HCPSSHCPSS Ranked Maryland’s Best School System
November 20th, 2015
The Howard County Public School System has been ranked the top public school district in the state of Maryland for 2016, according to a report released this week by Niche.com, an education and community analysis firm.
Niche.com scored school districts based on factors that included state test scores, college readiness, graduation rates, SAT/ACT scores, teacher quality, student and parent reviews, expert insights and other parameters.
Individual HCPSS schools also did well on the Niche.com rankings of the best public high schools in Maryland and in the Baltimore Metropolitan area. Eight HCPSS high schools are listed among the top 25 in the state, and all 12 HCPSS high schools are ranked within the top 30 on the local list. Notably, the top six public high schools in the Baltimore Metropolitan region are HCPSS high schools.