Top 100 MD High Schools For Sports Ranked In New Report

Sports are a key part of high school for many students across the United States, and Maryland is no exception.

Niche recently released its list ranking Maryland's high schools based on which are the best for athletics. The 2026 rankings cover 345 Maryland high schools, and the top 100 are listed below.

The Niche rankings are based on several factors, including the number of sports offered, the number of students participating in sports, and the school's enrollment in grades 9 through 12.

Reviews on Niche posted by parents and students are weighted heavily in the data, accounting for 50 percent of the score. State championships won by the schools factor in as well, with 10 percent of the score coming from that category.

Read more about the methodology here.

The top 100 schools are listed below, with their overall Niche grade, sports grade and the number of sports offered at the school. The rating is the number of stars out of 5 a school received in parent-student ratings. Click the school name to read more of the Niche information. The remaining schools can be found on the Niche site.

1. McDonogh School, Owings Mills — Overall A+ | Sports A+ | 31 sports offered
2. Quince Orchard High School, Gaithersburg — Overall A | Sports A | 16 sports offered
3. Damascus High School, Damascus — Overall A | Sports A | 16 sports offered
4. Fallston High School, Fallston — Overall B+ | Sports A | 4 sports offered
5. Oakdale High School, Ijamsville — Overall A | Sports A | 19 sports offered
6. River Hill High School, Clarksville — Overall A+ | Sports A | 22 sports offered
7. Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Baltimore — Overall C- | Sports A | 14 sports offered
8. Kent Island High School, Stevensville — Overall A- | Sports A | 15 sports offered
9. Stephen Decatur High School, Berlin — Overall A- | Sports A | 13 sports offered
10. Havre de Grace High School, Havre de Grace — Overall B | Sports A | 4 sports offered
11. DeMatha Catholic High School, Hyattsville — Overall A | Sports A | Sports offered not listed
12. Calvert Hall College High School, Baltimore — Overall A+ | Sports A | 17 sports offered
13. Baltimore City College, Baltimore — Overall A+ | Sports A | 13 sports offered
14. Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School, Upper Marlboro — Overall C- | Sports A | 12 sports offered
15. Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda — Overall A+ | Sports A | 17 sports offered
16. Northwest High School, Germantown — Overall A+ | Sports A | 16 sports offered
17. Mount Saint Joseph High School, Baltimore — Overall A | Sports A | 17 sports offered
18. Largo High School, Largo — Overall C | Sports A | 10 sports offered
19. Patterson Mill High School, Bel Air — Overall A- | Sports A | 4 sports offered
20. Charles Herbert Flowers High School, Springdale — Overall B- | Sports A | 12 sports offered
21. Frederick Douglass High School, Upper Marlboro — Overall C | Sports A | 12 sports offered
22. Boonsboro High School, Boonsboro — Overall B+ | Sports A | 17 sports offered
23. C. Milton Wright High School, Bel Air — Overall A- | Sports A | 4 sports offered
24. Atholton High School, Columbia — Overall A | Sports A | 22 sports offered
25. Linganore High School, Frederick — Overall A- | Sports A | 22 sports offered
26. Georgetown Preparatory School, North Bethesda — Overall A+ | Sports A | 16 sports offered
27. Huntingtown High School, Huntingtown — Overall A | Sports A | 18 sports offered
28. Howard High School, Ellicott City — Overall A | Sports A | 22 sports offered
29. Glenelg High School, Glenelg — Overall A+ | Sports A | 22 sports offered
30. Marriotts Ridge High School, Marriottsville — Overall A+ | Sports A | 22 sports offered
31. Middletown High School, Middletown — Overall A- | Sports A | 19 sports offered
32. Archbishop Spalding High School, Severn — Overall A | Sports A | Sports offered not listed
33. Harford Technical High School, Bel Air — Overall A- | Sports A | 4 sports offered
34. Paint Branch High School, Burtonsville — Overall A- | Sports A | 16 sports offered
35. Fort Hill High School, Cumberland — Overall A | Sports A | 19 sports offered
36. Broadneck High School, Annapolis — Overall A | Sports A | 19 sports offered
37. Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, Baltimore — Overall A | Sports A | 19 sports offered
38. Reservoir High School, Fulton — Overall A | Sports A | 20 sports offered
39. Urbana High School, Ijamsville — Overall A | Sports A | 20 sports offered
40. Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt — Overall A | Sports A | 12 sports offered
41. Oakland Mills High School, Columbia — Overall A- | Sports A | 21 sports offered
42. Landon School, Bethesda — Overall A+ | Sports A | 21 sports offered
43. Sherwood High School, Sandy Spring — Overall A+ | Sports A | 21 sports offered
