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Black student results in Washington

Across 18 schools in Washington, 30.7% of Black students meet proficient. That is 1.9 points above the Maryland average for Black students.

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39.5%
All students
30.7%
Black
33.7%
Hispanic
44.8%
White
70%
Asian

Average across the 18 schools in Washington 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 16 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Paramount Elementary reports 46.3% of Black students meeting the standard. Bester Elementary, in the same district, reports 8.2%. That is a 38.1-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Washington

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
Williamsport Elementary Magnet 65.4% 80% 61.2% 69.4%
Paramount Elementary 49.5% 46.3% 34.3% 54%
Fountaindale Elementary Magnet 56.1% 45.3% 33.3% 65.8%
Smithsburg Middle 58% 43.2% 47.1% 60.5%
Maugansville Elementary 39.4% 37.8% 25.7% 48.3%
Rockland Woods Elementary 47.5% 33.8% 40.5% 50.7%
E. Russell Hicks Middle Magnet 35.4% 29.9% 35.5% 44.2% 76.2%
Potomac Heights Elementary 44.2% 27.9% 36.4% 49.1%
Eastern Elementary 28% 27.8% 27.8% 28.6%
Northern Middle Magnet 37.6% 25.5% 27.3% 44.5% 73.9%
Western Heights Middle Magnet 25.9% 24% 22.3% 33.4% 60%
Salem Avenue Elementary 37.7% 23.5% 41.9% 35.4%
Jonathan Hager Elementary 28.3% 23% 35.4% 23.8%
Lincolnshire Elementary 34% 22% 34.2% 41.7%
Springfield Middle Magnet 33.6% 22% 27.2% 35%
Pangborn Elementary 27.3% 20.7% 26.2% 33.9%
Emma K. Doub Elementary Magnet 49% 12.5% 39.8% 60.2%
Bester Elementary 14.4% 8.2% 11.1% 27.8%

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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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