Poolesville High

Poolesville High, an average-sized four-year high school in Poolesville, Maryland, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools, instructs 1,351 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Poolesville High is one of 208 schools operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, a district that serves 159,181 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Poolesville High shows that the most-represented group is Asian (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 36% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Poolesville High higher than the state norm the norm. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Poolesville High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 67.1%; actual is 53.8%, a gap of -13.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Poolesville High is one.

The closest other public school is Poolesville Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Poolesville High ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 72.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Poolesville High's enrollment has rose 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,183 (now 1,351). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 51% to 36%. Class-load math has grew: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

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