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Maryland's Private and Charter Schools

Charter Schools
The average start time for Marylan'd Charter Middle or High Schools is 8:21a.m. 

Baltimore Leadership School For Young Women, Baltimore (Grades 6-8 )   8:15 a.m. 
Baltimore Leadership School For Young Women, Baltimore  (Grades 9-12) 8:30 a.m. 
Chesapeake Math & IT Public Charter Middle School – North, Laurel (Grades 6-8) 7:55 a.m. 
Chesapeake Math & IT Public Charter High School – North,  Laurel (Grades 9-12) 7:55 a.m. 
Chesapeake Math & IT Public Charter – South, Upper Marlboro (Grades 6-12) 8:20 a.m. 
Chesapeake Science Point, Hanover (Grades 6-12) 8:20 a.m. 
City Neighbors High School, Baltimore (Grades 9-12) 9:00 a.m. 
College Park Academy, Hyattsville (Grades 6-12) 8:25 a.m. 
ConneXions Community Leadership Academy (Grades 6-12) 9:00 a.m. 
Coppin Academy High School, Baltimore (Grades 9-12) 8:00 a.m. 
Green Street Academy, Baltimore (Grades 9-12) 8:15 a.m. 

Private Schools

The average start time for private Middle/High School or Upper School in Maryland is 8:06 a.m., with the only a handful starting before 8:00 a.m.   For a list of private school start times, please see here.  This may not be a complete list.  If you know of other late-starting private middle or high schools that are not listed, please contact us.

Some of Maryland's private schools have recognized the value of healthy, safe, and age-appropriate start times:
  • Calvert Hall College High School - 8:45 a.m.
  • Indian Creek School- Upper School (grades 7-12) 8:45 a.m. start time  ICS specifically recognized the reason for late start times for their upper school when it began in 2006.
  • Institute of Notre Dame - 8:55 a.m.
  • Key School Upper School - 8:40 a.m. (Page 38-39 of Upper School Guide).  Middle school starts at 8:15 a.m.
  • Nora School - 8:45 a.m. 
  • ​Park School Of Baltimore - 8:30 a.m.
  • St Andrew's Episcopal School - 8:45 a.m.

Some have altered their schedule for occasional late starts or have unusual schedules:
  • Bryn Mawr, Gilman School, and Roland Park Country School  - In coordination, these three Upper Schools have 8:00 a.m. start times, with 9:00 a.m. start time on Wednesdays beginning in the 2017-2018 school year.
  • Fairhaven School - Fairhaven School is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Students are required to attend for a minimum of five hours per day.
  • Garrison Forest School - Upper School 8:00 a.m. start times, with 9:00 a.m. start time on Thursdays.
  • Holton-Arms - Upper School 8:00 a.m. start times, with 9:00 a.m. start time on Wednesdays beginning in the 2019-2020 school year
  • Severn School - 8:00 a.m. start times, with 9:00 a.m. start time on first Wednesday of the month
  • Takoma Academy - 8:00 a.m. start times, with 10:00 a.m. start time on Thursdays.
  • West Nottingham Academy - 8:15 a.m., with 9:30 a.m. start times once or twice a month for teacher training.
  • Wye River Upper School -8:00 a.m. start, but first period is sports/athletics, with academics beginning at 9:30 a.m.
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Some are nearly to the 8:30 a.m. recommended earliest start time:
  • Calvary Christian Academy - 8:25 a.m.
  • Cristo Rey Jesuit High School - 8:15 a.m.
  • DeMatha Catholic High School - 8:15 a.m.
  • Georgetown Preparatory School - 8:15 a.m.
  • Heights School - 8:20 a.m. 
  • Landon School - 8:15 a.m.
  • McClean School of Maryland - 8:15
  • McDonogh School - 8:20 a.m.
  • Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy -  8:15
  • New Hope Academy - 8:15 a.m.
  • Salisbury School - 8:15 a.m.
  • Washington Waldorf School - 8:15 a.m.
  • ​Worcester Preparatory School - 8:18 a.m.



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