Schools · Bethesda
Bethesda, MD schools
Bethesda’s public schools score well above Maryland’s averages: 45% of students are proficient in reading against 35.5% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86.7%.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
Bethesda’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Bethesda’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 72% of Maryland’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
A-Test scoresCGraduation
Maryland school districts we grade (25)Better than 72%
Lower resultsHigher results
Maryland towns with similar household incomes (89)Better than 53%
High confidence. Built on 78,110 tested students and a graduating class of 12,646; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Maryland’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Maryland only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Maryland with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (Montgomery County)45%
State average 35.5%
Math (Montgomery County)27%
State average 19.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
89% graduate on time
Graduation rate
89%
MD: 86.7%
Graduating class
12,646
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #88 of 258 MD towns →
Districts
The district serving Bethesda
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 27 schools in Bethesda
Showing 1–27 of 27 schools
Bethesda ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 645 students
APublicWyngate ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 640 students
APublicWood Acres ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 609 students
APublicBurning Tree ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 479 students
APublicBradley Hills ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 474 students
APublicWestbrook ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 468 students
A+PublicBannockburn ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 446 students
APublicWashington Episcopal SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 320 students
PrivateThe Woods AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 309 students
PrivateSt. Jane de Chantal SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 286 students
PrivateLittle Flower SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 284 students
PrivateOur Lady of Lourdes SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 219 students
PrivateSt. Bartholomews SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 165 students
PrivateBethesda Country Day SchoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 146 students
PrivateBethesda Country Day SchoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 146 students
PrivateConcord Hill SchoolElementary · Grades PK–3 · 109 students
PrivateThe Bethesda Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 80 students
PrivateThe Family Academy of BethesdaElementary · Grades PK–K · 78 students
PrivateCrestview Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 15 students
PrivateThomas W. Pyle MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,259 students
APublicNorth Bethesda MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,224 students
APublicWestland MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 839 students
APublicBethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,377 students
A+PublicWalt Whitman HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,056 students
A+PublicRochambeau-The French Intl SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 1,214 students
PrivateStone Ridge School of the Sacred HeartOther · Grades PK–12 · 770 students
PrivateOneness Family SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 143 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.