The average public high school diversity score in Maryland is approximately 0.72 per year (2024).
The most diverse public high schools are listed below (where sufficient data available).
The most diverse school in Maryland is currently Northwest High School, with a diversity score of 0.78.
Diversity Score Range: 0.71
0.78
Avg. Diversity Score: 0.73
Most Diverse Public High Schools in Maryland (2024)
School
(Math and Reading Proficiency)
(Math and Reading Proficiency)
Diversity Score
Grades
Location
Rank: #11.
Northwest High School
Magnet School
(Math: 68% | Reading: 69%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 5%10
Diversity Score: 0.78
Grades: 9-12
13501 Richter Farm Rd
Germantown, MD 20874
(301) 601-4660
Germantown, MD 20874
(301) 601-4660
Rank: #2 - 42. - 4.
Ridge/ruxton School
Special Education School
(Math: 11-19% | Reading: ≤10%)
Rank:
Rank:
3/
Bottom 50%10
Diversity Score: 0.77
Grades: PK-12
6916 Charles St
Towson, MD 21204
(410) 887-3594
Towson, MD 21204
(410) 887-3594
Rank: #2 - 42. - 4.
Richard Montgomery High School
Magnet School
(Math: 68% | Reading: 77%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 5%10
Diversity Score: 0.77
Grades: 9-12
250 Richard Montgomery Dr
Rockville, MD 20852
(240) 740-6100
Rockville, MD 20852
(240) 740-6100
Rank: #2 - 42. - 4.
Clarksburg High School
Magnet School
(Math: 54% | Reading: 71%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 5%10
Diversity Score: 0.77
Grades: 9-12
22500 Wims Rd
Clarksburg, MD 20871
(240) 740-6000
Clarksburg, MD 20871
(240) 740-6000
Rank: #5 - 75. - 7.
Reservoir High School
(Math: 66% | Reading: 72%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 5%10
Diversity Score: 0.76
Grades: 9-12
11550 Scaggsville Rd
Fulton, MD 20759
(410) 888-8850
Fulton, MD 20759
(410) 888-8850
Rank: #5 - 75. - 7.
Rock Terrace School
Special Education School
(Math: 20-29% | Reading: 40-49%)
Rank:
Rank:
8/
Top 30%10
Diversity Score: 0.76
Grades: 6-12
11400 Marcliff Rd
Rockville, MD 20852
(240) 740-4650
Rockville, MD 20852
(240) 740-4650
Rank: #5 - 75. - 7.
Atholton High School
(Math: 73% | Reading: 84%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 5%10
Diversity Score: 0.76
Grades: 9-12
6520 Freetown Rd
Columbia, MD 21044
(410) 313-7065
Columbia, MD 21044
(410) 313-7065
Rank: #8 - 108. - 10.
Long Reach High School
(Math: 46% | Reading: 64%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 10%10
Diversity Score: 0.75
Grades: 9-12
6101 Old Dobbin Ln
Columbia, MD 21045
(410) 313-7117
Columbia, MD 21045
(410) 313-7117
Rank: #8 - 108. - 10.
Montgomery Blair High School
Magnet School
(Math: 54% | Reading: 73%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 5%10
Diversity Score: 0.75
Grades: 9-12
51 University Blvd E
Silver Spring, MD 20901
(301) 649-2800
Silver Spring, MD 20901
(301) 649-2800
Rank: #8 - 108. - 10.
Hammond High School
(Math: 48% | Reading: 59%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 10%10
Diversity Score: 0.75
Grades: 9-12
8800 Guilford Rd
Columbia, MD 21046
(410) 313-7615
Columbia, MD 21046
(410) 313-7615
Rank: #11 - 1311. - 13.
South Hagerstown High School
Magnet School
(Math: 30% | Reading: 63%)
Rank:
Rank:
9/
Top 20%10
Diversity Score: 0.74
Grades: 9-12
1101 S Potomac St
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 766-8369
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 766-8369
Rank: #11 - 1311. - 13.
