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Mountain Ridge High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
100 Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick
Frostburg, MD 21532
Phone
(301) 689-3377
District
Allegany County Public Schools
County
ALLEGANY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
734
Classroom Teachers
43

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maryland

5

(10 is best)

Better than 41.8% of all MD schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Mountain Ridge High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
27%
30%
49%
49%
5%
11%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 227 30.9%
Grade 10 221 30.1%
Grade 11 134 18.3%
Grade 12 152 20.7%
Total 734 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 96.1% 92.1% 34.4%
Black 1.0% 4.3% 34.1%
Hispanic 1.8% 2.3% 23.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.8% 1.0% 7.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 53.1% 60.5% 49.5%
Free lunch eligible 47.8% 55.6% 44.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.3% 4.9% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 67,762 6,180,253
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 160.5 631
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.4% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.6% 32.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.5% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 21.0% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 27,436 2,339,510
Single Parent Households With Children 7.8% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.7% 91.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.1% 42.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.9% 31.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.0% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.2% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.4% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.1% 10.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.6% 6.9%
$15,000 or less 12.9% 6.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,063 $90,768,000 59.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $813 $6,674,000 4.4%
Staff $664 $5,446,000 3.6%
General Administration $103 $843,000 0.6%
School Administration $1,263 $10,362,000 6.8%
Operation $1,637 $13,431,000 8.8%
Transportation $826 $6,776,000 4.4%
Other $349 $2,864,000 1.9%
Total Support $5,655 $46,396,000 30.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,876 $15,390,000 10.1%
Total Expenditures $18,593 $152,554,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,058 $9,844,110,000 54.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $893 $794,543,000 4.4%
Staff $923 $821,311,000 4.6%
General Administration $156 $139,126,000 0.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,014,440,000 5.7%
Operation $1,554 $1,383,230,000 7.7%
Transportation $877 $780,644,000 4.4%
Other $502 $446,886,000 2.5%
Total Support $6,044 $5,380,180,000 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,035 $2,701,616,000 15.1%
Total Expenditures $20,136 $17,925,906,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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