Best Cities in Maryland for Schools

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Rank (of 245)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Sparks	1	0	0	0	1	0.99	3	2
2^nd	Ocean City	1	0	0	0	1	0.98	1	1
3^rd	Potomac	5	2	1	0	17	0.978	9	6
4^th	Phoenix	1	0	0	0	1	0.978	8	4
5^th	Upperco	1	0	0	0	0	0.977	2	3
6^th	Baldwin	1	0	0	0	0	0.974	12	6
7^th	West Friendship	1	0	0	0	0	0.969	6	1
8^th	Clarksville	2	1	1	0	3	0.964	7	1
9^th	North Potomac	2	0	0	0	0	0.96	5	4
10^th	Severna Park	5	1	2	0	3	0.953	10
11^th	Marriottsville	0	1	1	0	1	0.953	11
12^th	Glenwood	1	1	0	0	1	0.946	4	8
13^th	Largo	0	0	1	0	2	0.945	26	13
14^th	Perry Hall	2	0	0	0	2	0.94	14
15^th	Myersville	2	0	0	0	0	0.938	35	20
16^th	Dayton	1	0	0	0	0	0.937	13	3
17^th	Bethesda	11	3	3	0	22	0.932	17
18^th	Poolesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.93	19	1
19^th	Davidsonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.929	15	4
20^th	Brookeville	1	0	0	0	1	0.928	18	2
21^st	Monkton	0	1	0	0	1	0.927	24	3
22^nd	Glenelg	0	0	1	0	0	0.918	25	3
23^rd	White Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.914	50	27
24^th	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0.9	33	9
25^th	Chevy Chase	4	0	0	0	3	0.894	16	9
26^th	Church Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.892	59	33
27^th	Kingsville	1	0	0	0	3	0.891	21	6
28^th	Churchville	1	0	0	0	1	0.887	38	10
29^th	Dickerson	1	0	0	0	1	0.881	22	7
30^th	Sykesville	6	2	3	0	2	0.879	34	4
31^st	Monrovia	2	0	0	0	0	0.875	30	1
32^nd	New Market	3	1	0	0	0	0.875	32
33^rd	Ijamsville	1	3	2	0	2	0.874	23	10
34^th	Parkton	1	0	1	0	0	0.873	46	12
35^th	Woodbine	1	0	0	0	1	0.86	20	15
36^th	Gambrills	1	1	2	0	3	0.857	29	7
37^th	Crownsville	1	0	0	1	3	0.852	54	17
38^th	Ellicott City	11	6	4	0	9	0.849	27	11
39^th	Chesapeake Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0.846	39
40^th	Timonium	4	0	1	0	1	0.84	31	9
41^st	Forest Hill	2	0	0	0	1	0.831	42	1
42^nd	Fulton	1	1	1	1	0	0.831	52	10
43^rd	Edgewater	3	1	1	1	1	0.83	48	5
44^th	Jarrettsville	2	0	0	0	0	0.822	40	4
45^th	Sandy Spring	1	0	1	0	1	0.822	87	42
46^th	California	1	0	0	0	1	0.813	61	15
47^th	Olney	3	2	0	0	6	0.81	44	3
48^th	Owings	2	2	1	0	2	0.81	55	7
49^th	Stevensville	3	2	1	0	2	0.805	53	4
50^th	Mount Airy	3	1	0	0	5	0.803	43	7
51^st	Clarksburg	5	2	1	0	1	0.802	49	2
52^nd	Finksburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.801	28	24
53^rd	Berlin	2	2	1	0	2	0.799	45	8
54^th	Crofton	4	0	0	0	1	0.799	56	2
55^th	Boonsboro	2	1	1	0	1	0.796	36	19
56^th	Huntingtown	2	1	1	0	3	0.794	60	4
57^th	Deale	1	0	0	0	0	0.793	76	19
58^th	Cordova	1	0	0	0	0	0.786	63	5
59^th	Freeland	1	0	0	0	0	0.782	64	5
60^th	Hampstead	2	2	0	0	0	0.781	51	9
61^st	Lutherville	2	1	0	0	5	0.774	58	3
62^nd	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	1	0.773	69	7
