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If you had an hour of school board time for Bethesda-Chevy Chase High, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
2,377
High
DISTRICT 2,003 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000784
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
4301 East-West Hwy, Bethesda, MD 20814 · (240) 740-0400 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,377 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Maryland public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
142 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
569 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 579 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 660 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 512 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 626 | 26% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
78.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +10.7pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.4% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.7% | 11.7% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 60% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethesda-Chevy Chase High this school | 2,377 | 23.9% | 44.0% |
| Sherwood High Sandy Spring | 1,675 | 22.4% | 46.5% |
| Walter Johnson High Bethesda | 3,016 | 19.8% | 47.8% |
| Crofton High School Gambrills | 1,906 | 17.3% | 55.1% |
| Arundel High Gambrills | 1,778 | 26.9% | 45.3% |
| Dulaney High Timonium | 1,889 | 33.2% | 36.8% |
Matched among Maryland high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bethesda-Chevy Chase High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #50 of 203 | #7 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #48 of 206 ▲ 46 | #5 of 25 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #34 of 206 ▲ 22 | #7 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,377 | #13 of 234 | #6 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #128 of 210 | #17 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #48 of 211 | #16 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.9% | #176 of 212 | #19 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.1% | #56 of 131 | #6 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,377
+107 (+5%) vs 2020
+89% since 1990-91, when it was 1,258
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 18.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,377 | 142 | 16.7:1 | 24% (569) |
| 2023-24 | 2,369 | 136.6 | 17.3:1 | 21% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 2,335 | 130.4 | 17.9:1 | 25% (595) |
| 2020-21 | 2,270 | 125 | 18.2:1 | 15% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 2,102 | 113.4 | 18.5:1 | 11% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 2,006 | 106 | 18.9:1 | 12% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 1,799 | 96 | 18.7:1 | 9% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 1,273 | 75 | 17.0:1 | 11% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 1,258 | 75 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bethesda-Chevy Chase High.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (2,102 to 2,377); teachers up 25% (113.4 to 142).
About Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High is a high-enrollment high school in Montgomery County Public Schools, located in Bethesda, Maryland. Its 2,377 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Maryland is about 1,185 students.
Montgomery County Public Schools has 208 schools; together they serve 159,181 students.
White students form the largest group at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High, 47% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 21% Hispanic, 18% Black, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High has a diversity index of 69%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High is 142 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.7:1. The average ratio among high schools in Maryland is 15.3:1, lower than at this school. Around 24% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
allk12 grades Bethesda-Chevy Chase High a B-. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High is among the bottom 10% of schools in Maryland. Predicted: 60.0%. Actual: 44.0%.
Montgomery County has about 1,065,949 residents, and median household income is about $132,450, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Montgomery County number 211 and enroll about 159,181.
Nearest public school: Bethesda Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 73.8%; Bethesda-Chevy Chase High's is 44.0%, ranking 8th of 8.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 2,377 was 5% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 2,270. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.7:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Richard Montgomery HighHigh · 2,366 students
Other schools in Bethesda
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Walt Whitman HighHigh · 2,056 students
- Thomas W. Pyle MiddleMiddle · 1,259 students
- North Bethesda MiddleMiddle · 1,224 students
- Ashburton ElementaryElementary · 871 students
- Westland MiddleMiddle · 839 students
Nearby schools
- Bethesda Elementary0.6 mi · 645
- Chevy Chase Elementary0.7 mi · 434
- North Chevy Chase Elementary1.2 mi · 237
- Somerset Elementary1.2 mi · 314
- Lafayette Elementary School1.8 mi · 923
- Bradley Hills Elementary1.8 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHow large is Bethesda-Chevy Chase High?
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High enrolls approximately 2,377 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bethesda-Chevy Chase High serve?
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High is approximately 16.7:1 (142 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bethesda-Chevy Chase High?
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High reports a student body of 47% White, 21% Hispanic, 18% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Bethesda-Chevy Chase High?
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.