Schools in Marlow Heights · Prince George's County Public Schools
Marlow Heights’s public schools score below 92% of Maryland districts
The public schools Marlow Heights’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 92% of Maryland’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
It isn’t only a matter of income. Among the 80 Maryland towns with similar household incomes, Marlow Heights still scores better than just 1%. How it compares ↓
Fewer students graduate on time
76% of students graduate on time, 11 points below the state’s 87%, #192 in Maryland.
Which school depends on your street
With 128 elementary and 24 high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from D− to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. After that, everyone goes to Benjamin Stoddert Middle. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
The School Grade
How Marlow Heights compares
D Test scoresD− Graduation
Maryland school districts we grade (25)Better than 8%
Lower resultsHigher results
Maryland towns with similar household incomes (80)Better than 1%
High confidence. Built on 61,077 tested students and a graduating class of 10,462; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Maryland’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Maryland only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Marlow Heights.
107 schools teach Pre-K in Marlow Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address: Colin L Powell Academy, Beltsville Academy, Cherokee Lane Elementary and Springhill Lake Elementary and more.
128 schools teach K in Marlow Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address: Colin L Powell Academy, Accokeek Academy, Beltsville Academy and Cherokee Lane Elementary and more.
128 schools teach 1st grade in Marlow Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address: Colin L Powell Academy, Accokeek Academy, Beltsville Academy and Cherokee Lane Elementary and more.
130 schools teach 2nd grade in Marlow Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address: Colin L Powell Academy, Accokeek Academy, Beltsville Academy and Cherokee Lane Elementary and more.
130 schools teach 3rd grade in Marlow Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address: Colin L Powell Academy, Accokeek Academy, Beltsville Academy and Cherokee Lane Elementary and more.
130 schools teach 4th grade in Marlow Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address: Colin L Powell Academy, Accokeek Academy, Beltsville Academy and Cherokee Lane Elementary and more.
130 schools teach 5th grade in Marlow Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address: Colin L Powell Academy, Accokeek Academy, Beltsville Academy and Cherokee Lane Elementary and more.
24 schools teach 9th grade in Marlow Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address: High Point High, Charles Herbert Flowers High, Parkdale High and Bowie High and more.
24 schools teach 10th grade in Marlow Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address: High Point High, Charles Herbert Flowers High, Parkdale High and Bowie High and more.
24 schools teach 11th grade in Marlow Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address: High Point High, Charles Herbert Flowers High, Parkdale High and Bowie High and more.
24 schools teach 12th grade in Marlow Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address: High Point High, Charles Herbert Flowers High, Parkdale High and Bowie High and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–5128 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Benjamin Stoddert MiddlePrince George's County Public Schools
9–1224 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Career Technical InstituteCommunity college · For-profit · Washington
7.6 mi242 students
Windsor UniversityUniversity or college · For-profit · Washington
7.7 mi
Strayer University-District of ColumbiaUniversity or college · For-profit · Washington
7.7 mi3 students
Strayer University-Global RegionUniversity or college · For-profit · Washington
7.7 mi1 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Marlow Heights. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 30 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Maryland. Stars are from neighbors.