Best High Schools in Maryland

Best High Schools
in Maryland

We reviewed 21,776 U.S. public high schools; 62 Maryland schools made our rankings. View Rankings

To graduate, Maryland high school students must take at least 21 credit hours in specific subjects. Students must also pass the Maryland High School Assessments in English, biology, and algebra and data analysis, according to the Maryland State Department of Education.

Maryland is home to myriad schools ranked in 2012 among the U.S. News Best High Schools, including 21 with gold medals, 33 with silver medals, and 8 with bronze medals. The top-ranked school in Maryland is Winston Churchill High School, near Washington, D.C. in the Montgomery County Public Schools, which is about 50 miles from both Baltimore and the state capital of Annapolis.

Top Ranked MD Schools

To be eligible for a state ranking, a school must be awarded a national gold or silver medal.

#1

Winston Churchill High School

11300 GAINSBOROUGH RD, POTOMAC, MD 20854

#2

Walt Whitman High School

7100 WHITTIER BLVD, BETHESDA, MD 20817

#3

Thomas S. Wootton High School

2100 WOOTTON PARKWAY, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850

#4

Poolesville High School

17501 WILLARD RD, POOLESVILLE, MD 20837

#5

Walter Johnson High School

6400 ROCK SPRING DR, BETHESDA, MD 20814

#6

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

4301 EASTWEST HWY, BETHESDA, MD 20814

#7

Richard Montgomery High School

250 RICHARD MONTGOMERY DR, ROCKVILLE, MD 20852

#8

Severna Park High School

60 ROBINSON RD, SEVERNA PARK, MD 21146

#9

Eastern Technical High School

1100 MACE AVE, BALTIMORE, MD 21221

#10

River Hill High School

12101 ROUTE 108, CLARKSVILLE, MD 21029

See complete Maryland High School Rankings

MD by the Numbers

Districts 24
High Schools 232
Full-Time Teachers 16,402
Students Enrolled 264,361

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