B+
Montgomery County Public Schools
Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 19 towns
Serves Gaithersburg, Rockville, Takoma Park, Poolesville, Chevy Chase, Kensington, Chevy Chase Village, Somerset, Chevy Chase View, Martin's Additions, Garrett Park, Chevy Chase Section Three, Chevy Chase Section Five, North Chevy Chase, Laytonsville, Washington Grove, Glen Echo, Barnesville and Brookeville.
Students
159,181
Schools
211
Spent per student
$20,107
MD $20,258
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
40%
Debt
$2,783.6M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Montgomery County Public Schools
- School Grade B+: better than 72% of Maryland districts
- Math proficiency 8 pts above the state
- Reading / language arts 10 pts above the state
- 14 students per teacher
- Debt of $2,783.6M, about $17,487 per student
Test scores vs. MD
2020–21Math proficiency27%
State average 19.2%
Reading / language arts45%
State average 35.5%
Graduation rate (4-year)89%
State average 86.7%
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$20,107 per student · 1% below MD
Spending
Classroom instruction 62%Support & administration 35%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 62%State 30%Federal 7%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
160,564’20
158,231’21
160,554’22
160,223’23
159,181’24
About steady.
Students
Hispanic 36%White 23%Black 22%Asian 14%Two or more races 5%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
211 public schools.
Ashburton Elementary
A−871 students18:1
Farmland Elementary
A847 students16:1
Bayard Rustin Elementary
A−757 students14:1
JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary
C−756 students11:1
Arcola Elementary
C747 students13:1
Burnt Mills Elementary
B747 students13:1
South Lake Elementary
C−746 students12:1
Waters Landing Elementary
C+735 students12:1
Watkins Mill Elementary
C734 students11:1
Garrett Park Elementary
A−724 students17:1
Greencastle Elementary
C+722 students12:1
Whetstone Elementary
C711 students12:1
Sargent Shriver Elementary
D697 students12:1
Galway Elementary
B−695 students11:1
Weller Road Elementary
C−691 students11:1
Rock Creek Forest Elementary
A−690 students14:1
Luxmanor Elementary
A−684 students14:1
Glenallan Elementary
C+679 students12:1
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary
A−673 students16:1
Rachel Carson Elementary
A671 students17:1
Harmony Hills Elementary
C−655 students11:1
Diamond Elementary
A654 students15:1
Flora M. Singer Elementary
B+653 students12:1
Bethesda Elementary
A645 students16:1
Cabin Branch Elementary
645 students15:1
Rolling Terrace Elementary
C−645 students10:1
Wyngate Elementary
A640 students17:1
Sligo Creek Elementary
A−632 students15:1
Jackson Road Elementary
C623 students11:1
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary
A621 students14:1
William Tyler Page Elementary
B620 students14:1
Fox Chapel Elementary
A−617 students14:1
Maryvale Elementary
B+617 students14:1
Little Bennett Elementary
A−614 students14:1
Wood Acres Elementary
A609 students17:1
Gaithersburg Elementary
D603 students10:1
Woodlin Elementary
A−603 students14:1
Burtonsville Elementary
B601 students14:1
William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary
A−601 students15:1
Georgian Forest Elementary
C600 students13:1
Rock View Elementary
B−588 students11:1
Olney Elementary
A−585 students16:1
Snowden Farm Elementary
A578 students15:1
Poolesville Elementary
A576 students17:1
Piney Branch Elementary
A−575 students17:1
Brown Station Elementary
C+572 students10:1
Harriet R. Tubman Elementary
571 students11:1
Bells Mill Elementary
A570 students16:1
Stonegate Elementary
