MD's Top Public High Schools In 2023 Ranked By U.S. News

MARYLAND — More than 200 public high schools in Maryland were ranked among the 2023-24 Best High Schools, released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

Families can use the annual rankings to compare schools at the national, state and local levels on factors such as academic performance, graduation rates and college readiness, according to a news release. U.S. News reviewed 25,000 schools and ranked 17,680 of them.

Here are the top 20 public high schools in Maryland (the first number represents the state ranking; the second in parentheses is the national ranking):

1. (140) Poolesville High School, Poolesville

2. (145) Eastern Technical High School, Baltimore

3. (147) Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda

4. (235) Thomas S. Wootton High School, Rockville

5. (252) Winston Churchill High School, Potomac

6. (342) Centennial High School, Ellicott City

7. (401) River Hill High School, Clarksville

8. (460) Baltimore City College, Baltimore

9. (462) Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda

10. (514) Marriotts Ridge High School, Marriottsville

11. (530) Western School Of Technology, Baltimore

12. (574) Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Bethesda

13. (681) Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville

14. (728) Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore

15. (749) George W. Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Baltimore

16. (895) Urbana High School, Ijamsville

17. (953) Chesapeake Science Point, Hanover

18. (963) Northwest High School, Germantown

19. (997) Glenelg High School, Glenelg

20. (1,006) South River High School, Edgwater

Click on the U.S. News website to find the rest of high schools in Maryland that made the list.

In general, the highest-ranked schools had students who performed well on state assessment for math, reading and science, U.S. News said. They also performed strongly in meeting the needs of underserved students, including those who are Black, Hispanic or from low-income households. The schools had a breadth of curriculum offerings and high graduation rates, and their students performed well on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams.

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U.S. News said eleven of the top 20 ranked schools were charter or magnet schools.

In national rankings, the top five schools are, respectively: The Early College at Guilford, Greensboro, North Carolina; Signature School at Evansville, Indiana; The School for Advanced Studies in Miami; The Davidson Academy of Nevada at Reno; and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology at Alexandria, Virginia.

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