High · Maryland

College Park Academy

Charter

College Park Academy, a public high school in Riverdale, Maryland: grades 6–12, 682 students, 16.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Prince George's County Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
682
Teachers (FTE)
41.0
Students per teacher
16.6
Grades
6–12
High

More students per teacher than 58% of high schools in Maryland

Median 16.2 · 223 schools compared

More students per teacher than 65% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of high schools in Maryland

Median 1,180 · 232 schools compared

Larger than 64% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Maryland's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Maryland: 49%

60%proficient

−4.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 88% of high schools in Maryland

Median 28% · 17 high schools compared

349 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Maryland: 28%

21%proficient

+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 82% of high schools in Maryland

Median 2.5% · 17 high schools compared

293 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 6–12
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Prince George's County Public Schools.

Location

Address
5751 Rivertech Ct, Riverdale, MD 20737
Phone
(240)696-3206
City or town
Riverdale Park

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Parkdale HighFree meals for all
9–122,58816.9
Northwestern HighFree meals for all
9–122,39615.7
Bladensburg HighFree meals for all
9–122,11416.6
9–1236812.5
The Sojourner Truth School PCSCharterFree meals for all
6–122929.4
9–122,54419.0

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 240051001718