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

This ranking covers the highest-performing public high schools in reading in Montgomery County, Maryland, drawn from 25 qualifying public high schools. Poolesville High leads the list at 92.5%, against a median of 63.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Montgomery County, Maryland

Top % Proficient (Reading)

92.5%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

63.8%

BEST IN READING · MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Poolesville High	Poolesville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,351	92.5%
2	Walt Whitman High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,056	88.7%
3	Thomas S. Wootton High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,870	85.7%
4	Winston Churchill High	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,185	84.6%
5	Walter Johnson High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	3,016	84.3%
6	Sherwood High	Sandy Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,675	78.7%
7	Bethesda-Chevy Chase High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,377	78.4%
8	Richard Montgomery High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,366	73.9%
9	Northwest High	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,300	71.7%
10	Albert Einstein High	Kensington, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,991	68.4%
11	Damascus High	Damascus, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,390	68.1%
12	Montgomery Blair High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	3,266	65.0%
13	Rockville High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,550	63.8%
14	Clarksburg High	Clarksburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,241	63.6%
15	Quince Orchard High	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,100	63.2%
16	Col. Zadok Magruder High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,671	61.6%
17	Seneca Valley High	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,409	59.3%
18	Springbrook High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,838	56.0%
19	Wheaton High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,794	55.6%
20	James Hubert Blake High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,960	55.1%
21	Paint Branch High	Burtonsville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,038	54.5%
22	Northwood High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,654	52.9%
23	Gaithersburg High	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	2,441	44.2%
24	Watkins Mill High	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,577	43.6%
25	John F. Kennedy High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	1,880	37.6%

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