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The Highlands School

Bel Air · MD · Private independent · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
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Academic signals
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How The Highlands School compares for families

What families should know about The Highlands School.

  • LocallyMD sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Grace Classical Academy, Patterson Mill High School, Emmorton Baptist Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 68 in 2018 to 65 in 2022 — over 4 years.
-4.4%
Why only 3 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -1.1%/year, projecting from 2022's 65 students:

2023
64
2025
63
2027
61

A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Grace Classical Academy
Bel Air
Private 0.2 143 +45.9%
Patterson Mill High School
Bel Air
Public 3.3 839 +4.6%
Emmorton Baptist Academy
Bel Air
Private 3.7 49
Harford Academy at Campus Hills
Bel Air
Public 4.2 66 +10.0%
Harford Technical High
Bel Air
Public 4.3 954 -3.8%
John Carroll School
Bel Air
Private 4.6 715 +5.0%
Aberdeen High
Aberdeen
Public 5.0 1,396 -5.0%
Bel Air High
Bel Air
Public 5.0 1,341 -11.9%

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