Best Public Schools in Zip Code 21784

Summary:

The 21784 zip code area in Carroll County, Maryland is home to a strong and high-performing school district, with 11 schools serving students from elementary through high school. The district, Carroll County Public Schools, is ranked 1 out of 25 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Several schools in the 21784 zip code stand out as exceptional, including Sykesville Middle School, which ranks 32nd out of 328 middle schools in Maryland and has a 5-star rating, and Oklahoma Road Middle School, which ranks 15th and also has a 5-star rating. At the high school level, Century High School ranks 24th out of 146 Maryland high schools and has a 4-star rating, consistently outperforming the county and state on MCAP assessments.

While the middle and high schools in the 21784 zip code demonstrate strong academic performance, the elementary schools exhibit more variation in their test scores and rankings. The racial makeup of the schools is predominantly white, ranging from 66.78% to 87.8% white students, with the next largest groups being Asian and Hispanic. The free and reduced lunch rates also vary across the schools, from a low of 8.91% at Freedom District Elementary to a high of 20.76% at Piney Ridge Elementary.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				MCAP Mathematics (2024)							MCAP English Language Arts (2024)								MCAP Algebra I (2024)	MCAP Algebra II (2024)	MCAP Geometry (2024)	MCAP Science (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 (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAP Mathematics All Grades	MCAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts All Grades	MCAP Algebra I End of Course	MCAP Algebra II End of Course	MCAP Geometry End of Course	MCAP Science 5th Grade	MCAP Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Carrolltowne Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6542 Ridge Road	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 751-3530	623	41	15.2	13.2%	468 (75.1%)	26 (4.2%)	46 (7.4%)	47 (7.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (5.3%)	88.4	93^rd of 859 public elementary schools	89.2%		90.2	79^th of 855 public elementary schools	90.8%	14	72.9	60.7	64.5				65.7	63.5	71.2	68.8					68.0				38.5		$15,460	$821	$14,639
Eldersburg Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1021 Johnsville Road	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 751-3520	476	33	14.3	18.3%	369 (77.5%)	19 (4.0%)	30 (6.3%)	31 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.7%)	85.3	117^th of 859 public elementary schools	86.4%		83.2	136^th of 855 public elementary schools	84.1%	19	70.7	60.2	59.4				63.4	60.0	70.8	61.4					64.5				35.7		$15,657	$684	$14,973
Freedom District Elementary	Public	K-5	5626 Sykesville Road	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 751-3525	643	41	15.5	10.1%	530 (82.4%)	15 (2.3%)	31 (4.8%)	35 (5.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (4.5%)	90.2	78^th of 859 public elementary schools	90.9%		94.7	40^th of 855 public elementary schools	95.3%	38	73.3	67.0	54.2				64.7	68.1	83.0	67.8					72.5				40.7		$13,502	$658	$12,844
Sykesville Middle	Public	6-8	7301 Springfield Avenue	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 751-3545	758	50	15.0	16.1%	549 (72.4%)	44 (5.8%)	61 (8.0%)	60 (7.9%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	39 (5.1%)	88.2	32^nd of 328 public middle schools	90.2%		89.3	24^th of 322 public middle schools	92.5%	8				47.3	35.4	8.7	41.2				80.6	74.6	69.2		74.5	59.9				43.1	$14,404	$725	$13,679
Oklahoma Road Middle	Public	6-8	6300 Oklahoma Road	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 751-3600	758	47	16.0	14.1%	565 (74.5%)	33 (4.4%)	53 (7.0%)	70 (9.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.6%)	93.4	15^th of 328 public middle schools	95.4%		90.9	19^th of 322 public middle schools	94.1%	4				36.3	45.2	31.4	43.1				70.2	80.6	76.3		75.8	61.4				52.4	$13,790	$533	$13,257
Liberty High	Public	9-12	5855 Bartholow Road	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 751-3560	1,000	59	16.9	13.1%	757 (75.7%)	72 (7.2%)	59 (5.9%)	72 (7.2%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	29 (2.9%)	60	32^nd of 146 public high schools	78.1%		64.1	24^th of 127 public high schools	81.1%	8							30.0							74.5	74.5	16.1	40.6	49.5			$15,444	$490	$14,954
Piney Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6315 Freedom Avenue	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 751-3535	583	37	15.5	21.1%	390 (66.9%)	47 (8.1%)	38 (6.5%)	70 (12.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (6.2%)	91.5	65^th of 859 public elementary schools	92.4%		93.7	50^th of 855 public elementary schools	94.2%	15	78.3	67.0	61.5				69.4	74.3	71.4	67.0					71.1				42.9		$14,493	$680	$13,813
Linton Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	375 Ronsdale Road	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 751-3280	738	44	16.6	13.6%	631 (85.5%)	15 (2.0%)	49 (6.6%)	20 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	19 (2.6%)	92.2	60^th of 859 public elementary schools	93.0%		92.8	61^st of 855 public elementary schools	92.9%	1	82.9	71.1	55.6				71.1	83.7	74.3	67.7					75.8				39.4		$12,964	$603	$12,361
Century High	Public	9-12	355 Ronsdale Road	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 386-4400	1,083	61	17.7	16.9%	838 (77.4%)	57 (5.3%)	61 (5.6%)	78 (7.2%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	42 (3.9%)	64.5	24^th of 146 public high schools	83.6%					(n/a)							34.8							73.3	73.3	12.3	47.6	51.0			$14,777	$506	$14,270
Mechanicsville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3838 Sykesville Road	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 751-3510	497	33	14.9	16.9%	437 (87.9%)	16 (3.2%)	11 (2.2%)	12 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.0%)	83.7	135^th of 859 public elementary schools	84.3%		83.8	128^th of 855 public elementary schools	85.0%	7	66.7	52.6	47.4				55.6	64.1	65.4	73.4					67.7				36.7		$14,904	$655	$14,250
South Carroll High	Public	9-12	1300 West Old Liberty Road	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 751-3575	935	55	17.0	19.8%	742 (79.4%)	29 (3.1%)	110 (11.8%)	29 (3.1%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	17 (1.8%)	63.1	25^th of 146 public high schools	82.9%		43.7	73^rd of 127 public high schools	42.5%	48							31.1							76.8	76.8	19.2	44.9	64.3			$17,005	$687	$16,317

Cities Near Zip Code 21784

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Marriottsville	2.24 mi	2	11^th
Sykesville	2.45 mi	11	30^th
West Friendship	2.89 mi	1	7^th
Glenwood	3.7 mi	2	12^th
Ellicott City	4.57 mi	22	38^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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