Top 50 high schools in Maryland, 2026-27
211 Maryland high schools are ranked in this edition, ordered here by state rank.
- Eastern Technical High School — Baltimore · #1 in MD · #46 nationally
- Poolesville High School — Poolesville · #2 in MD · #135 nationally
- Winston Churchill High School — Potomac · #3 in MD · #172 nationally
- Walt Whitman High School — Bethesda · #4 in MD · #188 nationally
- Thomas S. Wootton High School — Rockville · #5 in MD · #259 nationally
- Baltimore Polytechnic Institute — Baltimore · #6 in MD · #279 nationally
- Richard Montgomery High School — Rockville · #7 in MD · #291 nationally
- Western School of Technology — Baltimore · #8 in MD · #292 nationally
- Severna Park High School — Severna Park · #9 in MD · #381 nationally
- George W. Carver Center for Arts and Technology — Towson · #10 in MD · #398 nationally
- River Hill High School — Clarksville · #11 in MD · #446 nationally
- Marriotts Ridge High School — Marriottsville · #12 in MD · #469 nationally
- Centennial High School — Ellicott City · #13 in MD · #566 nationally
- Walter Johnson High School — Bethesda · #14 in MD · #579 nationally
- Baltimore School for the Arts — Baltimore · #15 in MD · #610 nationally
- Chesapeake Science Point — Hanover · #16 in MD · #658 nationally
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School — Bethesda · #17 in MD · #681 nationally
- Baltimore City College — Baltimore · #18 in MD · #715 nationally
- Barbara Ingram School for the Arts — Hagerstown · #19 in MD · #739 nationally
- Montgomery Blair High School — Silver Spring · #20 in MD · #748 nationally
- South River High School — Edgewater · #21 in MD · #758 nationally
- College Park Academy — Riverdale · #22 in MD · #795 nationally
- Urbana High School — Ijamsville · #23 in MD · #998 nationally
- Crofton High School — Gambrills · #24 in MD · #1,051 nationally
- Hereford High School — Parkton · #25 in MD · #1,075 nationally
- Mount Hebron High School — Ellicott City · #26 in MD · #1,095 nationally
- Glenelg High School — Glenelg · #27 in MD · #1,124 nationally
- Broadneck High School — Annapolis · #28 in MD · #1,158 nationally
- Northwest High School — Germantown · #29 in MD · #1,175 nationally
- Sherwood High School — Sandy Spring · #30 in MD · #1,196 nationally
- Quince Orchard High School — Gaithersburg · #31 in MD · #1,308 nationally
- Towson High Law and Public Policy — Towson · #32 in MD · #1,399 nationally
- Arundel High School — Gambrills · #33 in MD · #1,496 nationally
- Clarksburg High School — Clarksburg · #34 in MD · #1,518 nationally
- Liberty High School — Sykesville · #35 in MD · #1,644 nationally
- Huntingtown High School — Huntingtown · #36 in MD · #1,771 nationally
- Baltimore Design School — Baltimore · #37 in MD · #1,777 nationally
- Eleanor Roosevelt High School — Greenbelt · #38 in MD · #1,785 nationally
- St. Michaels Middle/High School — St Michaels · #39 in MD · #1,795 nationally
- Century High School — Sykesville · #40 in MD · #1,845 nationally
- Snow Hill High School — Snow Hill · #41 in MD · #2,038 nationally
- Rockville High School — Rockville · #42 in MD · #2,039 nationally
- Col. Zadok Magruder High School — Rockville · #43 in MD · #2,094 nationally
- Wheaton High School — Silver Spring · #44 in MD · #2,095 nationally
- Northern High School — Owings · #45 in MD · #2,103 nationally
- Howard High School — Ellicott City · #46 in MD · #2,142 nationally
- Springbrook High School — Silver Spring · #47 in MD · #2,221 nationally
- Damascus High School — Damascus · #48 in MD · #2,261 nationally
- Southern High School — Harwood · #49 in MD · #2,301 nationally
- Easton High School — Easton · #50 in MD · #2,343 nationally
High schools by city in Maryland
- Baltimore (43)
- Rockville (5)
- Silver Spring (5)
- Columbia (5)
- Upper Marlboro (5)
- Ellicott City (4)
- Bel Air (4)
- Waldorf (4)
- Frederick (4)
- Bethesda (3)
- Hagerstown (3)
- Gaithersburg (3)
Ranks are from the 2026-27 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools edition. How HighSchoolTrends uses this data.