NCES CCD 2024-25 30 schools MD

Best-Resourced Schools in Frederick, MD

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30 public K-12 schools in Frederick from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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30
Schools
22,938
Students
46.7/100
Avg Resource Index
15.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Frederick has more public-school enrollment than 94% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Frederick sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

18 of Frederick's 30 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

One district, but meaningful resource variation

Frederick's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 77th percentile among listed cities. Shared governance removes one source of policy variation, but it does not erase campus differences by grade span or enrollment. The 35-point gap between Heather Ridge and Monocacy Elementary measures the remaining local spread. Use the district-level picture for common budget context, then compare the school components to see whether staffing, counseling, gifted-program reporting, or attendance accounts for each campus's position.

City enrollment
Top 6%
School count
Top 8%
Resource Index average
77th percentile
Teacher staffing
45th percentile

Frederick school enrollment varies 41× across entities

Frederick school enrollment ranges from 50 students (lowest) to 2,066 students (highest), a spread of 2,016 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Frederick operates one school district — a single-district system

Frederick's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Frederick student-teacher ratio is 15.8:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Frederick is typically wider than the Frederick-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

3 of Frederick's 30 listed schools are charters

10% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Heather Ridge 69
2. Centerville Elementary 66
3. Spring Ridge Elementary 59
4. Gov. Thomas Johnson Middle 59
5. Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter 57
6. North Frederick Elementary 51
7. Whittier Elementary 49
8. Lincoln Elementary 49
9. Tuscarora Elementary 48
10. Ballenger Creek Middle 47
11. Yellow Springs Elementary 47
12. Liberty Elementary 47
13. West Frederick Middle 45
14. Butterfly Ridge Elementary 45
15. Frederick Classical Charter 45
16. Parkway Elementary 45
17. Urbana Elementary 44
18. Monocacy Middle 44
19. Hillcrest Elementary 44
20. Linganore High 43
21. Crestwood Middle 43
22. Sugarloaf Elementary 43
23. Gov. Thomas Johnson High 41
24. Waverley Elementary 41
25. Tuscarora High 40
26. Ballenger Creek Elementary 40
27. Orchard Grove Elementary 40
28. Frederick High 39
29. Monocacy Valley Montessori 37
30. Monocacy Elementary 34

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Frederick

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Ballenger Creek Elementary 77.3/100
  2. 2 Tuscarora Elementary 76.6/100
  3. 3 Centerville Elementary 75.7/100
  4. 4 Orchard Grove Elementary 75.6/100
  5. 5 Whittier Elementary 75.1/100

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Which Frederick school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Heather Ridge has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Frederick schools in this federal-data comparison at 69/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Frederick, MD? ▼

Frederick has 30 public schools with a total enrollment of 22,938 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.