States / Maryland
Chronic absenteeism in Maryland public schools Frederick Douglass High in Baltimore had the highest chronic absenteeism of any Maryland school with 50 or more students in 2022-23: 99.8% of its students missed 10% or more of their school days. The average Maryland school reported 30.3%, against 26.5% for U.S. schools; 100 of the 100 schools listed were at 50% or more.
EDFacts chronic absenteeism 2022-23 · schools open in 2024-25 with 50+ students · method
Chronically absent students, highest Maryland schools, 2022-23 Frederick Douglass High 99.8%; Edmondson-Westside High 97.2%; The Reach! Partnership School 92.9%; Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove 91.5%; Katherine Johnson Global Academy 91.5%; Booker T. Washington Middle 89.8%; Collington Square Elementary/Middle 87.7%; Patterson High 86.9%; Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High 86.6%; White Oak School 86.3%; Maryland 30.3%. 0 25 50 75 100 Frederick Douglass High 99.8% Edmondson-Westside High 97.2% The Reach! Partnership School 92.9% Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove 91.5% Katherine Johnson Global Academy 91.5% Booker T. Washington Middle 89.8% Collington Square Elementary/Middle 87.7% Patterson High 86.9% Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High 86.6% White Oak School 86.3% Maryland 30.3%
Chronically absent students, highest Maryland schools, 2022-23 Frederick Douglass High 99.8%; Edmondson-Westside High 97.2%; The Reach! Partnership School 92.9%; Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove 91.5%; Katherine Johnson Global Academy 91.5%; Booker T. Washington Middle 89.8%; Collington Square Elementary/Middle 87.7%; Patterson High 86.9%; Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High 86.6%; White Oak School 86.3%; Maryland 30.3%. 0 25 50 75 100 Frederick Douglass High 99.8% Edmondson-Westside High 97.2% The Reach! Partnership School 92.9% Benjamin Franklin High School at Ma… 91.5% Katherine Johnson Global Academy 91.5% Booker T. Washington Middle 89.8% Collington Square Elementary/Middle 87.7% Patterson High 86.9% Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical H… 86.6% White Oak School 86.3% Maryland 30.3%
Chronically absent students, highest Maryland schools, 2022-23 Frederick Douglass High 99.8%; Edmondson-Westside High 97.2%; The Reach! Partnership School 92.9%; Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove 91.5%; Katherine Johnson Global Academy 91.5%; Booker T. Washington Middle 89.8%; Collington Square Elementary/Middle 87.7%; Patterson High 86.9%; Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High 86.6%; White Oak School 86.3%; Maryland 30.3%. 0 50 100 Frederick Douglass High 99.8% Edmondson-Westside High 97.2% The Reach! Partnership School 92.9% Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville… 91.5% Katherine Johnson Global Academy 91.5% Booker T. Washington Middle 89.8% Collington Square Elementary/Middle 87.7% Patterson High 86.9% Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High 86.6% White Oak School 86.3% Maryland 30.3%
Chronically absent students, highest Maryland schools, 2022-23 Frederick Douglass High 99.8%; Edmondson-Westside High 97.2%; The Reach! Partnership School 92.9%; Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove 91.5%; Katherine Johnson Global Academy 91.5%; Booker T. Washington Middle 89.8%; Collington Square Elementary/Middle 87.7%; Patterson High 86.9%; Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High 86.6%; White Oak School 86.3%; Maryland 30.3%. 0 50 100 Frederick Douglass High 99.8% Edmondson-Westside High 97.2% The Reach! Partnership School 92.9% Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonv… 91.5% Katherine Johnson Global Academy 91.5% Booker T. Washington Middle 89.8% Collington Square Elementary/Middle 87.7% Patterson High 86.9% Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High 86.6% White Oak School 86.3% Maryland 30.3%
The chart draws the top of the register below; its source is named under the register.
