Maryland's Best Public High Schools: 2022 Rankings Released

MARYLAND — Niche.com just released its 2022 rankings of the best public high schools in the country, and Maryland is represented among the top.

Niche's 2022 rankings factored in academic and student life data from thousands of schools across the country. The most important factor was academics, but Niche also looked at culture and diversity, teachers, clubs and activities, sports and more. You can read more about Niche's methodology here.

The top-ranked public high school in the country was The Davidson Academy, located in Reno, Nevada. The best school in Maryland was Poolesville High School in Montgomery, which placed No. 30 nationally.

It was the only Maryland school that made it into the top 50 best schools in the nation.

Many more were listed among the best in Maryland. They are:

1. Poolesville High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
2. Walt Whitman High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
3. Winston Churchill High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
4. Marriotts Ridge High School, Howard County Public Schools
5. River Hill High School, Howard County Public Schools
6. Walter Johnson High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
7. Thomas S. Wootton High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
8. Richard Montgomery High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
9. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
10. Centennial High School, Howard County Public Schools
11. Urbana High School, Frederick County Public Schools
12. Montgomery Blair High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
13. Mount Hebron High School, Howard County Public Schools
14. Atholton High School, Howard County Public Schools
15. Eastern Technical High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
16. Northwest High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
17. Glenelg High School, Howard County Public Schools
18. Century High School, Carroll County Public Schools
19. Dulaney High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
20. Quince Orchard High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
21. Western School of Technology & Environmental Science, Baltimore County Public Schools
22. Howard High School, Howard County Public Schools
23. Severna Park High School, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
24. Hereford High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
25. Oakdale High School, Frederick County Public Schools
26. Barbara Ingram School for the Arts, Washington County Public Schools
27. Reservoir High School, Howard County Public Schools
28. Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC, Prince George's County Public Schools
29. Sherwood High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
30. George W. Carver Center for Arts & Technology, Baltimore County Public Schools
31. Towson High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
32. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore County Public Schools
33. Liberty High School, Carroll County Public Schools
34. Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Prince George's County Public Schools
35. Damascus High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
36. North Point High School, Charles County Public Schools
37. Clarksburg High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
38. Wheaton High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
39. Huntingtown High School, Calvert County Public Schools
40. Rockville High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
41. Broadneck High School, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
42. Hammond High School, Howard County Public Schools
43. C. Milton Wright High School, Harford County Public Schools
44. South River High School, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
45. Wilde Lake High School, Howard County Public Schools
46. Westminster High School, Carroll County Public Schools
47. Patterson Mill High School, Harford County Public Schools
48. Paint Branch High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
49. Fallston High School, Harford County Public Schools
50. Bel Air High School, Harford County Public Schools

You can see the full list of the best high schools in the country by clicking here.