High schools in Bel Air, Fallston and Pylesville ranked among Maryland’s highest for math aptitude, according to the Maryland State Department of Education.
As part of the annual Partnership For Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (“PARCC”) examination, Maryland public school students in grades three through eight are tested based on Common Core math standards.
The students pass if their scores either meet or exceed expectations, indicating they’re “ready for the next level” of education.
Maryland high schools with highest math scores
Rank
School
City
District
Passing rate
1
Severna Park High
Severna Park
Anne Arundel
68.98
2
River Hill High
Clarksville
Howard
64.66
3
Marriotts Ridge High
Marriottsville
Howard
59.65
4
Walt Whitman High
Bethesda
Montgomery
53.33
5
Centennial High
Ellicott City
Howard
53.04
6
South River High
Edgewater
Anne Arundel
53
7
Glenelg High
Glenelg
Howard
52.59
8
Mount Hebron High
Ellicott City
Howard
47.44
9
Broadneck High
Annapolis
Anne Arundel
47.44
10
Southern High
Harwood
Anne Arundel
46.27
11
Winston Churchill High
Potomac
Montgomery
45.58
12
Atholton High
Columbia
Howard
43.42
13
Damascus High
Damascus
Montgomery
41.03
14
Bel Air High
Bel Air
Harford
36.15
15
Howard High
Ellicott City
Howard
35.67
16
Walter Johnson High
Bethesda
Montgomery
33.33
17
Reservoir High
Fulton
Howard
32.10
18
Arundel High
Gambrills
Anne Arundel
31.95
19
Harford Technical High
Bel Air
Harford
31.72
20
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
Bethesda
Montgomery
29.67
21
Fallston High
Fallston
Harford
28.81
22
Thomas S. Wootton High
Rockville
Montgomery
26.60
23
Hammond High
Columbia
Howard
26.03
24
Old Mill High
Millersville
Anne Arundel
25.92
25
Clarksburg High
Clarksburg
Montgomery
24.75
26
North Harford High
Pylesville
Harford
24.50
27
C. Milton Wright High
Bel Air
Harford
24.50
28
North County High
Glen Burnie
Anne Arundel
23.95
29
Chesapeake High
Pasadena
Anne Arundel
19.87
30
Annapolis High
Annapolis
Anne Arundel
17.64
31
Aberdeen High
Aberdeen
Harford
16.86
32
Sherwood High
Sandy Spring
Montgomery
16.73
33
Northwest High
Germantown
Montgomery
16.54
34
Meade High
Ft Meade
Anne Arundel
16.47
35
Long Reach High
Columbia
Howard
16.15
36
Richard Montgomery High
Rockville
Montgomery
15.77
37
Oakland Mills High
Columbia
Howard
15.43
38
Quince Orchard High
Gaithersburg
Montgomery
12.50
39
Wilde Lake High
Columbia
Howard
12.31
40
Havre de Grace High
Havre de Grace
Harford
11.87
41
Glen Burnie High
Glen Burnie
Anne Arundel
11.84
42
John F. Kennedy High
Silver Spring
Montgomery
11.07
43
Northeast High
Pasadena
Anne Arundel
10.59
44
Paint Branch High
Burtonsville
Montgomery
9.87
45
James Hubert Blake High
Silver Spring
Montgomery
9.68
46
Edgewood High
Edgewood
Harford
9.34
47
Joppatowne High
Joppa
Harford
9.07
48
Regional Institute for Children & Adolescents
Rockville
Montgomery
7.50
49
Wheaton High
Silver Spring
Montgomery
5.85
50
Green Street Academy
Baltimore
Baltimore City
5.82