44. Bel Air High School, Bel Air — Overall A | Sports A | 4 sports offered
45. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore — Overall A | Sports A- | 12 sports offered
46. Bullis School, Potomac — Overall A+ | Sports A- | 53 sports offered
47. Cambridge-South Dorchester High School, Cambridge — Overall C | Sports A- | 14 sports offered
48. Century High School, Sykesville — Overall A | Sports A- | 21 sports offered
49. Liberty High School, Sykesville — Overall A | Sports A- | 21 sports offered
50. Roland Park Country School, Baltimore — Overall A+ | Sports A- | 15 sports offered
51. Winston Churchill High School, Potomac — Overall A+ | Sports A- | 16 sports offered
52. The Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore — Overall A+ | Sports A- | 14 sports offered
53. Patterson High School, Baltimore — Overall C- | Sports A- | 9 sports offered
54. Frederick High School, Frederick — Overall A- | Sports A- | 19 sports offered
55. Queen Anne's County High School, Centreville — Overall B+ | Sports A- | 17 sports offered
56. Leonardtown High School, Leonardtown — Overall A- | Sports A- | 20 sports offered
57. Gwynn Park High School, Brandywine — Overall D+ | Sports A- | 12 sports offered
58. Northern High School, Owings — Overall A | Sports A- | 18 sports offered
59. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Bethesda — Overall A+ | Sports A- | 17 sports offered
60. Mount Hebron High School, Ellicott City — Overall A+ | Sports A- | 21 sports offered
61. Westminster High School, Westminster — Overall A- | Sports A- | 21 sports offered
62. Seneca Valley High School, Germantown — Overall A- | Sports A- | 16 sports offered
63. Notre Dame Preparatory School, Towson — Overall A | Sports A- | 15 sports offered
64. Parkside High School, Salisbury — Overall B | Sports A- | 10 sports offered
65. Mountain Ridge High School, Frostburg — Overall B- | Sports A- | 17 sports offered
66. Arundel High School, Gambrill — Overall A- | Sports A- | 19 sports offered
67. Pocomoke High School, Pocomoke City — Overall B+ | Sports A- | 14 sports offered
68. Smithsburg High School, Smithsburg — Overall B | Sports A- | 17 sports offered
69. Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Olney — Overall A+ | Sports A- | 24 sports offered
70. Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda — Overall A+ | Sports A- | 17 sports offered
71. Edmondson-Westside High School, Baltimore — Overall C- | Sports A- | 1 sport offered
72. Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore — Overall A- | Sports A- | 14 sports offered
73. Chesapeake High School, Pasadena — Overall B | Sports A- | 19 sports offered
74. Severna Park High School, Severna Park — Overall A | Sports A- | 19 sports offered
75. Garrison Forest High School, Owings Mills — Overall A+ | Sports A- | 12 sports offered
76. Colonel Richardson High School, Federalsburg — Overall B+ | Sports A- | 5 sports offered
77. Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bethesda — Overall A+ | Sports A- | 15 sports offered
78. Manchester Valley High School, Manchester — Overall B | Sports A- | 21 sports offered
79. Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill — Overall B_ | Sports A- | 12 sports offered
80. Patuxent High School, Lusby — Overall B+_ | Sports A- | 18 sports offered
81. Calvert High School, Prince Frederick — Overall B+| Sports A- | 18 sports offered
82. Clear Spring High School, Clear Spring — Overall B-| Sports A- | 15 sports offered
83. Mercy High School, Baltimore — Overall A-| Sports A- | 12 sports offered
84. North Point High School, Waldorf — Overall A| Sports A- | 22 sports offered
85. Suitland High School, Suitland — Overall D+| Sports A- | 10 sports offered
86. Friendly High School, Fort Washington — Overall C-| Sports A- | 10 sports offered
87. North Hagerstown High School, Hagerstown — Overall B+| Sports A- | 17 sports offered
88. St. Paul's School for Girls, Brooklandville — Overall A| Sports A- | 14 sports offered
89. Wilde Lake High School, Columbia — Overall A-| Sports A- | 21 sports offered
90. Walkersville High School, Walkersville — Overall B+| Sports A- | 19 sports offered
91. Hereford High School, Parkton — Overall A | Sports A- | 5 sports offered
92. Easton High School, Easton — Overall B | Sports A- | 17 sports offered
93. Holton-Arms School, Bethesda — Overall A+ | Sports A- | 14 sports offered
94. Gilman School, Baltimore — Overall A+ | Sports A- | 16 sports offered
95. Western High School, Baltimore — Overall B- | Sports A- | 9 sports offered
96. St. Timothy's School, Stevenson — Overall A+ | Sports A- | 15 sports offered
97. Loyola Blakefield, Towson — Overall A | Sports A- | 17 sports offered
98. South River High School, Edgewater — Overall A | Sports A- | 19 sports offered
99. Carver Vocational-Technical High School, Baltimore — Overall D+ | Sports A- | 4 sports offered
100. Old Mill High School, Millersville — Overall B | Sports A- | 19 sports offered