Schools · Gaithersburg
Gaithersburg, MD schools
Gaithersburg’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+
Gaithersburg’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Gaithersburg’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 72% of Maryland’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A-Test scoresCGraduation
Maryland school districts we grade (25)Better than 72%
Lower resultsHigher results
Maryland towns with similar household incomes (201)Better than 68%
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 Gaithersburg
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 20 schools in Gaithersburg
Showing 1–20 of 20 schools
Rachel Carson ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 671 students
APublicDiamond ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 654 students
APublicGaithersburg ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 603 students
DPublicBrown Station ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 572 students
C+PublicHarriet R. Tubman ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 571 students
PublicRosemont ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 564 students
C+PublicFields Road ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 453 students
B-PublicSummit Hall ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 413 students
C-PublicSt. Martin of Tours SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 212 students
PrivateSt. Martin of Tours SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 206 students
PrivateGoddard School in GaithersburgElementary · Grades PK–K · 130 students
PrivateEpworth Preschool & KindergartenElementary · Grades PK–K · 99 students
PrivateGaithersburg Presbyterian Preschool & KindergartenElementary · Grades PK–K · 27 students
PrivateShaare Torah KindergartenElementary · Grades K · 2 students
PrivateLakelands Park MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 993 students
A-PublicGaithersburg MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 869 students
B-PublicForest Oak MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 828 students
C+PublicGaithersburg HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,441 students
B+PublicForbush School at Oakmont Upper SchoolHigh · Grades 8–12 · 42 students
PrivateThe Foundation School of Montgomery CountyOther · Grades 4–12 · 68 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.