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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Montgomery County, Maryland

Across Montgomery County, Maryland, 196 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Travilah Elementary leads the list at 93.6%, against a median of 59.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

196

Montgomery County, Maryland

Top % Proficient (Reading)

93.6%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

59.6%

BEST IN READING · MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Travilah Elementary	North Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	372	93.6%
2	Bannockburn Elementary	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	446	93.5%
3	Poolesville High	Poolesville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,351	92.5%
4	Wilson Wims Elementary School	Clarksburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	484	90.7%
5	Carderock Springs Elementary	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	363	90.4%
6	Beverly Farms Elementary	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	526	88.8%
7	Wayside Elementary	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	465	88.8%
8	Walt Whitman High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,056	88.7%
9	Herbert Hoover Middle	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	930	88.3%
10	Wood Acres Elementary	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	609	87.6%
11	Thomas W. Pyle Middle	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,259	86.6%
12	Lakewood Elementary	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	406	86.4%
13	Thomas S. Wootton High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,870	85.7%
14	Bradley Hills Elementary	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	474	85.0%
15	Bells Mill Elementary	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	570	84.6%
16	Winston Churchill High	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,185	84.6%
17	Wyngate Elementary	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	640	84.6%
18	Walter Johnson High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	3,016	84.3%
19	Cold Spring Elementary	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	362	83.4%
20	Seven Locks Elementary	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	376	83.3%
21	Cabin John Middle	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	983	83.3%
22	Potomac Elementary	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	475	83.1%
23	Somerset Elementary	Chevy Chase, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	314	82.7%
24	Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	530	82.7%
25	Kensington Parkwood Elementary	Kensington, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	535	81.2%
26	Rosa M. Parks Middle	Olney, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	863	79.9%
27	North Bethesda Middle	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,224	79.5%
28	Stone Mill Elementary	North Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	516	79.3%
29	Robert Frost Middle School	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	915	79.1%
30	Burning Tree Elementary	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	479	78.8%
31	Sherwood High	Sandy Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,675	78.7%
32	Bethesda-Chevy Chase High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,377	78.4%
33	Rachel Carson Elementary	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	671	78.1%
34	Cedar Grove Elementary	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	326	77.8%
35	Greenwood Elementary	Brookeville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	534	77.8%
36	Ritchie Park Elementary	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	342	77.8%
37	Westbrook Elementary	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	468	77.7%
38	Snowden Farm Elementary	Clarksburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	578	76.8%
39	Westland Middle	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	839	76.4%
40	Fallsmead Elementary	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	512	75.7%
41	North Chevy Chase Elementary	Chevy Chase, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	237	75.6%
42	Hallie Wells Middle	Clarksburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	931	75.6%
43	Woodfield Elementary	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	314	75.5%
44	Cashell Elementary	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	386	75.4%
45	Richard Montgomery High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,366	73.9%
46	Maryvale Elementary	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	617	73.8%
47	William H. Farquhar Middle	Olney, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	682	73.5%
48	Cabin Branch Elementary	Clarksburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	645	72.8%
49	Belmont Elementary	Olney, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Elementary	343	72.6%
50	Northwest High	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,300	71.7%

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