High Road School of Baltimore County

High Road School of Baltimore County is a private special-education day school at 11685 Crossroads Circle, Suites A-B and S-U, in Middle River, MD. It serves students in grades 2 to 12 who have academic, emotional, and behavioral needs, including those diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Emotional Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Other Health Impairment, and Specific Learning Disability. The school runs Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and is part of the SESI Schools network (Specialized Education Services, Inc.), which operates similar programs across Maryland and other states. Placements are typically made through school districts, and the school works directly with district partners on the referral and enrollment process.

Instruction is built around each student's Individualized Education Program (IEP) and delivered in smaller, structured classrooms. The school uses SESI's Integrated Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, which is organized around tiering supports to the student rather than tiering the student, with the stated goals of supporting academic, behavioral, and emotional needs, preventing barriers to learning, and connecting staff with families and district partners. Programming is grouped into two learning pathways: Spark, for students with strong academic potential alongside behavioral or emotional challenges (including learners affected by trauma, anxiety, school avoidance, or juvenile justice involvement), and Spring, for students with learning disabilities, autism, or communication delays who benefit from structured routines, repetition, visuals, and life-skills instruction as they prepare for adulthood.

Related services offered at this location include counseling, social work, speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, and a culinary program, each tailored to a student's IEP. The school also runs an Extended School Year (ESY) program over the summer for students whose IEP teams determine that continued instruction is needed to prevent regression, with academic, behavioral, and related services aligned to IEP goals. The program emphasizes graduation and postsecondary readiness, helping students move toward graduation, vocational school, or job training. In fall 2025, the Baltimore County program expanded its autism services with a new facility. The school director is Kevin Savage, who joined SESI in 2012 and previously served as associate director of High Road School of Anne Arundel County. The school can be reached at 1-410-282-8500.