Special education schools in Maryland (43)

By city

The 40 largest

School	City	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation
Harbour School at Baltimore	Owings Mills	2-12	185	8.8	Nonsectarian
Ivymount School	Rockville	K-12	172	5.2	Nonsectarian
The Siena School	Silver Spring	4-12	143	4.6	Nonsectarian
The Katherine Thomas School	Rockville	PreK-12	133	1.9	Nonsectarian
Sheppard Pratt	Reisterstown	1-12	122	3.6	Nonsectarian
The Summit School	Edgewater	1-8	112	3.6	Nonsectarian
Baltimore Lab School	Baltimore	1-12	110	3.5	Nonsectarian
Sheppard Pratt School-Rockville (Formerly Frost Sc	Rockville	K-12	98	5.2	Nonsectarian
The Legacy School	Eldersburg	1-8	96	2.5	Nonsectarian
The Children's Guild	Chillum	2-12	96	8	Nonsectarian
Villa Maria School	Luthvle Timon	1-8	84	6.5	Nonsectarian
The Diener School	North Bethesda	K-8	75	2.7	Nonsectarian
The Foundation School of Montgomery County	Gaithersburg	4-12	68	7.6	Nonsectarian
The Highlands School	Bel Air	1-12	67	3.8	Nonsectarian
Phillips School - Laurel	Laurel	3-12	67	5.2	Nonsectarian
Chelsea School	Hyattsville	5-12	67	4.2	Nonsectarian
Sheppard Pratt School	Hunt Valley	2-12	61	5.5	Nonsectarian
Glenwood Academy	Glenwood	3-12	59	3	Nonsectarian
The Trellis School	Sparks Glencoe	K-12	54	6.3	Nonsectarian
Radcliffe Creek School	Chestertown	1-8	54	3.8	Nonsectarian
Foundation Learning Center the	Landover	2-8	53	4.1	Nonsectarian
High Road Academy of Howard County	Fulton	5-12	51	7.3	Nonsectarian
Laurel Hall School	Hagerstown	2-12	51	4.5	Nonsectarian
Linwood School	Ellicott City	3-12	50	5.6	Nonsectarian
The Benedictine School	Ridgely	Ungraded	46	3.5	Nonsectarian
Community School of Maryland	Brookeville	3-12	46	4.9	Nonsectarian
High Road School of Harford County	Belcamp	2-12	44	6	Nonsectarian
Forbush School at Oakmont Upper School	Gaithersburg	8-12	42	18.3	Nonsectarian
Laurel Hall School - Frederick	Frederick	4-12	36	3.6	Nonsectarian
Jewels School ✓	Pikesville	PreK-7	33	4.1	Jewish
The Auburn School Silver Spring Campus	Silver Spring	K-8	31	2.4	Nonsectarian
Cedar Ridge School	Williamsport	1-12	27	4.3	Christian (nondenominational)
Pathways Horizons	Beltsville	7-12	27	6.8	Nonsectarian
Youth in Transition School	Windsor Mill	6-12	27	4.5	Nonsectarian
Shafer Center for Early Intervention- the	Owings Mills	1-5	25	6.2	Nonsectarian
Pathways School-Edgewood	Silver Spring	7-12	23	5.8	Nonsectarian
The Baltimore Academy	Baltimore	9-12	23	5.8	Nonsectarian
Cornerstone Academy	Mount Airy	6-12	22	4.3	Other religious
Shorehaven School	Elkton	Ungraded	17	3.7	Nonsectarian
New Directions Academy	Parkville	9-12	14	4	Nonsectarian

Other kinds of school in Maryland

What Maryland pays

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Maryland BOOST Scholarship Scholarship

$1,200 to $4,750 in 2025-26, plus $3,000 for high school students These are 2025-26 amounts. The advisory board sets new amounts each summer and had not posted 2026-27 figures in writing when we checked. The larger awards go to students coming from public school on free meals. Students receiving special education services got an extra award equal to their base award.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, 2026-09-21. Sources and how to apply

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