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The public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Montgomery County, Maryland

This ranking covers the public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Montgomery County, Maryland, drawn from 25 qualifying public high schools. Paint Branch High leads the list at 57.9%, against a median of 19.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Montgomery County, Maryland

Top % Black

57.9%

Median % Black

19.2%

MOST BLACK · MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
1	Paint Branch High	Burtonsville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,038	57.9%(1,180)
2	James Hubert Blake High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,960	38.9%(762)
3	Seneca Valley High	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,409	37.0%(892)
4	Springbrook High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,838	36.5%(671)
5	Clarksburg High	Clarksburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,241	27.9%(625)
6	Northwest High	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,300	26.2%(602)
7	Montgomery Blair High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	3,266	24.7%(806)
8	Northwood High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,654	23.2%(383)
9	Watkins Mill High	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,577	22.5%(355)
10	John F. Kennedy High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,880	21.5%(405)
11	Gaithersburg High	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,441	19.9%(485)
12	Wheaton High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,794	19.2%(537)
13	Col. Zadok Magruder High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,671	19.2%(321)
14	Bethesda-Chevy Chase High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,377	18.3%(436)
15	Sherwood High	Sandy Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,675	18.3%(306)
16	Albert Einstein High	Kensington, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,991	16.0%(318)
17	Walter Johnson High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	3,016	15.8%(477)
18	Richard Montgomery High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,366	15.5%(367)
19	Quince Orchard High	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,100	14.9%(312)
20	Rockville High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,550	14.8%(229)
21	Damascus High	Damascus, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,390	13.4%(186)
22	Thomas S. Wootton High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,870	12.7%(238)
23	Winston Churchill High	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,185	11.2%(244)
24	Poolesville High	Poolesville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,351	8.1%(109)
25	Walt Whitman High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	2,056	5.9%(122)

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