KIDS & SCHOOLS
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SCHOOL NAME
AVERAGE SAT SCORES FOR 2023 GRADUATES
GRADUATION PERCENTAGE RATE FOR ’22-’23
TOTAL ENROLLMENT AS OF SEPT. 30, 2023
AP/IB TESTS*
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL: % WITH MORE THAN 15 YEARS
SAT TEST TAKERS MEETING COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS (%) ’22-’23 SCHOOL YEAR **
ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION DATE
YEAR RENOVATED
Albert Einstein
967
84.7
2,024
42.8
45.5
27.1
1962
1997
BethesdaChevy Chase
1164
93.5
2,368
79.6
47.1
63
1934
2001
Clarksburg
1044
95
2,215
44.1
64.6
40.3
1995
2006
Col. Zadok Magruder
1004
93.9
1,620
40.7
52.3
38.3
1970
n/a
Damascus
1050
91.5
1,398
43.6
72.1
40.6
1950
1978
Gaithersburg
915
77.7
2,454
22.2
45.7
22
1951
2013
James Hubert Blake
942
91.4
1,809
33.5
51.6
22.1
1998
n/a
John F. Kennedy
846
77.9
1,854
40
52.7
≤5.0
1964
2022
Montgomery Blair
1110
87.3
3,260
46.9
58.7
48.4
1998
n/a
Northwest
1063
95.2
2,386
48.7
52.3
46.7
1998
n/a
Northwood
935
82.9
1,745
28.2
44.6
20.7
1956
2004
Paint Branch
937
90.3
2,115
28
57.5
23.3
1969
2012
Poolesville
1280
99.4
1,332
73.6
68.1
77.5
1953
1978
Quince Orchard
1052
90.1
2,150
46.5
53.8
46.3
1988
n/a
Richard Montgomery
1169
94.8
2,386
81.4
55.3
59.6
1942
2007
Rockville
988
89.2
1,539
52.9
54.2
31.1
1968
2004
Seneca Valley
934
85.7
2,386
39.2
42.4
21
1974
2020
Sherwood
1087
89.9
1,693
49
80.5
51.9
1950
1991
Springbrook
942
86.3
1,875
60.9
50.4
24.7
1960
1994
Thomas Edison
n/a
n/a
558
n/a
65.7
n/a
1982
2018
Thomas S. Wootton
1271
98
1,875
78.6
64.6
82.8
1970
n/a
Walt Whitman
1285
94
2,042
80.2
59.3
80.6
1962
1992
Walter Johnson
1170
93.7
2,984
63
56.4
65.1
1956
2009
Watkins Mill
864
81.2
1,662
43
46.5
11.4
1989
n/a
Wheaton
961
82.2
2,747
38.9
49.5
27.6
1954
2016
Winston Churchill
1275
97.2
2,203
75.2
51.7
80.9
1964
2001
* % of graduates scoring 3 or higher on AP test or scoring 4 or higher on IB test ’21–’22 school year ** Attainment of college and career readiness benchmarks set by the College Board for SAT evidencebased reading and writing (480 points) and mathematics (530 points) sections.
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