Lansdowne High School
Magnet School
(Math: 3% | Reading: 25%)
Rank:
Rank:
3/
Bottom 50%10
Diversity Score: 0.74
Grades: 9-12
3800 Hollins Ferry Rd
Halethorpe, MD 21227
(443) 809-1415
Halethorpe, MD 21227
(443) 809-1415
Rank: #11 - 1311. - 13.
John L Gildner Regional Inst For Children & Adol
Special Education School
(Math: ≤10% | Reading: ≤10%)
Rank:
Rank:
3/
Bottom 50%10
Diversity Score: 0.74
Grades: 5-12
15000 Broschart Rd
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 251-6900
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 251-6900
Rank: #14 - 2214. - 22.
Longview School
Special Education School
(Math: ≤20% | Reading: ≤20%)
Rank:
Rank:
5/
Bottom 50%10
Diversity Score: 0.73
Grades: K-12
13900 Bromfield Rd
Germantown, MD 20874
(301) 601-4830
Germantown, MD 20874
(301) 601-4830
Rank: #14 - 2214. - 22.
Quince Orchard High School
(Math: 47% | Reading: 62%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 10%10
Diversity Score: 0.73
Grades: 9-12
15800 Quince Orchard Rd
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
(240) 740-3600
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
(240) 740-3600
Rank: #14 - 2214. - 22.
Glen Burnie High School
Magnet School
(Math: 24% | Reading: 56%)
Rank:
Rank:
8/
Top 30%10
Diversity Score: 0.73
Grades: 9-12
7550 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd
Glen Burnie, MD 21060
(410) 761-8950
Glen Burnie, MD 21060
(410) 761-8950
Rank: #14 - 2214. - 22.
Col. Zadok Magruder High School
Magnet School
(Math: 40-44% | Reading: 63%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 10%10
Diversity Score: 0.73
Grades: 9-12
5939 Muncaster Mill Rd
Derwood, MD 20855
(240) 740-5550
Derwood, MD 20855
(240) 740-5550
Rank: #14 - 2214. - 22.
Tuscarora High School
(Math: 58% | Reading: 76%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 5%10
Diversity Score: 0.73
Grades: 9-12
5312 Ballenger Creek Pk
Frederick, MD 21703
(240) 236-6400
Frederick, MD 21703
(240) 236-6400
Rank: #14 - 2214. - 22.
Howard High School
(Math: 70% | Reading: 73%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 5%10
Diversity Score: 0.73
Grades: 9-12
8700 Old Annapolis Rd
Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 313-2867
Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 313-2867
Rank: #14 - 2214. - 22.
North County High School
Magnet School
(Math: 33% | Reading: 58%)
Rank:
Rank:
9/
Top 20%10
Diversity Score: 0.73
Grades: 9-12
10 East 1st Avenue
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
(410) 222-6970
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
(410) 222-6970
Rank: #14 - 2214. - 22.
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
(Math: 52% | Reading: 62%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 10%10
Diversity Score: 0.73
Grades: 9-12
1501 N Market St
Frederick, MD 21701
(240) 236-8200
Frederick, MD 21701
(240) 236-8200
Rank: #14 - 2214. - 22.
Oakland Mills High School
(Math: 40-44% | Reading: 64%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 10%10
Diversity Score: 0.73
Grades: 9-12
9410 Kilimanjaro Rd
Columbia, MD 21045
(410) 313-6945
Columbia, MD 21045
(410) 313-6945
Rank: #23 - 2923. - 29.
Chesapeake Science Point
Charter School
(Math: 30% | Reading: 68%)
Rank:
Rank:
9/
Top 20%10
Diversity Score: 0.72
Grades: 6-12
7321 Parkway Drive South
Hanover, MD 21076
(443) 757-5277
Hanover, MD 21076
(443) 757-5277
Rank: #23 - 2923. - 29.
Cedar Lane Special Center
Special Education School
(Math: ≤10% | Reading: 11-19%)
Rank:
Rank:
3/
Bottom 50%10
Diversity Score: 0.72
Grades: PK-12
11630 Scaggsville Rd
Fulton, MD 20759
(410) 888-8800
Fulton, MD 20759
(410) 888-8800
Rank: #23 - 2923. - 29.
