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For the 2025-26 school year, there are 11 public schools serving 4,893 students in Capitol Heights, MD (there are , serving 47 private students). 99% of all K-12 students in Capitol Heights, MD are educated in public schools (compared to the MD state average of 86%).

The top ranked public schools in Capitol Heights, MD are Capitol Heights Elementary School, Central High School and Walker Mill Middle School. Overall testing rank is based on a school's combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.

Capitol Heights, MD public schools have an average math proficiency score of 11% (versus the Maryland public school average of 27%), and reading proficiency score of 31% (versus the 45% statewide average). Schools in Capitol Heights have an average ranking of 1/10, which is in the bottom 50% of Maryland public schools.

Minority enrollment is 97% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the Maryland public school average of 68% (majority Black).