B+565 students14:1
Rosemont Elementary
C+564 students11:1
Takoma Park Elementary
559 students15:1
Bel Pre Elementary
558 students12:1
Viers Mill Elementary
C+556 students11:1
Wheaton Woods Elementary
B−556 students11:1
Fairland Elementary
C553 students11:1
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
B+553 students13:1
Clearspring Elementary
A541 students13:1
East Silver Spring Elementary
B540 students12:1
Glen Haven Elementary
B−540 students12:1
Kensington Parkwood Elementary
A535 students15:1
Greenwood Elementary
A−534 students16:1
Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary
A530 students13:1
Mill Creek Towne Elementary
A−528 students12:1
Beverly Farms Elementary
A526 students17:1
Flower Valley Elementary
B+524 students13:1
Lois P. Rockwell Elementary
B+518 students14:1
Judith A. Resnik Elementary
C+516 students13:1
Stone Mill Elementary
A516 students15:1
Fallsmead Elementary
A512 students16:1
Highland Elementary
C+509 students12:1
College Gardens Elementary
A−506 students14:1
Oakland Terrace Elementary
B+500 students12:1
Rosemary Hills Elementary
499 students13:1
Sherwood Elementary
A−498 students12:1
Goshen Elementary
B−494 students13:1
Pine Crest Elementary
A−493 students14:1
Stedwick Elementary
C492 students12:1
Great Seneca Creek Elementary
B−487 students13:1
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary
A485 students12:1
Wilson Wims Elementary School
A484 students14:1
Washington Grove Elementary
C480 students10:1
Burning Tree Elementary
A479 students14:1
Montgomery Knolls Elementary
477 students11:1
Beall Elementary
A−475 students16:1
Potomac Elementary
A475 students17:1
Bradley Hills Elementary
A474 students17:1
Cresthaven Elementary
C474 students12:1
Captain James E. Daly Elementary
C−472 students11:1
Forest Knolls Elementary
B+472 students11:1
Westbrook Elementary
A+468 students15:1
S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary
C467 students11:1
Wayside Elementary
A465 students13:1
Strathmore Elementary
C464 students14:1
Sequoyah Elementary
B460 students11:1
Twinbrook Elementary
C459 students12:1
Clopper Mill Elementary
C458 students12:1
New Hampshire Estates Elem
455 students10:1
Flower Hill Elementary
C454 students11:1
Fields Road Elementary
B−453 students11:1
Strawberry Knoll Elementary
C+448 students11:1
Bannockburn Elementary
A446 students17:1
Lake Seneca Elementary
C+437 students10:1
Roscoe R Nix Elementary
437 students10:1
Brookhaven Elementary
B−436 students12:1
Chevy Chase Elementary
A434 students18:1
Cloverly Elementary
B429 students12:1
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary
C+428 students10:1
Jones Lane Elementary
A−428 students12:1
Oak View Elementary
B+423 students13:1
Summit Hall Elementary
C−413 students9:1
Kemp Mill Elementary
C412 students10:1
Lakewood Elementary
A406 students13:1
Brooke Grove Elementary
B+390 students11:1
Cannon Road Elementary
C388 students10:1
Cashell Elementary
A−386 students13:1
Seven Locks Elementary
A+376 students15:1
Travilah Elementary
A+372 students15:1
Clarksburg Elementary
A−365 students14:1
Carderock Springs Elementary
A363 students13:1
Cold Spring Elementary
A+362 students17:1
Candlewood Elementary
A−358 students13:1
Darnestown Elementary
A−356 students11:1
Laytonsville Elementary
B355 students13:1
Meadow Hall Elementary
B−348 students10:1
Belmont Elementary
A343 students14:1
Ritchie Park Elementary
A342 students14:1
Highland View Elementary
B+334 students11:1
Rock Creek Valley Elementary
B+332 students9:1
Damascus Elementary
B−331 students11:1
Cedar Grove Elementary
A326 students11:1
Germantown Elementary
B314 students10:1
Somerset Elementary
A314 students15:1
Woodfield Elementary
