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Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’s public schools outscore 64% of Maryland districts

The grade covers the public school district serving Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. 28% of students in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’s public schools are proficient in math, above the Maryland average (25%). Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Maryland, not nationally.

#105of 261 Maryland townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Maryland state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency

49%

▲ 4 pts vs MD 45%

2021–22

Math proficiency

28%

▲ 3 pts vs MD 25%

2021–22

Graduate on time

91%

▲ 5 pts vs MD 86%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$17.5K

▼ 14% vs MD $20.3K

FY2024

Students per teacher

15.1

MD 14.5 · larger classes

Schools in town

22,248 students on the public path

In brief

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 212 Maryland towns with household incomes within a quarter of Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’s, its schools beat 59%, lower than their 64% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state on both counts

Reading proficiency is 49% and math 28% in spring 2022, against 45% and 25% statewide; 91% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $17,516 per student, against $20,258 across Maryland (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

24 elementary schools, then eight middle and eight high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. Enrollment is up 6% since 2020–21. See the path ↓

Choice beyond the district

St. Maria Goretti Catholic High School (private) is in town. Every school ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’s grade

B Test scoresB⁻ Graduation

B: better than 64% of Maryland school districts, #105 of 261 Maryland towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Maryland average; test scores are the stronger of the two.

Maryland school districts we grade (25)Better than 64%

Lower resultsHigher results

Maryland towns with similar household incomes (212)Better than 59%

BB⁺A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 10,861 test results and a graduating class of 1,687 could put Fountainhead-Orchard Hills anywhere from B to B+. The tests are from spring 2022, when 98% of Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’s students in the tested grades sat them (10,827 in math, 10,895 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, with each school’s own grade.

24 schools teach K in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D to A−, so check the specific school.

Town	Schools	Main districts
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills	B	Washington County
Hagerstown	B	Washington County

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’s public schools outscore 64% of Maryland districts

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Above the state on both counts

Spending and class size

24 elementary schools, then eight middle and eight high schools

Choice beyond the district

What’s behind Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’s grade

Where will my kid go?

The district

Above the state in reading

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills vs. its neighbors

Every school in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills

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