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Black student results in Howard

Across 58 schools in Howard, 37.8% of Black students meet proficient. That is 9 points above the Maryland average for Black students.

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52.3%
All students
37.8%
Black
32.5%
Hispanic
66%
White
68.3%
Asian

Average across the 58 schools in Howard with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 54 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Pointers Run Elementary reports 67% of Black students meeting the standard. Running Brook Elementary, in the same district, reports 18.1%. That is a 48.9-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Howard

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Glenwood Middle 63.1% 92.9% 50.7% 62.8% 78.5%
Pointers Run Elementary 78.6% 67% 54.2% 79.9% 86.7%
Rockburn Elementary 75.2% 63.4% 75.4% 76.8%
Triadelphia Ridge Elementary 79% 62.5% 72.5% 88.1%
Dayton Oaks Elementary 70.6% 60.7% 45% 72.9% 75.9%
Mount View Middle 72.7% 58.8% 53.3% 70.6% 81.4%
Clarksville Middle 74.4% 58% 72.3% 79.5%
Folly Quarter Middle 73.6% 56.7% 62.9% 69.2% 84.1%
Lime Kiln Middle 66.8% 55.2% 62.7% 65.4% 78.9%
Manor Woods Elementary 72.2% 52.6% 77.3% 76.2%
Northfield Elementary 69.2% 51.2% 50% 74.2% 70.9%
Waterloo Elementary 64.8% 50.9% 45.6% 85.9% 75.3%
Centennial Lane Elementary 70.8% 50% 40% 70.7% 77%
Fulton Elementary 72% 50% 75.3% 80.9%
Gorman Crossing Elementary 58.1% 47.9% 53.8% 75.2% 74.5%
Bellows Spring Elementary 60.4% 45.9% 46.9% 73.6% 70.8%
Clarksville Elementary 71.3% 45.2% 78.5% 84.8%
Hammond Elementary 58.8% 42.1% 39.2% 66.1% 76.5%
Forest Ridge Elementary 41.5% 41.4% 13.8% 67.9% 54.2%
Hollifield Station Elementary 57.8% 41.2% 26.7% 65.7% 70.2%
Ducketts Lane Elementary 39% 39.5% 21% 53.8% 83.3%
Burleigh Manor Middle 68.3% 38.7% 47.5% 77.6% 78.7%
Waverly Elementary 73.9% 37.5% 67.1% 80.5%
Laurel Woods Elementary 29.2% 36.4% 15.2% 35% 40.9%
Deep Run Elementary 40.3% 36.2% 22.9% 61.1% 75.6%
Atholton Elementary 58.3% 35.5% 51.6% 70.7%
Hammond Middle 54.4% 35.5% 35.2% 65.7% 79.3%
Jeffers Hill Elementary 42.9% 35% 27.4% 66.7% 50%
Bonnie Branch Middle 48.1% 34% 17.8% 64.8% 63.6%
Murray Hill Middle 41.8% 34% 23.6% 66% 66%
Ellicott Mills Middle 64.2% 33.9% 50% 65.2% 79.7%
Patapsco Middle 57% 33.3% 32.5% 61% 65.3%
Talbott Springs Elementary 41.5% 33.1% 29.1% 59.3%
Thunder Hill Elementary 48.5% 31.5% 24.7% 71.9% 68.9%
Swansfield Elementary 50.5% 31.3% 33.9% 82.7% 60.4%
Clemens Crossing Elementary 58.4% 31% 12.5% 74.7% 63.4%
Phelps Luck Elementary 44.5% 30.7% 26.1% 70%
Stevens Forest Elementary 47.6% 29.3% 44.4% 80.8%
Guilford Elementary 35.5% 29.1% 31.8% 65%
Elkridge Elementary 46.1% 28.2% 29.7% 60.4% 55.3%
Elkridge Landing Middle 41.2% 27.6% 30.5% 50.6% 51.9%
Patuxent Valley Middle 33.3% 27.4% 16.9% 51.2% 45%
Bollman Bridge Elementary 30.4% 27.3% 15.8% 53.4% 22.7%
Bryant Woods Elementary 35.4% 26.6% 57%
Dunloggin Middle 49.1% 26.5% 35.4% 64.2% 59.8%
Lake Elkhorn Middle 31% 26.5% 19.4% 52.4% 66.7%
Wilde Lake Middle 40.3% 25% 27.5% 66.3% 70%
Oakland Mills Middle 35.1% 24.9% 21.9% 45.1%
Hanover Hills Elementary 29.8% 24.3% 21.2% 42.5% 42.3%
St. Johns Lane Elementary 62.6% 24.1% 36.7% 75.4% 77.4%
Veterans Elementary 58.2% 23.8% 42.1% 76.2% 66.3%
Cradlerock Elementary 27.4% 22.6% 11.2% 64.3%
Thomas Viaduct Middle 27.4% 22.4% 13.5% 38.1% 53.5%
Ilchester Elementary 66.7% 20% 77.3% 69.7%
Harpers Choice Middle 25.2% 19.8% 16.3% 60.3% 55.3%
Mayfield Woods Middle 32.1% 19.4% 17.7% 54.3% 48.8%
Longfellow Elementary 35.3% 18.4% 27.5% 62.5%
Running Brook Elementary 30.9% 18.1% 15% 66%

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How to read this. Maryland suppresses results for groups with too few students tested, and reports by grade rather than by school, so many schools fall below the threshold — 868 of Maryland's schools have reportable Black student results. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Maryland figures should not be compared against another state's.

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