High schools in Bel Air, Fallston and Pylesville ranked among Maryland’s highest for reading and writing 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 English language arts 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 reading scores
Rank
School
City
District
Passing rate
1
Thomas S. Wootton High
Rockville
Montgomery
84.14
2
River Hill High
Clarksville
Howard
83.33
3
Walt Whitman High
Bethesda
Montgomery
82.09
4
Winston Churchill High
Potomac
Montgomery
81.88
5
Poolesville High
Poolesville
Montgomery
81.85
6
Glenelg High
Glenelg
Howard
78.57
7
Severna Park High
Severna Park
Anne Arundel
78.23
8
Marriotts Ridge High
Marriottsville
Howard
78.02
9
Centennial High
Ellicott City
Howard
77.20
10
Walter Johnson High
Bethesda
Montgomery
76.41
11
Harford Technical High
Bel Air
Harford
75.63
12
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
Bethesda
Montgomery
73.91
13
Atholton High
Columbia
Howard
71.08
14
Richard Montgomery High
Rockville
Montgomery
68.68
15
Damascus High
Damascus
Montgomery
68.06
16
Arundel High
Gambrills
Anne Arundel
66.78
17
South River High
Edgewater
Anne Arundel
66.22
18
Fallston High
Fallston
Harford
65.35
19
Broadneck High
Annapolis
Anne Arundel
64.13
20
Quince Orchard High
Gaithersburg
Montgomery
64.04
21
Southern High
Harwood
Anne Arundel
63.90
22
Northwest High
Germantown
Montgomery
62.14
23
Howard High
Ellicott City
Howard
59.93
24
C. Milton Wright High
Bel Air
Harford
56.91
25
Paint Branch High
Burtonsville
Montgomery
56.37
26
North Harford High
Pylesville
Harford
56.29
27
Clarksburg High
Clarksburg
Montgomery
55.81
28
Sherwood High
Sandy Spring
Montgomery
54.60
29
Mount Hebron High
Ellicott City
Howard
54.21
30
Montgomery Blair High
Silver Spring
Montgomery
54.02
31
Reservoir High
Fulton
Howard
53.69
32
James Hubert Blake High
Silver Spring
Montgomery
51.91
33
Rockville High
Rockville
Montgomery
51.56
34
Bel Air High
Bel Air
Harford
48.09
35
Col. Zadok Magruder High
Rockville
Montgomery
44.21
36
Old Mill High
Millersville
Anne Arundel
43.50
37
Gaithersburg High
Gaithersburg
Montgomery
43.45
38
Wheaton High
Silver Spring
Montgomery
43.34
39
Oakland Mills High
Columbia
Howard
42.93
40
Albert Einstein High
Kensington
Montgomery
40.36
41
Northeast High
Pasadena
Anne Arundel
40.09
42
Chesapeake High
Pasadena
Anne Arundel
39.85
43
Springbrook High
Silver Spring
Montgomery
39.49
44
Hammond High
Columbia
Howard
39.36
45
Seneca Valley High
Germantown
Montgomery
38.46
46
Wilde Lake High
Columbia
Howard
37.14
47
Aberdeen High
Aberdeen
Harford
37.12
48
Long Reach High
Columbia
Howard
36.97
49
North County High
Glen Burnie
Anne Arundel
36.88
50
Glen Burnie High
Glen Burnie
Anne Arundel
36.83