The 100 highest rates The other 85 on the list School City Students 2024‑25 Chronically absent 2022‑23 Carver Vocational-Technical High Baltimore 1,041 80.2% The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary Baltimore 236 79.6% Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy Baltimore 410 79.5% Pimlico Elementary/Middle Baltimore 732 79.4% Longview School Germantown 59 78.8% Frederick Elementary Baltimore 320 78.4% Franklin Square Elementary/Middle Baltimore 490 77.8% Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle Baltimore 287 75.6% Stadium School Baltimore 259 74.9% Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary Baltimore 300 74.5% Westport Academy Baltimore 251 73.9% Academy for College and Career Exploration Baltimore 967 73.6% William S. Baer School Baltimore 167 73.3% ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School Baltimore 523 73.0% Digital Harbor High School Baltimore 1,359 72.8% Coppin Academy Baltimore 450 72.7% City Springs Elementary/Middle Baltimore 483 71.7% Arundel Elementary Baltimore 434 70.3% Gwynns Falls Elementary Baltimore 201 70.2% Rosemont Elementary/Middle Baltimore 294 69.8% Windsor Hills Elementary/Middle Baltimore 252 69.0% Curtis Bay Elementary Baltimore 470 68.6% Robert W. Coleman Elementary Baltimore 201 68.6% Vanguard Collegiate Middle Baltimore 313 68.2% Mary Ann Winterling Elementary at Bentalou Baltimore 296 67.8% James E. Duckworth Regional Center Beltsville 99 67.6% Montebello Elementary/Middle Baltimore 542 67.3% Ridge/Ruxton School Baltimore 101 67.3% Sinclair Lane Elementary Baltimore 269 67.2% The Belair-Edison School Baltimore 911 66.8% James McHenry Elementary/Middle Baltimore 588 66.6% Matthew A. Henson Elementary Baltimore 199 66.5% Deep Creek Elementary Baltimore 385 65.7% Harlem Park Elementary/Middle Baltimore 402 65.5% Johnston Square Elementary Baltimore 271 65.3% Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys Baltimore 303 65.2% Potomac High Oxon Hill 1,347 64.6% Abbottston Elementary Baltimore 330 64.5% Edgewood Elementary Baltimore 134 64.3% Dundalk Middle Baltimore 598 64.1% Bladensburg High Bladensburg 2,114 63.1% Northwestern High Hyattsville 2,396 63.0% Gardenville Elementary Baltimore 229 62.9% C. Elizabeth Rieg Regional Center Mitchellville 148 62.9% Harford Heights Elementary Baltimore 435 62.8% Hilton Elementary Baltimore 258 62.8% Kenwood High Baltimore 1,900 62.6% KIPP Harmony Academy Baltimore 1,399 62.4% Chesapeake High Baltimore 1,052 62.1% Barclay Elementary/Middle Baltimore 373 61.4% Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy Baltimore 433 61.3% Dundalk High Baltimore 2,087 61.1% Owings Mills High Owings Mills 1,040 61.1% Milford Mill Academy Baltimore 1,471 61.0% Callaway Elementary Baltimore 231 60.8% Suitland High Suitland 1,847 60.3% Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle Baltimore 706 60.1% Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary Baltimore 189 59.7% Creative City Public Charter School Baltimore 210 59.6% District Heights Elementary District Heights 365 59.2% Hawthorne Elementary Baltimore 499 59.1% Dickey Hill Elementary/Middle Baltimore 218 59.1% Lansdowne High Baltimore 1,313 58.7% Central High Capitol Heights 754 58.7% Belmont Elementary Baltimore 177 58.6% Beechfield Elementary/Middle Baltimore 510 58.1% William Beanes Elementary Suitland 424 58.1% Rock Creek Walkersville 73 57.9% Fairmont Heights High Landover 1,090 57.8% Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle Baltimore 717 57.6% Phoenix Academy Annapolis 64 57.6% General John Stricker Middle Baltimore 713 57.4% Robert R. Gray Elementary Capital Heights 375 57.4% Bard High School Early College Baltimore 459 57.3% Violetville Elementary/Middle Baltimore 302 57.3% Woodlawn High Baltimore 1,922 57.1% Parkville High Baltimore 1,877 57.0% Paul Laurence Dunbar High Baltimore 1,087 56.9% Furley Elementary Baltimore 410 56.6% Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle Baltimore 799 56.4% Lansdowne Middle Baltimore 661 56.2% Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School Westover 389 56.1% Liberty Elementary Baltimore 335 56.0% Cambridge-South Dorchester High School Cambridge 811 55.7% Dundalk Elementary Baltimore 757 55.7%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts 2022-23: students absent 10% or more of school days over enrollment. Enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.
How many Maryland schools report a rate 1,325 of 1,348 Maryland schools with 50 or more students report a rate (98%) in the 2022-23 file. The state average on the national state ranking rests on these reporting schools.