Schools in Paramount-Long Meadow · Washington County Public Schools
Paramount-Long Meadow’s public schools beat 52% of Maryland districts
The public schools Paramount-Long Meadow’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 52% of Maryland’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
Paramount-Long Meadow spends 14% less per student than the state average, yet lands near the middle on results. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With eight middle and eight high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Paramount Elementary. 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 Paramount-Long Meadow compares
B Test scoresC+ Graduation
Maryland school districts we grade (25)Better than 52%
Lower resultsHigher results
Maryland towns with similar household incomes (194)Better than 38%
High confidence. Built on 10,766 tested students and a graduating class of 1,727; 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 Paramount-Long Meadow.
8 schools teach 6th grade in Paramount-Long Meadow’s district. Which one depends on your address: Western Heights Middle, E. Russell Hicks Middle, Northern Middle and Springfield Middle and more.
8 schools teach 7th grade in Paramount-Long Meadow’s district. Which one depends on your address: Western Heights Middle, E. Russell Hicks Middle, Northern Middle and Springfield Middle and more.
8 schools teach 8th grade in Paramount-Long Meadow’s district. Which one depends on your address: Western Heights Middle, E. Russell Hicks Middle, Northern Middle and Springfield Middle and more.
8 schools teach 9th grade in Paramount-Long Meadow’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Hagerstown High, North Hagerstown High, Williamsport High and Boonsboro High and more.
8 schools teach 10th grade in Paramount-Long Meadow’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Hagerstown High, North Hagerstown High, Williamsport High and Boonsboro High and more.
8 schools teach 11th grade in Paramount-Long Meadow’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Hagerstown High, North Hagerstown High, Williamsport High and Boonsboro High and more.
8 schools teach 12th grade in Paramount-Long Meadow’s district. Which one depends on your address: South Hagerstown High, North Hagerstown High, Williamsport High and Boonsboro High and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–5Paramount ElementaryWashington County Public Schools
6–88 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–128 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Blue Ridge Community and Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Martinsburg
23.6 mi3,779 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Paramount-Long Meadow. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 3 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.