63^rd	Grasonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.771	78	15
64^th	Street	1	0	0	0	0	0.764	84	20
65^th	Damascus	3	1	1	0	0	0.757	67	2
66^th	Sharpsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.756	41	25
67^th	Secretary	1	0	0	0	0	0.754	65	2
68^th	Lavale	2	0	0	0	0	0.753	71	3
69^th	Leonardtown	2	1	1	0	8	0.752	62	7
70^th	Fallston	1	1	1	0	0	0.749	37	33
71^st	Bel Air	8	3	4	1	7	0.747	57	14
72^nd	Darlington	1	0	0	0	1	0.738	74	2
73^rd	Port Republic	1	0	0	0	0	0.737	95	22
74^th	Tall Timbers	1	0	0	0	0	0.733	97	23
75^th	Rockville	20	6	6	0	33	0.731	81	6
76^th	Arnold	3	2	0	1	1	0.727	98	22
77^th	Emmitsburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.725	91	14
78^th	Knoxville	1	0	0	0	0	0.723	75	3
79^th	Middletown	2	1	1	0	2	0.721	66	13
80^th	Centreville	2	1	1	0	2	0.721	79	1
81^st	Hollywood	1	0	0	0	2	0.716	86	5
82^nd	Accident	1	1	1	0	0	0.715	47	35
83^rd	Flintstone	1	0	0	0	1	0.711	105	22
84^th	Kensington	3	2	1	1	7	0.709	82	2
85^th	Keymar	1	0	0	0	1	0.707	104	19
86^th	Trappe	1	0	0	0	0	0.705	120	34
87^th	Adamstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.703	83	4
88^th	Westminster	8	3	5	1	6	0.696	80	8
89^th	Harwood	0	0	1	0	1	0.692	216	127
90^th	Clear Spring	1	1	1	0	0	0.69	72	18
91^st	Towson	3	0	7	0	5	0.688	110	19
92^nd	Mechanicsville	4	1	0	0	14	0.687	70	22
93^rd	Deal Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.686	121	28
94^th	Mardela Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.682	77	17
95^th	Mount Savage	1	1	0	0	0	0.678	92	3
96^th	Smithsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.678	90	6
97^th	Pomfret	1	0	1	0	0	0.677	85	12
98^th	Snow Hill	1	1	1	1	0	0.668	123	25
99^th	Saint Leonard	1	0	0	0	0	0.665	106	7
100^th	Seabrook	3	0	0	0	0	0.662	124	24
101^st	Derwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.662	99	2
102^nd	Odenton	4	1	0	0	2	0.654	100	2
103^rd	Chaptico	1	0	0	0	0	0.648	73	30
104^th	Shady Side	1	0	0	0	0	0.644	128	24
105^th	Catonsville	2	1	0	0	3	0.643	109	4
106^th	Charlestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.643	137	31
107^th	Rising Sun	2	1	0	0	0	0.639	96	11
108^th	Hanover	2	1	0	1	2	0.638	118	10
109^th	Lexington Park	4	2	0	0	2	0.638	103	6
110^th	Accokeek	1	0	0	0	1	0.638	108	2
111^th	Preston	1	0	0	0	1	0.634	126	15
112^th	Newburg	1	1	0	0	0	0.633	102	10
113^th	Frostburg	3	0	1	0	1	0.633	141	28
114^th	Elkridge	4	2	0	0	5	0.63	113	1
115^th	Brunswick	1	1	1	0	0	0.629	94	21
116^th	Port Deposit	1	0	0	0	0	0.629	111	5
117^th	Prince Frederick	2	1	1	1	0	0.628	93	24
118^th	Walkersville	2	1	1	1	0	0.628	115	3
119^th	Chesapeake City	1	1	1	0	0	0.624	112	7
120^th	Millersville	2	2	1	1	6	0.622	88	32
121^st	Loveville	1	0	0	0	0	0.617	116	5
122^nd	La Plata	2	2	1	0	3	0.617	130	8
