Cornerstone Academy
Mount Airy · MD · Religious-affiliated · K-12 combined
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Friends Meeting School → Mount Airy Christian Academy → Friends Meeting School → Chapelgate Christian Academy → Springdale Preparatory School → Covenant Life School → Sandy Springs Friends Middle School → Washington Christian Academy →How Cornerstone Academy compares for families
What families should know about Cornerstone Academy.
- ▸ 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: Friends Meeting School, Mount Airy Christian Academy, Friends Meeting School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Maryland-College Park
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $15,678/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
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 +4.9%/year, projecting from 2022's 23 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends Meeting School Ijamsville |
Private | 1.2 | 98 | — |
| Mount Airy Christian Academy Mount Airy |
Private | 1.5 | 388 | +43.2% |
| Friends Meeting School Ijamsville |
Private | 8.8 | 98 | +14.0% |
| Chapelgate Christian Academy Marriottsville |
Private | 12.3 | 324 | +10.2% |
| Springdale Preparatory School New Windsor |
Private | 13.4 | 65 | — |
| Covenant Life School Gaithersburg |
Private | 14.0 | 327 | +38.0% |
| Sandy Springs Friends Middle School Sandy Spring |
Private | 16.1 | 667 | +14.2% |
| Washington Christian Academy Olney |
Private | 16.4 | 262 | -11.2% |