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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Northwood High administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,654
High
DISTRICT 2,003 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001366
Northwood High
11211 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville, MD 20852 · (240) 740-6950 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,654 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Maryland public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
14.2:1
117 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
966 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 | 457 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 464 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 315 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 418 | 25% |
Student demographics
58%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
52.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.5% | 10.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Northwood High
Northwood High's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood High this school | 1,654 | 58.4% | 30.1% |
| John F. Kennedy High Silver Spring | 1,880 | 56.0% | 23.8% |
| Watkins Mill High Gaithersburg | 1,577 | 51.7% | 24.6% |
| Gaithersburg High Gaithersburg | 2,441 | 55.7% | 27.0% |
| Annapolis High Annapolis | 2,075 | 62.6% | 29.8% |
| Frederick High Frederick | 1,821 | 59.5% | 29.7% |
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 Northwood High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #136 of 203 | #22 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #184 of 206 ▼ 6 | #23 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #127 of 206 ▲ 7 | #22 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,654 | #60 of 234 | #21 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #35 of 210 | #3 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #97 of 211 | #22 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #77 of 212 | #2 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #47 of 76 | #5 of 7 |
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
1,654
-54 (-3%) vs 2020
+16% since 2010-11, when it was 1,420
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 1,654 | 116.6 | 14.2:1 | 58% (966) |
| 2023-24 | 1,745 | 129 | 13.5:1 | 60% (1,048) |
| 2022-23 | 1,795 | 126.6 | 14.2:1 | 68% (1,215) |
| 2020-21 | 1,708 | 119 | 14.3:1 | 54% (918) |
| 2017-18 | 1,731 | 118.2 | 14.6:1 | 53% (910) |
| 2015-16 | 1,579 | 104 | 15.2:1 | 50% (796) |
| 2010-11 | 1,420 | 90 | 15.8:1 | 37% (523) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwood High.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,731 to 1,654); teachers down 1% (118.2 to 116.6).
About Northwood High
Northwood High is a medium-sized high school. Its address is in Rockville, Maryland. The student body numbers 1,654 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Maryland is about 1,185, so this school runs 40% larger than that.
Montgomery County Public Schools (208 schools, 159,181 students) runs Northwood High.
Northwood High's enrollment is 59% Hispanic. Other groups include 23% Black, 10% White, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County residents are about 21% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Northwood High comes in at 58%.
Northwood High operates with 116.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.2:1. That ratio is under the 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland. Northwood High reports 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County, the school's rate is higher.
Northwood High is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Maryland public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Northwood High is 9.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (30.1% versus 39.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
In the county around the school, Montgomery County, median household income is about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Northwood High is among the 211 public schools in Montgomery County.
The nearest other public school, Rock Terrace School, is about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Northwood High places 8th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 3%, from 1,708 to 1,654.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Northwood High. 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
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Rockville
- Richard Montgomery HighHigh · 2,366 students
- Thomas S. Wootton HighHigh · 1,870 students
- Col. Zadok Magruder HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Rockville HighHigh · 1,550 students
- Julius West MiddleMiddle · 1,365 students
- Parkland MiddleMiddle · 1,185 students
Other Northwood High schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Northwood High. Northwood High is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Northwood HighIrvine, CA · 2,244 students
- Northwood High SchoolShreveport, LA · 989 students
- Northwood HighPittsboro, NC · 634 students
- Northwood High SchoolLena, LA · 598 students
- Northwood High SchoolNorthwood, OH · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Rock Terrace School0.5 mi · 77
- Tilden Middle0.5 mi · 1,112
- Luxmanor Elementary0.6 mi · 684
- Walter Johnson High0.9 mi · 3,016
- Ashburton Elementary1.3 mi · 871
- Farmland Elementary1.4 mi · 847
Frequently asked questions
About Northwood HighHow large is Northwood High?
Northwood High enrolls approximately 1,654 students in grades 09-12.
Is Northwood High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northwood High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Northwood High have?
Northwood High employs 117 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Northwood High?
Student demographics at Northwood High are roughly 10% White, 59% Hispanic, 23% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Northwood High in?
Northwood High is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
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