123^rd	Taneytown	1	1	0	0	0	0.617	140	17
124^th	Belcamp	1	0	0	0	2	0.614	146	22
125^th	Rock Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.612	114	11
126^th	Andrews Air Force Base	1	0	0	0	0	0.607	138	12
127^th	Pylesville	1	1	1	0	0	0.595	122	5
128^th	Friendsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.593	187	59
129^th	Pasadena	8	2	2	0	4	0.591	135	6
130^th	Grantsville	1	0	0	0	1	0.59	127	3
131^st	Cascade	1	0	0	0	0	0.588	131
132^nd	Frederick	19	5	5	1	13	0.585	134	2
133^rd	Germantown	14	4	2	1	4	0.585	129	4
134^th	Union Bridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.58	151	17
135^th	Delmar	1	0	0	0	1	0.579	107	28
136^th	Havre De Grace	3	1	1	0	2	0.577	136
137^th	Manchester	2	0	1	0	1	0.573	101	36
138^th	Bowie	10	2	1	0	7	0.566	125	13
139^th	Pittsville	0	1	0	0	0	0.558	144	5
140^th	Nanjemoy	1	0	0	0	0	0.558	152	12
141^st	Abingdon	3	0	0	0	1	0.556	145	4
142^nd	Sudlersville	1	1	0	0	1	0.553	133	9
143^rd	Bryantown	1	0	0	0	1	0.544	153	10
144^th	Pocomoke City	1	1	1	0	0	0.541	132	12
145^th	Lothian	2	1	0	0	0	0.54	161	16
146^th	Columbia	14	4	5	0	12	0.54	148	2
147^th	St Michaels	1	0	1	0	0	0.54	143	4
148^th	Greenbelt	3	1	1	0	2	0.539	139	9
149^th	Westernport	1	0	0	0	0	0.538	179	30
150^th	Tilghman	1	0	0	0	0	0.537	68	82
151^st	Hebron	1	0	0	0	0	0.536	89	62
152^nd	Lusby	2	2	1	0	0	0.535	157	5
153^rd	Williamsport	2	1	1	0	1	0.534	154	1
154^th	Perryville	1	1	1	0	1	0.532	119	35
155^th	Cumberland	5	2	2	0	5	0.527	156	1
156^th	Hagerstown	14	3	4	1	15	0.524	158	2
157^th	Gaithersburg	22	5	3	0	14	0.523	147	10
158^th	Church Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.52	117	41
159^th	Jessup	2	1	0	0	0	0.503	155	4
160^th	Oakland	4	1	1	0	0	0.502	172	12
161^st	Maugansville	1	0	0	0	0	0.499	162	1
162^nd	Halethorpe	1	0	0	0	3	0.497	192	30
163^rd	Vienna	1	0	0	0	0	0.495	142	21
164^th	Denton	1	1	0	0	0	0.492	170	6
165^th	Cockeysville	2	1	0	0	2	0.491	149	16
166^th	Easton	1	1	1	0	4	0.487	189	23
167^th	Annapolis	12	4	2	1	17	0.487	176	9
168^th	Conowingo	1	0	0	0	0	0.478	180	12
169^th	Linthicum	2	1	0	0	1	0.473	164	5
170^th	Silver Spring	37	10	6	0	38	0.473	159	11
171^st	Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.468	171
172^nd	Woodlawn	1	0	0	0	0	0.464	168	4
173^rd	Severn	4	0	0	0	3	0.461	178	5
174^th	Laurel	14	3	1	1	8	0.46	165	9
175^th	Thurmont	3	1	1	0	1	0.458	167	8
176^th	Hurlock	1	1	1	0	0	0.458	223	47
177^th	Lonaconing	1	1	0	0	0	0.458	186	9
178^th	Marbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.458	163	15
179^th	Greensboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.456	150	29
180^th	Fort Meade	3	2	1	0	0	0.45	181	1
181^st	Park Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.449	175	6
182^nd	Fruitland	2	1	0	0	1	0.447	182
183^rd	Ridgely	1	0	1	0	1	0.443	220	37
