High · Maryland

Howard High

Howard High, a public high school in Ellicott City, Maryland: grades 9–12, 1,493 students, 15.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Howard 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
1,493
Teachers (FTE)
96.2
Students per teacher
15.5
Grades
9–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 61% of high schools in Maryland

Median 16.2 · 223 schools compared

More students per teacher than 58% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 68% of high schools in Maryland

Median 1,180 · 232 schools compared

Larger than 85% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 9–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Midsize city

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

Location

Address
8700 Old Annapolis Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043
Phone
(410)313-2867
City or town
Columbia

Nearby high schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
9–121,33413.7
9–121,41313.7
9–121,19714.0
9–121,37717.0
Homewood SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all
6–121092.5
9–120—

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.

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