Regional Institute For Children & Adolescents and Wheaton High is among Maryland high schools that reported the lowest on-time graduation rates for the class of 2017, according to the latest Maryland Schools Report Card.
In the annual report, the Maryland State Department of Education releases data on enrollment, attendance, graduation rate and assessment results, among other metrics. This analysis uses graduation rates based on the number of students in a cohort who earned diplomas after completing four years of high school.
Bottom graduation rates
Rank
School
District
Class Count
Diplomas Earned
4-year Graduation Rate
1
Anne Arundel Evening High
Anne Arundel
143
21
14.69
2
Reginald F. Lewis High School
Baltimore City
118
51
43.22
3
Renaissance Academy
Baltimore City
100
52
52
4
Regional Institute For Children & Adolescents
Montgomery
22
12
54.55
5
Phoenix Academy
Anne Arundel
62
38
61.29
6
Independence School Local I
Baltimore City
33
21
63.64
7
Benjamin Franklin High School At Masonville Cove
Baltimore City
133
85
63.91
8
New Era Academy
Baltimore City
61
39
63.93
9
Digital Harbor High School
Baltimore City
346
222
64.16
10
Friendship Academy Of Engineering And Technology
Baltimore City
77
53
68.83
11
Green Street Academy
Baltimore City
47
35
74.47
12
Joppatowne High
Harford
160
121
75.63
13
Wheaton High
Montgomery
371
287
77.36
14
Gaithersburg High
Montgomery
544
421
77.39
15
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy
Baltimore City
77
60
77.92
16
Aberdeen High
Harford
369
296
80.22
17
John F. Kennedy High
Montgomery
378
307
81.22
18
Wilde Lake High
Howard
301
249
82.72
19
Edgewood High
Harford
297
249
83.84
20
Long Reach High
Howard
360
305
84.72
21
Rockville High
Montgomery
322
277
86.02
22
North County High
Anne Arundel
492
424
86.18
23
Montgomery Blair High
Montgomery
725
625
86.21
24
Seneca Valley High
Montgomery
290
250
86.21
25
Annapolis High
Anne Arundel
493
426
86.41
26
Meade High
Anne Arundel
507
439
86.59
27
Springbrook High
Montgomery
452
397
87.83
28
City Neighbors High School
Baltimore City
103
92
89.32
29
Col. Zadok Magruder High
Montgomery
365
327
89.59
30
Chesapeake High
Anne Arundel
352
317
90.06
31
Hammond High
Howard
325
293
90.15
32
James Hubert Blake High
Montgomery
388
350
90.21
33
Glen Burnie High
Anne Arundel
433
391
90.30
34
Paint Branch High
Montgomery
487
441
90.55
35
North Harford High
Harford
293
267
91.13
36
Clarksburg High
Montgomery
507
464
91.52
37
Arundel High
Anne Arundel
553
510
92.22
38
Richard Montgomery High
Montgomery
580
535
92.24
39
Southern High
Anne Arundel
269
249
92.57
40
Harford Technical High
Harford
238
221
92.86
41
South River High
Anne Arundel
562
523
93.06
42
Havre De Grace High
Harford
120
112
93.33
43
Old Mill High
Anne Arundel
542
506
93.36
44
River Hill High
Howard
294
276
93.88
45
Sherwood High
Montgomery
491
461
93.89
46
Bel Air High
Harford
394
370
93.91
47
Damascus High
Montgomery
266
250
93.98
48
Mount Hebron High
Howard
374
352
94.12
49
Reservoir High
Howard
381
359
94.23
50
Bethesda-chevy Chase High
Montgomery
502
474
94.42
51
Broadneck High
Anne Arundel
512
485
94.73
52
Howard High
Howard
422
400
94.79
53
Northwest High
Montgomery
535
508
94.95
