students in total.
How do schools in Baltimore perform on state tests?
On average, 886 schools in Baltimore score 35% proficient on state assessments. Given the socioeconomic context of their students we project 34%, so on average schools in Baltimore meet expectations.
How does SchoolGrade rank the best schools in Baltimore?
Every public school gets a SchoolGrade from A+ to F based on the share of students at or above the state proficiency bar. The Impact Grade compares that result with what we would expect given the school’s student and community context, so schools that outperform their circumstances stand out. Schools cannot pay to change a grade. Read the full methodology.
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- Actual: 18%
- Projected: 16%
- Impact Grade: Meets Expectations
- Actual: 20%
- Projected: 17%
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- Actual: 16%
- Projected: 19%
- Impact Grade: Doesn't Meet Expectations
- Actual: 15%
- Projected: 18%
- Impact Grade: Doesn't Meet Expectations
- Actual: 41%
- Projected: 38%
- Impact Grade: Exceeds Expectations
- Actual: 23%
- Projected: 23%
- Impact Grade: Meets Expectations
- Actual: 30%
- Projected: 30%
- Impact Grade: Meets Expectations
- Actual: 22%
- Projected: 22%
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- Actual: 28%
- Projected: 27%
- Impact Grade: Meets Expectations
- Actual: 24%
- Projected: 25%
- Impact Grade: Meets Expectations
Every school in Baltimore
256 of 273 schools in Baltimore carry a SchoolGrade (17 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 13B: 27C: 46D: 104F: 66
All 273 public schools we grade in Baltimore. The ranked lists above show the top ten per level; every school has its own page.
All schools, A to Z (273)
- Abbottston Elementary
- Academy For College And Career Exploration
- Achievement Academy At Harbor City High
- Arbutus Elementary
- Arbutus Middle
- Arlington Elementary
- Armistead Gardens Elementarymiddle
- Arundel Elementary
- Augusta Fells Savage Institute Of Visual Arts
- Baltimore City College
- Baltimore Collegiate School For Boys
- Baltimore Design School
- Baltimore Highlands Elementary
- Baltimore International Academy
- Baltimore International Academy West
- Baltimore Leadership School For Young Women
- Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School
- Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
- Baltimore School For The Arts
- Barclay Elementarymiddle
- Bard High School Early College
- Battle Grove Elementary
- Battle Monument School
- Bay Brook Elementarymiddle
- Bear Creek Elementary
- Bedford Elementary
- Beechfield Elementarymiddle
- Belle Grove Elementary
- Belmont Elementary
- Benjamin Franklin High School At Masonville Cove
- Berkshire Elementary
- Billie Holiday Elementary
- Bluford Drew Jemison Stem Academy West
- Booker T Washington Middle
- Brooklyn Park Elementary
- Brooklyn Park Middle
- Callaway Elementary
- Calvin M Rodwell Elementarymiddle
- Campfield Early Childhood Center
- Carney Elementary
- Carver Vocational Technical High
- Catonsville Center For Alternative Studies
- Catonsville High
- Cecil Elementary
- Chadwick Elementary
- Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary
- Charlesmont Elementary
- Chase Elementary
- Chesapeake High
- Chesapeake Terrace Elementary
- City Neighbors Charter School
- City Neighbors Hamilton
- City Neighbors High
- City Springs Elementarymiddle
- Claremont School
- Clay Hill Public Charter School
- Colgate Elementary
- Collington Square Elementarymiddle
- Commodore John Rodgers Elementarymiddle
- Connexions A Community Based Arts School
- Coppin Academy
- Creative City Public Charter School
- Cromwell Valley Elementary Regional Magnet
- Cross Country Elementarymiddle
- Crossroads Center
- Curtis Bay Elementary
- Dallas F Nicholas SR Elementary
- Deep Creek Elementary
- Deep Creek Middle
- Dickey Hill Elementarymiddle
- Digital Harbor High School
- Dogwood Elementary
- Dorothy I Height Elementary
- Dr Bernard Harris SR Elementary
- Dr Nathan A Pitts Ashburton Elementarymiddle
- Dumbarton Middle
- Dundalk Elementary
- Dundalk High
- Dundalk Middle
- Eager Street Academy
- Eastern Technical High School
- Edgemere Elementary
- Edgewood Elementary
- Edmondson Heights Elementary
- Edmondson Westside High
- Elmer A Henderson A Johns Hopkins Partnership
- Elmwood Elementary
- Empowerment Academy
- Essex Elementary
- Eutaw Marshburn Elementary
- Excel Academy At Francis M Wood High
- Fallstaff Elementarymiddle
- Featherbed Lane Elementary
- Federal Hill Preparatory Academy
- Forest Park High
- Fort Garrison Elementary
- Fort Worthington Elementarymiddle
- Francis Scott Key Elementarymiddle
- Franklin Square Elementarymiddle