B+314 students11:1
Westover Elementary
B+294 students12:1
DuFief Elementary
A276 students11:1
North Chevy Chase Elementary
A−237 students14:1
Monocacy Elementary
A−164 students11:1
Carl Sandburg Center
D65 students3:1
Julius West Middle
A−1,365 students16:1
Thomas W. Pyle Middle
A1,259 students17:1
North Bethesda Middle
A1,224 students17:1
Parkland Middle
B1,185 students15:1
Takoma Park Middle
A1,177 students17:1
Tilden Middle
A−1,112 students16:1
Earle B. Wood Middle
B+1,019 students14:1
Silver Spring International Middle
B+1,015 students14:1
Rocky Hill Middle
B+1,010 students16:1
Lakelands Park Middle
A−993 students15:1
Cabin John Middle
A983 students17:1
A. Mario Loiederman Middle
B−978 students13:1
Eastern Middle
B+963 students14:1
Francis Scott Key Middle
C+950 students14:1
Hallie Wells Middle
A−931 students15:1
Herbert Hoover Middle
A930 students17:1
Robert Frost Middle School
A915 students16:1
Kingsview Middle
A−908 students16:1
Roberto W. Clemente Middle
B+888 students14:1
Gaithersburg Middle
B−869 students12:1
Argyle Middle
B−868 students13:1
Rosa M. Parks Middle
A−863 students16:1
Briggs Chaney Middle
B858 students15:1
John T. Baker Middle School
B+841 students15:1
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
B+841 students13:1
Westland Middle
A839 students16:1
Forest Oak Middle
C+828 students13:1
White Oak Middle
C+808 students13:1
Odessa Shannon Middle
C+784 students13:1
Neelsville Middle
C+781 students14:1
Montgomery Village Middle
C780 students12:1
Silver Creek Middle
A−751 students14:1
Ridgeview Middle
B+722 students14:1
Benjamin Banneker Middle
B−705 students12:1
Sligo Middle
B−685 students13:1
William H. Farquhar Middle
B+682 students16:1
Newport Mill Middle
B−652 students13:1
Redland Middle
B562 students13:1
Shady Grove Middle
B+514 students13:1
John Poole Middle
A−467 students15:1
Montgomery Blair High
A+3,266 students16:1
Walter Johnson High
A+3,016 students18:1
Wheaton High
A2,794 students16:1
Gaithersburg High
B+2,441 students14:1
Seneca Valley High
A2,409 students15:1
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
A+2,377 students17:1
Richard Montgomery High
A+2,366 students18:1
Northwest High
A+2,300 students17:1
Clarksburg High
A+2,241 students17:1
Winston Churchill High
A+2,185 students18:1
Quince Orchard High
A2,100 students16:1
Walt Whitman High
A+2,056 students18:1
Paint Branch High
A2,038 students16:1
Albert Einstein High
A1,991 students15:1
James Hubert Blake High
A1,960 students17:1
John F. Kennedy High
B+1,880 students15:1
Thomas S. Wootton High
A+1,870 students19:1
Springbrook High
A1,838 students15:1
Sherwood High
A+1,675 students16:1
Col. Zadok Magruder High
A1,671 students15:1
Northwood High
A−1,654 students14:1
Watkins Mill High
A−1,577 students14:1
Rockville High
A1,550 students15:1
Damascus High
A1,390 students16:1
Poolesville High
A+1,351 students20:1
Rock Terrace School
B+77 students4:1
Alternative Programs
0 students
MCPS Transitions School
0 students
Thomas Edison High School of Technology
0 students0:1
PEP - Itinerant
90 students
John L Gildner Regional Inst for Children & Adol
D79 students4:1
Longview School
C−59 students5:1
Stephen Knolls School
B51 students4:1
Towns served
Gaithersburg 69,825Rockville 67,671Takoma Park 17,632Poolesville 5,764Chevy Chase 2,906Kensington 2,369Chevy Chase Village 1,903Somerset 1,088Chevy Chase View 1,063Martin's Additions 1,012Garrett Park 932Chevy Chase Section Three 887Chevy Chase Section Five 803North Chevy Chase 746Laytonsville 677Washington Grove 577Glen Echo 276Barnesville 208Brookeville 161
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District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.