Best public high schools in Maryland

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A class of high schoolers as viewed from the rear.
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- Location: Washington County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 332 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#30. Barbara Ingram School for the Arts
A student filling out a scantron form for a multiple choice test.
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- Location: Prince George's County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 2,420 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#29. Eleanor Roosevelt High School
A student talking to a teacher in the hallway.
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- Location: Calvert County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,358 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#28. Huntingtown High School
A student standing next to their backpack as seen from the knee down.
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- Location: Howard County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,792 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#27. Howard High School
Students walking down a hallway with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 2,316 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#26. Clarksburg High School
A high school student doing a chemical experiment.
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- Location: Frederick County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,465 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#25. Oakdale High School
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: Carroll County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,140 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#24. Century High School
A student raising their hand in class.
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- Location: Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,769 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#23. Sherwood High School
An empty school hallway lined with red lockers.
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- Location: Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 2,069 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#22. Quince Orchard High School
A student solving a math equation on a whiteboard.
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- Location: Howard County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,814 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#21. Reservoir High School
A row of empty desks with notebooks and pencils on them.
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- Location: Baltimore County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 937 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#20. Western School of Technology & Environmental Science
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Baltimore City Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,601 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#19. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
A side view of a person using a laptop in the school library.
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- Location: Howard County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,298 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#18. Glenelg High School
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: Anne Arundel County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,854 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#17. Severna Park High School
A pencil case full of pens, pencils, and highlighters spilling on a table.
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- Location: Prince George's County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 498 (23:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#16. Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Howard County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,456 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#15. Atholton High School
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: Frederick County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,929 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#14. Urbana High School
Students using microscopes in science class.
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- Location: Baltimore County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,215 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#13. Eastern Technical High School
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: Howard County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,639 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#12. Mount Hebron High School
Students raising their hands for class participation.
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- Location: Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 2,519 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#11. Northwest High School
A stack of textbooks with pens on top of them next to an open notebook.
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- Location: Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 3,176 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#10. Montgomery Blair High School
Two students sharing a book.
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- Location: Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 2,289 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#9. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 2,334 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#8. Richard Montgomery High School
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 2,870 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#7. Walter Johnson High School
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,943 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#6. Thomas S. Wootton High School
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: Howard County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,662 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#5. Marriotts Ridge High School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 2,212 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#4. Winston Churchill High School
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 2,029 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#3. Walt Whitman High School
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: Howard County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,508 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#2. River Hill High School
A closeup of a student taking notes in class.
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- Location: Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
- Enrollment: 1,272 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. Poolesville High School
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