- Frederick Douglass High
- Frederick Elementary
- Fullerton Elementary
- Furley Elementary
- Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy
- Gardenville Elementary
- Garrett Heights Elementarymiddle
- General John Stricker Middle
- George Washington Elementary
- Glenmar Elementary
- Glenmount Elementarymiddle
- Golden Ring Middle
- Govans Elementary
- Graceland Parkodonnell Heights Elementarymiddle
- Grange Elementary
- Green Street Academy
- Gunpowder Elementary
- Gwynns Falls Elementary
- Halstead Academy
- Hamilton Elementarymiddle
- Hampden Elementarymiddle
- Hampstead Hill Academy
- Harford Heights Elementary
- Harford Hills Elementary
- Harlem Park Elementarymiddle
- Hawthorne Elementary
- Hazelwood Elementarymiddle
- Hebbville Elementary
- Highlandtown Elementarymiddle 215
- Highlandtown Elementarymiddle 237
- Hillcrest Elementary
- Hilton Elementary
- Holabird Academy
- Holabird Middle
- James Mchenry Elementarymiddle
- John Ruhrah Elementarymiddle
- Johnnycake Elementary
- Johnston Square Elementary
- Joppa View Elementary
- Joseph C Briscoe Academy
- Katherine Johnson Global Academy
- Kenwood High
- Kipp Harmony Academy
- Lakeland Elementarymiddle
- Lakewood Elementary
- Lansdowne Elementary
- Lansdowne High
- Lansdowne Middle
- Leith Walk Elementarymiddle
- Liberty Elementary
- Lillie May Carroll Jackson School
- Loch Raven High
- Loch Raven Technical Academy
- Logan Elementary
- Lois T Murray Elementarymiddle
- Maiden Choice School
- Maree Garnett Farring Elementarymiddle
- Margaret Brent Elementarymiddle
- Mars Estates Elementary
- Martin Boulevard Elementary
- Mary Ann Winterling Elementary At Bentalou
- Mary E Rodman Elementary
- Matthew A Henson Elementary
- Mccormick Elementary
- Meadowood Education Center
- Medfield Heights Elementary
- Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High
- Middle River Middle
- Middleborough Elementary
- Middlesex Elementary
- Midtown Academy
- Milbrook Elementary
- Milford Mill Academy
- Montebello Elementarymiddle
- Moravia Park Elementary
- Morrell Park Elementarymiddle
- Mount Royal Elementarymiddle
- National Academy Foundation
- New Era Academy
- New Song Academy
- North Bend Elementarymiddle
- Northwest Academy Of Health Sciences
- Northwood Elementary
- Norwood Elementary
- Oakleigh Elementary
- Oliver Beach Elementary
- Orems Elementary
- Overlea High
- Park Elementary
- Park Heights Academy
- Parkville High
- Parkville Middle
- Patapsco High And Center For Arts
- Patterson High
- Patterson Park Public Charter School
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High
- Perry Hall Elementary
- Perry Hall High
- Perry Hall Middle
- Pikesville High
- Pikesville Middle
- Pimlico Elementarymiddle
- Pine Grove Elementary
- Pine Grove Middle
- Powhatan Elementary
- Reginald F Lewis High
- Relay Elementary
- Renaissance Academy
- Ridgeruxton School
- Riverview Elementary
- Robert W Coleman Elementary
- Rodgers Forge Elementary
- Roland Park Elementarymiddle
- Rosedale Center
- Rosemont Elementarymiddle
- Rossville Elementary
- Sandalwood Elementary
- Sandtown Winchester Achievement Academy
- Sandy Plains Elementary
- Scotts Branch Elementary
- Seneca Elementary
- Seven Oaks Elementary
- Shady Spring Elementary
- Sharp Leadenhall Elementarymiddle
- Sinclair Lane Elementary
- Southwest Academy
- Southwest Baltimore Charter School
- Sparrows Point Middle
- Stadium School
- Stemmers Run Middle
- Steuart Hill Academic Academy
- Stoneleigh Elementary
- Sudbrook Magnet Middle
- Summit Park Elementary
- Sussex Elementary
- Tench Tilghman Elementarymiddle
- The Belair Edison School
- The Crossroads School
- The Green School Of Baltimore
- The Historic Cherry Hill Elementarymiddle
- The Historic Samuel Coleridge Taylor Elementary
- The Mount Washington School
- The Reach Partnership School
- The Seed School Of Maryland
- Thomas Jefferson Elementarymiddle
- Thomas Johnson Elementarymiddle
- Tunbridge Public Charter School
- Vanguard Collegiate Middle
- Victory Villa Elementary
- Villa Cresta Elementary
- Violetville Elementarymiddle
- Vivien T Thomas Medical Arts Academy
- Walter P Carter Elementarymiddle
- Waverly Elementarymiddle
- West Towson Elementary
- Westchester Elementary
- Western High
- Western School Of Technology
- Westport Academy
- Wildwood Elementarymiddle
- William Paca Elementary
- William S Baer School
- Winand Elementary
- Windsor Hills Elementarymiddle
- Windsor Mill Middle
- Winfield Elementary
- Wolfe Street Academy
- Woodbridge Elementary
- Woodholme Elementary
- Woodhome Elementarymiddle
- Woodlawn High
- Woodlawn Middle
- Woodmoor Elementary
- Yorkwood Elementary
Private schools (79)
Private schools have a SchoolGrade only where their state publishes their test results.
