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Enrollment
1,351
High
DISTRICT 2,003 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000897
Poolesville High
17501 W Willard Rd, Poolesville, MD 20837 · (240) 740-2400 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL1,351 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Maryland public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
20.3:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
163 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 | 335 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 358 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 331 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 327 | 24% |
Student demographics
70%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
92.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
22.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.5% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.3% | 10.4% |
% 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% 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 Poolesville High
Poolesville High's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poolesville High this school | 1,351 | 12.1% | 53.8% |
| Thomas S. Wootton High Rockville | 1,870 | 13.4% | 48.5% |
| Centennial High Ellicott City | 1,377 | 18.5% | 53.6% |
| River Hill High Clarksville | 1,383 | 7.7% | 55.4% |
| Mount Hebron High Ellicott City | 1,455 | 19.2% | 51.8% |
| Winston Churchill High Potomac | 2,185 | 10.9% | 53.8% |
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 Poolesville High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #18 of 203 | #3 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #30 of 206 ▲ 74 | #2 of 25 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.5% | #6 of 206 no change | #1 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,351 | #95 of 234 | #25 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #209 of 210 | #25 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #43 of 211 | #13 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.1% | #206 of 212 | #23 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.2% | #51 of 131 | #5 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
1,351
+115 (+9%) vs 2020
+145% since 1990-91, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 1,351 | 66.7 | 20.3:1 | 12% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 1,332 | 68.2 | 19.5:1 | 11% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 1,309 | 71 | 18.4:1 | 12% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 1,236 | 65 | 19.0:1 | 8% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 1,183 | 64.7 | 18.3:1 | 6% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 1,205 | 63 | 19.1:1 | 7% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 1,170 | 60 | 19.5:1 | 5% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 720 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 3% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 44 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Poolesville High.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (1,183 to 1,351); teachers up 3% (64.7 to 66.7).
About Poolesville High
This page covers Poolesville High, a medium-sized high school in Poolesville, Maryland. The school counts 1,351 students across grades 9 through 12.
Poolesville High is one school in Montgomery County Public Schools, a system of 208 schools with 159,181 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Poolesville High. The largest is Asian students, at 38%. The remaining students are 36% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 15% Asian. Poolesville High's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.3:1, with 66.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 5.0 students per teacher above the 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 12% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Montgomery County report 40%.
Poolesville High is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Maryland public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 67.1% for Poolesville High, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 53.8%. The 13.3-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
Across Montgomery County, the median household income is $132,450, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Montgomery County is home to 211 public schools and about 159,181 public school students.
The closest public school to Poolesville High is Poolesville Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Poolesville High ranks 9th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Poolesville High's enrollment climbed from 1,236 in 2020-21 to 1,351 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 19.0:1 to 20.3:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Poolesville High covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Poolesville
- Poolesville ElementaryElementary · 576 students
- John Poole MiddleMiddle · 467 students
Nearby schools
- Poolesville Elementary0.6 mi · 576
- John Poole Middle1.3 mi · 467
- Riverside High5.2 mi · 1,710
- Belmont Ridge Middle5.3 mi · 1,071
- Monocacy Elementary5.8 mi · 164
- Algonkian Elementary6.0 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Poolesville HighHow large is Poolesville High?
Poolesville High enrolls approximately 1,351 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Poolesville High serve?
Poolesville High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Poolesville High?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at Poolesville High.
How diverse is Poolesville High?
Poolesville High reports a student body of 36% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 38% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Poolesville High in?
Poolesville High is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.