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The lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in Montgomery County, Maryland

25 public high schools in Montgomery County, Maryland appear in this ranking of the lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency, ranked by the lowest composite state-assessment proficiency. John F. Kennedy High leads the list at 23.8%, against a median of 37.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Montgomery County, Maryland

Best % Proficient

23.8%

Median % Proficient

37.0%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	John F. Kennedy High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	56.0%	1,880	23.8%
2	Watkins Mill High	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	51.7%	1,577	24.6%
3	Gaithersburg High	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	55.7%	2,441	27.0%
4	Northwood High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	58.4%	1,654	30.1%
5	James Hubert Blake High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	53.7%	1,960	30.9%
6	Paint Branch High	Burtonsville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	52.2%	2,038	31.8%
7	Wheaton High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	56.6%	2,794	31.9%
8	Springbrook High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	59.9%	1,838	32.0%
9	Seneca Valley High	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	49.2%	2,409	32.3%
10	Col. Zadok Magruder High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	48.2%	1,671	35.5%
11	Albert Einstein High	Kensington, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	42.4%	1,991	35.7%
12	Montgomery Blair High	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	43.6%	3,266	36.4%
13	Quince Orchard High	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	38.0%	2,100	37.0%
14	Rockville High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	46.7%	1,550	37.6%
15	Northwest High	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	36.1%	2,300	39.7%
16	Damascus High	Damascus, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	30.6%	1,390	39.9%
17	Richard Montgomery High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	29.3%	2,366	40.3%
18	Clarksburg High	Clarksburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	36.9%	2,241	40.8%
19	Bethesda-Chevy Chase High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	23.9%	2,377	44.0%
20	Sherwood High	Sandy Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	22.4%	1,675	46.5%
21	Walter Johnson High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	19.8%	3,016	47.8%
22	Thomas S. Wootton High	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	13.4%	1,870	48.5%
23	Poolesville High	Poolesville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	12.1%	1,351	53.8%
24	Winston Churchill High	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	10.9%	2,185	53.8%
25	Walt Whitman High	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	High	7.0%	2,056	56.8%

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