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

This ranking covers the highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Montgomery County, Maryland, drawn from 40 qualifying public middle schools. Herbert Hoover Middle leads the list at 88.3%, against a median of 53.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Montgomery County, Maryland

Top % Proficient (Reading)

88.3%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

53.0%

BEST IN READING · MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Herbert Hoover Middle	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	930	88.3%	▲ 2
2	Thomas W. Pyle Middle	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,259	86.6%	▼ 1
3	Cabin John Middle	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	983	83.3%	▼ 1
4	Rosa M. Parks Middle	Olney, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	863	79.9%	▲ 4
5	North Bethesda Middle	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,224	79.5%	▲ 4
6	Robert Frost Middle School	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	915	79.1%	▼ 2
7	Westland Middle	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	839	76.4%	▼ 2
8	Hallie Wells Middle	Clarksburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	931	75.6%	▼ 2
9	William H. Farquhar Middle	Olney, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	682	73.5%	▲ 4
10	Lakelands Park Middle	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	993	69.4%	▲ 4
11	John Poole Middle	Poolesville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	467	67.1%	▼ 4
12	Takoma Park Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,177	66.6%	▼ 1
13	Tilden Middle	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,112	66.3%	▼ 3
14	Silver Creek Middle	Kensington, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	751	64.9%	▼ 2
15	Kingsview Middle	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	908	62.6%	no change
16	John T. Baker Middle School	Damascus, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	841	60.7%	▲ 2
17	Julius West Middle	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,365	59.2%	▼ 1
18	Ridgeview Middle	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	722	58.0%	▲ 5
19	Redland Middle	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	562	55.7%	▲ 9
20	Earle B. Wood Middle	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,019	53.1%	▼ 1
21	Rocky Hill Middle	Clarksburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,010	53.0%	no change
22	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	841	52.8%	▲ 8
23	Eastern Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	963	52.5%	▼ 6
24	Parkland Middle	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,185	50.3%	no change
25	Silver Spring International Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,015	48.5%	▼ 5
26	White Oak Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	808	48.1%	▲ 6
27	Sligo Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	685	48.0%	▼ 1
28	Shady Grove Middle	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	514	47.9%	▼ 6
29	Newport Mill Middle	Kensington, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	652	45.9%	no change
30	Roberto W. Clemente Middle	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	888	45.1%	▼ 5
31	Argyle Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	868	43.7%	no change
32	Francis Scott Key Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	950	43.2%	▲ 4
33	Briggs Chaney Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	858	42.5%	▼ 6
34	Neelsville Middle	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	781	41.8%	no change
35	A. Mario Loiederman Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	978	40.2%	▼ 2
36	Benjamin Banneker Middle	Burtonsville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	705	40.0%	▼ 1
37	Forest Oak Middle	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	828	38.5%	▲ 2
38	Odessa Shannon Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	784	34.7%	no change
39	Gaithersburg Middle	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	869	34.1%	▼ 2
40	Montgomery Village Middle	Montgomery Village, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	780	26.1%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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