4 Towson Area High Schools Rank Among Top 50 Statewide

This article originally appeared on Towson Patch in May.

By DEB BELT (Patch Staff)

Maryland tops the 2015 U.S. News and World Report annual education rankings as the state with the most high-performing high schools.

According to the publication, 28.9 percent of Maryland’s eligible schools earned gold and silver medals, meaning they are most successfully preparing students for college based on participating in and passing Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs and tests. Students must also do well on statewide tests.

Among the top performing schools in Maryland, U.S. News ranked eight among the top 50:

• No. 12 Hereford High School
• No. 14 Eastern Technical High School
• No. 16 Dulaney High School
• No. 18 Towson High School Law and Public Policy
• No. 24 George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• No. 35 Western School Of Technology & Environmental Science
• No. 39 Loch Raven High
• No. 42 Catonsville High School

California came in second in the publication’s rankings, with 27.2 percent of its high schools earning gold or silver medals. Connecticut was third with 25.4 percent.

Top Ranked MD Schools

• No. 1 Walt Whitman High School; BETHESDA
• No. 2 Winston Churchill High School; POTOMAC
• No. 3 Thomas S. Wootton High School; ROCKVILLE
• No. 4 Poolesville High School; POOLESVILLE
• No. 5 Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School; BETHESDA
• No. 6 Richard Montgomery High School; ROCKVILLE
• No. 7 Marriotts Ridge High School; MARRIOTTSVILLE
• No. 8 Rockville High School; ROCKVILLE
• No. 9 River Hill High School; CLARKSVILLE
• No. 10 Severna Park High School; SEVERNA PARK
• No. 11 Northwest High; GERMANTOWN
• No. 12 Hereford High School; PARKTON
• No. 13 Damascus High; DAMASCUS
• No. 14 Eastern Technical High School; ESSEX
• No. 15 Barbara Ingram School for the Arts; HAGERSTOWN
• No. 16 Dulaney High School; TIMONIUM
• No. 17 Centennial High School; ELLICOTT CITY
• No. 18 Towson High School Law and Public Policy; TOWSON
• No. 19 Col. Zadok Magruder High; ROCKVILLE
• No. 20 Montgomery Blair High School; SILVER SPRING

See complete Maryland High School Rankings.