These MD Schools Prepare Students Best For College: New Report

MARYLAND — A new report by Niche.com, which crunches all kinds of data, especially involving schools has released a new list for 2019 that shows which schools are the best at preparing students for college. The top school in the country is Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia.

The report looks at what it says are the top public and private schools in Maryland when it comes to helping students excel in college. All of the top 75 schools received either an A+ or A for their overall ranking on the topic, according to Niche.com.

So how did Niche.com determine which schools are the best at preparing students for college?
According to Niche.com, "The 2019 Best College Prep Public High Schools is based on rigorous analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users. Learn where our data comes from."

Niche.com is a big fan of both public and private schools in Maryland as the top 15 schools are pretty evenly split with seven private schools and eight public schools. Holton-Arms School, a private institution in Bethesda, tops the list, while Poolesville High School in Montgomery County, a public school, is No. 2 on the list.

Here are the top 75 college prep high schools in Maryland:

1. Holton-Arms School, Private School, Bethesda
2. Poolesville High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
3. The Bryn Mawr School, Private School, Baltimore
4. Gilman School, Private School, Baltimore
5. Walt Whitman High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
6. Winston Churchill High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
7. Thomas S. Wootton High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
8. Georgetown Preparatory School, Private School, North Bethesda
9. River Hill High School, Howard County Public Schools
10. Richard Montgomery High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
11. McDonogh School, Private School, Owings Mills
12. Landon School, Private School, Bethesda
13. Centennial High School, Howard County Public Schools
14. Key School, Private School, Annapolis
15. Walter Johnson High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
16. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
17. Montgomery Blair High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
18. Marriotts Ridge High School, Howard County Public Schools
19. Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Private School, Bethesda
20. St. Timothy's School, Private School, Stevenson
21. The Bullis School, Private School, Potomac
22. Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School, Private School, Baltimore
23. Friends School of Baltimore, Private School, Baltimore
24. Park School of Baltimore, Private School, Baltimore
25. Mount Hebron High School, Howard County Public Schools
26. Glenelg Country School, Private School, Ellicott City
27. Saint James School, Private School, Hagerstown
28. Sandy Spring Friends School, Private School, Sandy Spring
29. Roland Park Country School, Private School, Baltimore
30. Atholton High School, Howard County Public Schools
31. The Boys' Latin School of Maryland, Private School, Baltimore
32. Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Private School, Rockville
33. Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Private School, Olney
34. Dulaney High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
35. Rochambeau French International School, Private School, Bethesda
36. Quince Orchard High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
37. The Heights School, Private School, Potomac
38. Notre Dame Preparatory School, Private School, Towson
39. Loyola Blakefield, Private School, Towson
40. Severn School, Private School, Severna Park
41. Glenelg High School, Howard County Public Schools
42. Urbana High School, Frederick County Public Schools
43. Sherwood High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
44. Towson High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
45. Reservoir High School, Howard County Public Schools
46. St. Paul's School, Private School, Brooklandville
47. Annapolis Area Christian School, Private School, Severn
48. Severna Park High School, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
49. The Academy of the Holy Cross, Private School, Kensington
50. Howard High School, Howard County Public Schools
51. St. Paul's School for Girls, Private School, Brooklandville
52. West Nottingham Academy, Private School, Colora
53. Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Prince George's County Public Schools
54. The Gunston School, Private School, Centreville
55. George W. Carver Center for Arts & Technology, Baltimore County Public Schools
56. Worcester Preparatory School, Private School, Berlin
57. Eastern Technical High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
58. Washington Waldorf School, Private School, Bethesda
59. Hereford High School, Baltimore County Public Schools
60. Northwest High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
61. Rockville High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
62. Calvert Hall College High School, Private School, Baltimore
63. McLean School, Private School, Potomac
64. Covenant Life School, Private School, Gaithersburg
65. Archbishop Spalding High School, Private School, Severn
66. Chapelgate Christian Academy, Private School, Marriottsville
67. Century High School, Carroll County Public Schools
68. Oakdale High School, Frederick County Public Schools
69. Garrison Forest School, Private School, Owings Mills
70. Col. Zadok Magruder High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
71. Dematha Catholic High School, Private School, Hyattsville
72. The Academy of Health Sciences @ Prince George’s Community College, Prince George's County Public Schools
73. Maryvale Preparatory School, Private School, Lutherville
74. Damascus High School, Montgomery County Public Schools
75. St. Mary's Ryken High School, Private School, Leonardtown

Here are the top college prep schools in Maryland via Niche.com.