Best Public Schools in Sparrows Point, MD

Summary:

The city of Sparrows Point, Maryland is home to a single public high school, Sparrows Point High, which serves grades 9-12 and has a total enrollment of 1,146 students. The school is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools district, which is ranked 17th out of 25 districts in Maryland and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sparrows Point High has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from 86th out of 197 high schools in 2017-2018 to 119th out of 146 in 2023-2024, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's academic performance is a concern, with significantly lower proficiency rates in mathematics compared to the Baltimore County and Maryland averages. Additionally, the school has a relatively high percentage of students (43.98%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families.

Despite these challenges, Sparrows Point High's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate for 10th grade (50.4%) is higher than the Baltimore County Public Schools (47.5%) average, though still lower than the Maryland (55.3%) average. The school's spending per student ($12,934) is in line with the typical spending per student in Maryland public schools, and its student-teacher ratio of 16.4 is slightly higher than the national average. Overall, the data suggests that Sparrows Point High could benefit from a focus on improving its mathematics and Algebra proficiency rates, as well as addressing any underlying factors that may be contributing to the school's declining ranking and rating.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking ()				MCAP Mathematics (2024)	MCAP English Language Arts (2024)		MCAP Algebra I (2024)	MCAP Algebra II (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAP Mathematics All Grades	MCAP English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts All Grades	MCAP Algebra I End of Course	MCAP Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sparrows Point High	Public, Magnet	9-12	7400 North Point Rd	Sparrows Point	21219	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(443) 809-7517	1,136	67	16.9	40.8%	890 (78.3%)	104 (9.2%)	66 (5.8%)	16 (1.4%)	8 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	50 (4.4%)	30.7	119^th of 146 public high schools	18.5%					(n/a)	10.2	50.4	50.4	12.3	12.6	$16,019	$1,656	$14,363

Cities Near Sparrows Point

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Baltimore	0.6 mi	278	221^st
Rosedale	5.16 mi	1	220^th
Glen Burnie	5.56 mi	21	200^th
Pasadena	6.32 mi	12	129^th
Linthicum	7.46 mi	3	169^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland State Department of Education.

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