Maryland schools make slight gains on annual report card, but rating system could be changed

For a third straight year, Maryland schools made slight gains on the annual report card released Tuesday by the state Department of Education.

The state’s report card grades schools on a scale of one to five stars, with five stars going to schools that earn a score of at least 75% on a formula that measures overall school performance.

In the 2024-25 school year, 43% of schools earned four or five stars, up from 41% in the 2023-24 school year . According to the report, 98 schools garnered a five-star rating in the 2024-25 school year, an increase from 91 the previous school year.

Once again, Baltimore County schools led the way with 23 five-star schools, the most in the state. The county’s Eastern Technical High School received the most points in the state with a 92, one point higher