184^th	Burtonsville	1	1	1	0	2	0.431	173	11
185^th	Federalsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.427	169	16
186^th	Upper Marlboro	10	1	5	1	9	0.425	190	4
187^th	Great Mills	2	0	1	0	1	0.419	215	28
188^th	White Marsh	1	0	0	0	3	0.417	211	23
189^th	Owings Mills	5	0	2	0	10	0.416	188	1
190^th	Sabillasville	1	0	0	0	1	0.415	166	24
191^st	Hancock	1	0	1	0	0	0.403	194	3
192^nd	Springdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.403	221	29
193^rd	Chestertown	1	1	0	0	4	0.402	207	14
194^th	Reisterstown	5	1	1	0	2	0.39	184	10
195^th	Suitland	5	0	1	0	1	0.388	177	18
196^th	Pikesville	1	0	0	0	5	0.383	196
197^th	Cresaptown	1	0	1	0	1	0.381	199	2
198^th	Elkton	7	2	1	0	5	0.378	193	5
199^th	Cecilton	1	0	0	0	0	0.378	160	39
200^th	Glen Burnie	15	2	2	1	5	0.372	208	8
201^st	Riverdale	2	1	2	0	0	0.37	204	3
202^nd	North East	2	1	2	0	1	0.359	191	11
203^rd	Mitchellville	2	1	0	1	2	0.359	183	20
204^th	Morganza	0	0	1	0	0	0.342	237	33
205^th	Randallstown	3	1	1	0	1	0.337	224	19
206^th	Brandywine	2	1	1	0	2	0.337	214	8
207^th	Aberdeen	3	1	2	1	1	0.33	203	4
208^th	Oxon Hill	7	0	2	0	1	0.329	210	2
209^th	White Plains	1	0	0	0	1	0.327	226	17
210^th	Landover	9	2	1	0	3	0.324	206	4
211^th	Takoma Park	4	0	0	0	3	0.322	198	13
212^th	Fort George G Meade	1	0	0	0	0	0.311	174	38
213^th	Joppa	3	1	1	0	2	0.308	233	20
214^th	Waldorf	13	4	4	0	5	0.297	213	1
215^th	Beltsville	3	1	1	1	3	0.297	201	14
216^th	Cheverly	1	0	0	0	1	0.292	195	21
217^th	Lanham	6	1	1	0	7	0.29	205	12
218^th	Temple Hills	7	2	1	0	4	0.288	218
219^th	Fort Washington	10	1	1	0	3	0.286	217	2
220^th	Rosedale	1	0	0	0	1	0.284	200	20
221^st	Baltimore	185	35	53	4	122	0.284	227	6
222^nd	College Park	2	0	0	0	5	0.283	212	10
223^rd	Indian Head	2	2	1	0	0	0.276	202	21
224^th	Salisbury	9	2	4	0	8	0.265	225	1
225^th	Glenn Dale	1	0	0	0	2	0.263	231	6
226^th	Edgewood	2	1	1	0	0	0.258	230	4
227^th	Clinton	4	1	1	0	5	0.258	232	5
228^th	Crisfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.254	222	6
229^th	Capitol Heights	8	1	1	0	1	0.247	219	10
230^th	New Carrollton	3	1	0	0	0	0.244	235	5
231^st	Worton	0	0	1	0	1	0.233	197	34
232^nd	Galena	1	0	0	0	0	0.232	185	47
233^rd	Hyattsville	10	2	1	0	8	0.214	229	4
234^th	Forestville	4	1	0	0	1	0.198	239	5
235^th	Glenarden	1	0	0	0	1	0.186	228	7
236^th	Sparrows Point	0	0	1	0	0	0.185		(n/a)
237^th	Montgomery village	2	1	0	0	3	0.183	234	3
238^th	Berwyn Heights	1	0	0	0	0	0.178	209	29
239^th	Adelphi	4	2	0	0	2	0.169	241	2
240^th	Mount Rainier	2	0	0	0	0	0.166	238	2
241^st	Bladensburg	3	0	2	0	1	0.156	236	5
242^nd	Westover	0	1	0	0	1	0.155		(n/a)
243^rd	District Heights	4	1	0	0	0	0.112	243
244^th	Landover Hills	2	0	0	0	2	0.101	240	4
245^th	Cambridge	3	1	1	0	2	0.072	244	1

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