Schools · Silver Spring
Silver Spring, MD schools
Silver Spring’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+
Silver Spring’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Silver Spring’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 73%
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 Silver Spring
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 23 schools in Silver Spring
Showing 1–23 of 23 schools
Rock Creek Forest ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 690 students
A-PublicRolling Terrace ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 645 students
C-PublicSligo Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 632 students
A-PublicWoodlin ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 603 students
A-PublicEast Silver Spring ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 540 students
BPublicRosemary Hills ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–2 · 499 students
PublicMontgomery Knolls ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–2 · 477 students
PublicNew Hampshire Estates ElemElementary · Grades PK–2 · 455 students
PublicRoscoe R Nix ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–2 · 437 students
PublicOak View ElementaryElementary · Grades 3–5 · 423 students
B+PublicHighland View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 334 students
B+PublicTorah School of Greater WashingtonElementary · Grades K–6 · 333 students
PrivateSt. Francis International SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 276 students
PrivateTakoma Academy Preparatory SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 174 students
PrivateAcorn Hill Waldorf Kindergarten & NurseryElementary · Grades PK–K · 55 students
PrivateThe Auburn School Silver Spring CampusElementary · Grades K–8 · 31 students
PrivateThe Springwell SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 30 students
PrivateMount Jezreel Christian SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 26 students
PrivateSilver Spring International MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,015 students
B+PublicEastern MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 963 students
B+PublicYeshiva of Greater Washington Girls DivisionHigh · Grades 7–12 · 183 students
PrivateTakoma AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 173 students
PrivateThe Nora SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 76 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.