Aberdeen High School
Magnet School
(Math: 47% | Reading: 56%)
Rank:
Rank:
9/
Top 20%10
Diversity Score: 0.72
Grades: 9-12
251 Paradise Rd
Aberdeen, MD 21001
(410) 273-5500
Aberdeen, MD 21001
(410) 273-5500
Rank: #23 - 2923. - 29.
Seneca Valley High School
Magnet School
(Math: 35-39% | Reading: 56%)
Rank:
Rank:
9/
Top 20%10
Diversity Score: 0.72
Grades: 9-12
19401 Crystal Rock Dr
Germantown, MD 20874
(240) 740-6400
Germantown, MD 20874
(240) 740-6400
Rank: #23 - 2923. - 29.
Rockville High School
Magnet School
(Math: 45-49% | Reading: 72%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 10%10
Diversity Score: 0.72
Grades: 9-12
2100 Baltimore Rd
Rockville, MD 20851
(240) 740-6600
Rockville, MD 20851
(240) 740-6600
Rank: #23 - 2923. - 29.
Frederick High School
(Math: 42% | Reading: 64%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 10%10
Diversity Score: 0.72
Grades: 9-12
650 Carroll Pky
Frederick, MD 21701
(240) 236-7000
Frederick, MD 21701
(240) 236-7000
Rank: #23 - 2923. - 29.
Wicomico Middle School
(Math: 3% | Reading: 22%)
Rank:
Rank:
3/
Bottom 50%10
Diversity Score: 0.72
Grades: 6-9
635 E Main St
Salisbury, MD 21804
(410) 677-5145
Salisbury, MD 21804
(410) 677-5145
Rank: #30 - 3530. - 35.
Old Mill High School
Magnet School
(Math: 38% | Reading: 62%)
Rank:
Rank:
9/
Top 20%10
Diversity Score: 0.71
Grades: 9-12
600 Patriot Ln
Millersville, MD 21108
(410) 969-9010
Millersville, MD 21108
(410) 969-9010
Rank: #30 - 3530. - 35.
Damascus High School
(Math: 49% | Reading: 73%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 10%10
Diversity Score: 0.71
Grades: 9-12
25921 Ridge Rd
Damascus, MD 20872
(240) 207-2400
Damascus, MD 20872
(240) 207-2400
Rank: #30 - 3530. - 35.
Stephen Knolls School
Special Education School
(Math: <50% | Reading: <50%)
Rank:
Rank:
9/
Top 20%10
Diversity Score: 0.71
Grades: PK-12
10731 St. Margaret's Way
Kensington, MD 20895
(240) 740-0050
Kensington, MD 20895
(240) 740-0050
Rank: #30 - 3530. - 35.
James Hubert Blake High School
(Math: 45-49% | Reading: 65%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 10%10
Diversity Score: 0.71
Grades: 9-12
300 Norwood Rd
Silver Spring, MD 20905
(240) 740-1400
Silver Spring, MD 20905
(240) 740-1400
Rank: #30 - 3530. - 35.
Wilde Lake High School
(Math: 36% | Reading: 63%)
Rank:
Rank:
9/
Top 20%10
Diversity Score: 0.71
Grades: 9-12
5460 Trumpeter Rd
Columbia, MD 21044
(410) 313-6965
Columbia, MD 21044
(410) 313-6965
Rank: #30 - 3530. - 35.
Great Mills High School
(Math: 42% | Reading: 55%)
Rank:
Rank:
9/
Top 20%10
Diversity Score: 0.71
Grades: 9-12
21130 Great Mills Rd
Great Mills, MD 20634
(301) 863-4001
Great Mills, MD 20634
(301) 863-4001
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Maryland average public high schools diversity score?
The Maryland average public high schools diversity score is 0.72 for 2024.
What are public high schools with the most diversity score in Maryland?
The best top ranked public high schools in Maryland include Northwest High School, Ridge/ruxton School and Richard Montgomery High School.
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