- Al-rahmah School
- Archbishop Borders School
- Archbishop Curley High School
- Arlington Baptist School
- Arts & Ideas Sudbury School
- Arts & Ideas Sudbury School
- Baltimore Actor's Theatre - The Dumbarton House
- Baltimore Junior Academy
- Baltimore Lab School
- Baltimore Torah School
- Baltimore White Marsh Seventh-day Adventist School
- Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School
- Boys Latin School Of Maryland
- Calvert Hall College High School
- Calvert School
- Cardinal Shehan School
- Cheder D'kahal Chassidim
- Chimes School The
- Church Of The Redeemer Parish Day School
- Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
- Darchei Noam
- Edwards Academy Christian Institute Of Learning
- Emmanuel Lutheran School
- First English Lutheran Preschool & Kindergarten
- Gateway School
- Gilman School
- Gods Little Cherubs Elementary School
- Good Shepherd School
- Govans Presbyterian Preschool
- Grace United Methodist Preschool
- Greater Grace Christian Academy
- Greater Youth Christian Academy
- Hampden Christian School
- Immaculate Heart Of Mary School
- Islamic Community School
- Israel Henry Beren High School
- Krieger Schechter Day School
- Mercy High School
- Milford Mill Church Child Development Center
- Mother Mary Lange Catholic School
- Mother Seton Academy
- Mount Clare Christian School
- Mount De Sales Academy
- Mount Saint Joseph High School
- Mt Pleasant Christian, Inc.
- New Century School The
- Our Lady Of Hope St Luke School
- Pilgrim Christian Day School
- Rock Church Academy
- School Of The Cathedral Mary Our Queen
- Sisters Academy Of Baltimore
- St Casimir Catholic School
- St Davids Day School
- St Elizabeth School
- St Frances Academy
- St Francis Of Assisi School
- St Ignatius Loyola Academy
- St John School
- St Joseph School - Fullerton
- St Michael-st. Clement School
- St Paul Lutheran School
- St Peters Elementary School
- St Ursula School
- Talmudical Academy Of Baltimore, Inc.
- Talmudical Academy-baltimore
- The Arrow Center For Education
- The Baltimore Academy
- The Bryn Mawr School
- The Catholic High School Of Baltimore
- The Community School
- The Greenmount School
- The H.o.p.e. Academy Baltimore, Inc.
- The Loyola School
- The Maryland School For The Blind
- Tong Le Montessori School
- Waldorf School Of Baltimore
- Watson Hall Montessori School
- Windsor Christian Academy
- Yeshivat Mekor Chaim
Neighborhoods and places within Baltimore (55)
- Bayview Area
- Beechfielf Irvington Area
- Belair Edison
- Berea
- Canton
- Cedonia
- Charles Village
- Cheswolde
- Chinquapin Park Belvedere
- Downtown
- Ednor Gardens Lakeside
- Federal Hill Montgomery
- Fells Point
- Forest Park
- Frankford
- Glen Fallstaff
- Glenham Belhar
- Govans
- Greater Mount Washington
- Greater Rosemont
- Greenmount
- Hamilton Area
- Hampden Woodberry Remington
- Highlandtown
- Homeland
- Hopkins Middle East
- Hunting Ridge
- Jonestown
- Lakeland
- Lauraville
- Locust Point
- Lower Northwood
- Madison Eastend
- Mid Town Belvedere
- Midway Coldstream
- Mondawin Walbrook
- Monument Street
- Morrell Park
- Mount Vernon
- North Harford Road
- Oldtown
- Park Heights
- Patterson Park
- Pimlico
- Reservoir Hill Bolton Hill
- Riverside
- Roland Park Homewood Guilford
- Sandtown Winchester
- Upper Northwood
- Waltherson
- Washington Village
- West Baltimore
- Westfield
- Westgate
- Winsor Hills