The state of Maryland issued its 2019 School Report Card and the news is mostly good. While there are fewer schools around the state that earned the highest five-star rating possible, there also were fewer schools earning just one star as well.
Ultimately, 40% of the schools around the state earned a four-star rating this year. Another 33% were given three-stars.
Montgomery County led the way with 37 five-star schools. Howard County had 25 five-star schools, and Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties each had 23.
The new scoring system goes beyond measuring test scores and includes attendance, graduation rates, curriculum and a survey of students and teachers.
In Montgomery County, nearly 70% of all schools finished with four or five stars. In Prince George’s County, it was 35%, with 80% hitting three-stars or higher.
Howard County also saw a majority of its schools in the four and five-star range, with just one school finishing under three stars.
Charles County noted that 34 of its 36 schools (95%) finished with at least three stars this year as well.
The report card for each school system, as well as each individual school can be found online.
