High schools in Gaithersburg, Rockville and Silver Spring ranked among Maryland’s lowest for reading and writing aptitude, according to the Maryland State Department of Education.
As part of the annual Partnership For Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (“PARCC”) examination, Maryland public school students in grades three through eight and high school are tested based on Common Core English language arts standards.
The students pass if their scores either meet or exceed expectations, indicating they’re “ready for the next level” of education.
Maryland high schools with lowest reading scores
Rank
School
City
District
Passing rate
1
Anne Arundel Evening High
Severna Park
Anne Arundel
0
2
Eager Street Academy
Baltimore
Baltimore City
0
3
Friendship Academy of Engineering and Technology
Baltimore
Baltimore City
0
4
New Era Academy
Baltimore
Baltimore City
0
5
Reginald F. Lewis High School
Baltimore
Baltimore City
0
6
Renaissance Academy
Baltimore
Baltimore City
0
7
Digital Harbor High School
Baltimore
Baltimore City
1.56
8
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy
Baltimore
Baltimore City
4.50
9
Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove
Baltimore
Baltimore City
6.09
10
Independence School Local I
Baltimore
Baltimore City
8.33
11
City Neighbors High School
Baltimore
Baltimore City
9.39
12
Phoenix Academy
Annapolis
Anne Arundel
16.67
13
Green Street Academy
Baltimore
Baltimore City
16.94
14
Watkins Mill High
Gaithersburg
Montgomery
20.48
15
Regional Institute for Children & Adolescents
Rockville
Montgomery
24
16
Edgewood High
Edgewood
Harford
24.34
17
John F. Kennedy High
Silver Spring
Montgomery
24.43
18
Meade High
Ft Meade
Anne Arundel
28.50
19
Joppatowne High
Joppa
Harford
28.62
20
Annapolis High
Annapolis
Anne Arundel
36.36
21
Havre de Grace High
Havre de Grace
Harford
36.77
22
Glen Burnie High
Glen Burnie
Anne Arundel
36.83
23
North County High
Glen Burnie
Anne Arundel
36.88
24
Long Reach High
Columbia
Howard
36.97
25
Aberdeen High
Aberdeen
Harford
37.12
26
Wilde Lake High
Columbia
Howard
37.14
27
Seneca Valley High
Germantown
Montgomery
38.46
28
Hammond High
Columbia
Howard
39.36
29
Springbrook High
Silver Spring
Montgomery
39.49
30
Chesapeake High
Pasadena
Anne Arundel
39.85
31
Northeast High
Pasadena
Anne Arundel
40.09
32
Albert Einstein High
Kensington
Montgomery
40.36
33
Oakland Mills High
Columbia
Howard
42.93
34
Wheaton High
Silver Spring
Montgomery
43.34
35
Gaithersburg High
Gaithersburg
Montgomery
43.45
36
Old Mill High
Millersville
Anne Arundel
43.50
37
Col. Zadok Magruder High
Rockville
Montgomery
44.21
38
Bel Air High
Bel Air
Harford
48.09
39
Rockville High
Rockville
Montgomery
51.56
40
James Hubert Blake High
Silver Spring
Montgomery
51.91
41
Reservoir High
Fulton
Howard
53.69
42
Montgomery Blair High
Silver Spring
Montgomery
54.02
43
Mount Hebron High
Ellicott City
Howard
54.21
44
Sherwood High
Sandy Spring
Montgomery
54.60
45
Clarksburg High
Clarksburg
Montgomery
55.81
46
North Harford High
Pylesville
Harford
56.29
47
Paint Branch High
Burtonsville
Montgomery
56.37
48
C. Milton Wright High
Bel Air
Harford
56.91
49
Howard High
Ellicott City
Howard
59.93
50
Northwest High
Germantown
Montgomery
62.14
