These MD School Districts Have The Best Teachers: New Report

MARYLAND — The teachers in the Carroll County Public Schools have been ranked as the best in Maryland in Niche’s 2025 Best Schools and Districts rankings compiled this week.

Niche provides profiles, reviews, ratings, and personalized recommendations for K-12 schools, colleges, universities, cities, and towns. The website ranked more than 11,000 school districts nationwide.

The rankings were based on student and parent ratings of teachers, teacher salaries, teacher absenteeism, teacher tenure, student-teacher ratio, and the Niche Academics Grade for the district. Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

Carroll County Public Schools has 26,123 students in grades PK, K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 14 to 1. According to state test scores, 40 percent of students are at least proficient in math and 58 percent in reading.

In addition to earning A letter grades for its teachers and academics, Carroll County schools also received an A- for clubs and activities, along with college prep.

A district's grade for academics was weighted most highly among all the factors in consideration for the teachers score. More information on how Niche calculated their ratings can be found here.

Here are the top school districts for teachers in Maryland and their overall teachers grades:

1. Carroll County Public Schools, A
2. Montgomery County Public Schools, A
3. Harford County Public Schools, A
4. Worcester County Public Schools, A-
5. Charles County Public Schools, A-
6. Washington County Public Schools, A-
7. St. Mary's County Public Schools, A-
8. Howard County Public Schools, A-
9. Queen Anne's County Public Schools, A-
10. Wicomico County Public Schools, B+
11. Frederick County Public Schools, B+
12. Calvert County Public Schools, B
13. Talbot County Public Schools, B
14. Baltimore County Public Schools, B
15. Anne Arundel County Public Schools, B

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Also mentioned without a ranking:

• Caroline County Public Schools, B-
• Garrett County Public Schools, B-
• Dorchester County Public Schools, B-
• Baltimore City Public Schools, B-
• Cecil County Public Schools, B-
• Allegany County Public Schools, B-
• Kent County Public Schools, C
• Somerset County Public Schools, C
• Prince George's County Public Schools, C-

The best teachers in America in 2025 are working in the Mariemont City Schools, in Cincinnati, OH, according to Niche. Rye City School teachers, in New York's nearby Westchester County, came in second.

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