100 Best Public High Schools in Maryland

There are few environments more competitive than high school. Just visit one of our schools still in football playoff competitions this week. You’ll see the pep rallies and spirit posters and hear the fight songs and school chants that sometimes go back generations.

The number crunchers and survey takers at Niche.com have compiled new 2016 lists for schools across the country on a variety of metrics, including Best Academics, Best Administration, Best Extracurriculars, Best Facilities, Best Food, Best High School Sports, Best Teachers and lots more.

Also Read: 100 Best Private High Schools in Maryland (2015)

Here’s Niche’s list of the 100 best public high schools in Maryland.

These rankings are based on state test scores, college readiness, graduation rates, SAT/ACT scores, teacher quality, student and parent reviews, and more.

See how this ranking was calculated.

1. Poolesville High School
2. Thomas S. Wootton High School
3. Richard Montgomery High School
4. Walt Whitman High School
5. Walter Johnson High School
6. River Hill High School
7. Winston Churchill High School
8. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
9. Marriotts Ridge High School
10. Urbana High School
11. Montgomery Blair High School
12. Mount Hebron High School
13. Reservoir High School
14. Centennial High School
15. Northwest High School
16. Rockville High School
17. Atholton High School
18. Eastern Technical High School
19. Howard High School
20. South River High School
21. Severna Park High School
22. Damascus High School
23. Century High School
24. Glenelg High School
25. Quince Orchard High School
26. Huntingtown High School
27. Eleanor Roosevelt High School
28. Dulaney High School
29. Paint Branch High School
30. Baltimore School for the Arts
31. George W. Carver Center for Arts & Technology
32. Hereford High School
33. Arundel High School
34. Wilde Lake High School
35. Towson High School
36. Sherwood High School
37. Patuxent High School
38. Oakland Mills High School
39. North Point High School
40. Oakdale High School
41. Western School of Technology & Environmental Science
42. Broadneck High School
43. Catonsville High School
44. Linganore High School
45. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
46. Gaithersburg High School
47. Clarksburg High School
48. Bel Air High School
49. Hammond High School
50. Aberdeen High School
51. James Hubert Blake High School
52. Loch Raven High School
53. Liberty High School
54. Frederick High School
55. Barbara Ingram School for the Arts
56. Long Reach High School
57. Franklin High School
58. La Plata High School
59. Smithsburg High School
60. Middletown High School
61. Col. Zadok Magruder High School
62. Westminster High School
63. Allegany High School
64. C. Milton Wright High School
65. Perry Hall High School
66. Albert Einstein High School
67. Kent Island High School
68. Pikesville High School
69. Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter School
70. Fallston High School
71. Patterson Mill High School
72. Parkside High School
73. Wheaton High School
74. Walkersville High School
75. Manchester Valley High School
76. Annapolis High School
77. Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
78. Edgewood High School
79. Springbrook High School
80. Washington County Technical High School
81. Tuscarora High School
82. Southern Garrett High School
83. James M. Bennett High School
84. Winters Mill High School
85. Southern High School
86. Chesapeake High School
87. Seneca Valley High School
88. Old Mill High School
89. North Hagerstown High School
90. North Harford High School
91. Watkins Mill High School
92. St. Michaels Middle/High School
93. Stephen Decatur High School
94. Northwood High School
95. Northeast High School
96. Snow Hill High School
97. Northern Garrett High School
98. Clear Spring High School
99. Easton High School
100. Chopticon High School