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Enrollment
2,366
High
DISTRICT 2,003 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000902
Richard Montgomery High
250 Richard Montgomery Dr, Rockville, MD 20852 · (240) 740-6100 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,366 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Maryland public high schools
- B+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
17.6:1
134 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
694 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 | 652 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 626 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 536 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 552 | 23% |
Student demographics
77%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
73.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 74 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.9% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.1% | 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% 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 Richard Montgomery High
Richard Montgomery High's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Montgomery High this school | 2,366 | 29.3% | 40.3% |
| Northwest High Germantown | 2,300 | 36.1% | 39.7% |
| Clarksburg High Clarksburg | 2,241 | 36.9% | 40.8% |
| Reservoir High Fulton | 1,597 | 26.2% | 43.2% |
| Atholton High Columbia | 1,540 | 22.9% | 41.8% |
| 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 Richard Montgomery High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #71 of 203 | #9 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #179 of 206 ▼ 6 | #18 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #52 of 206 ▲ 8 | #8 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,366 | #14 of 234 | #7 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #159 of 210 | #20 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.8% | #2 of 211 | #2 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #166 of 212 | #18 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #58 of 76 | #6 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
2,366
-44 (-2%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 1,375
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 2,366 | 134.2 | 17.6:1 | 29% (694) |
| 2023-24 | 2,386 | 137.7 | 17.3:1 | 28% (667) |
| 2022-23 | 2,390 | 134.4 | 17.8:1 | 33% (795) |
| 2020-21 | 2,410 | 136 | 17.7:1 | 24% (580) |
| 2017-18 | 2,428 | 138.3 | 17.6:1 | 20% (487) |
| 2015-16 | 2,244 | 120 | 18.7:1 | 18% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 2,044 | 113 | 18.1:1 | 18% (369) |
| 2000-01 | 1,646 | 101 | 16.3:1 | 10% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 1,375 | 91 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard Montgomery High.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (2,428 to 2,366); teachers down 3% (138.3 to 134.2).
About Richard Montgomery High
In Rockville, Maryland, part of Montgomery County, Richard Montgomery High is a high school. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,366 students. The school is 100% bigger than the average for high schools in Maryland.
Richard Montgomery High is part of Montgomery County Public Schools, where 208 schools serve 159,181 students.
The student body at Richard Montgomery High has no majority group. White students lead at 28%. The next largest groups are 27% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 16% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's White share is 14 points below the 42% share among Montgomery County residents. A diversity index of 77% means there is a 77% chance two randomly chosen students at Richard Montgomery High are from different groups.
Based on 134.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Richard Montgomery High has a ratio of 17.6:1. The gap from the 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland is 2.3 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 29%. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Richard Montgomery High lands at C+, ahead of 39% of Maryland public high schools.
Richard Montgomery High trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 16.6 points (40.3% versus 56.9%), a bottom-10% result in Maryland on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Montgomery County show median household income comes to about $132,450, about 61% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 211 public schools and about 159,181 students.
Bayard Rustin Elementary is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Richard Montgomery High is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (2,410) to 2024-25 (2,366).
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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
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Nearby schools
- Bayard Rustin Elementary0.6 mi · 757
- Julius West Middle0.9 mi · 1,365
- Carl Sandburg Center1.0 mi · 65
- Beall Elementary1.0 mi · 475
- Maryvale Elementary1.0 mi · 617
- PEP - Itinerant1.2 mi · 90
Frequently asked questions
About Richard Montgomery HighHow large is Richard Montgomery High?
Richard Montgomery High enrolls approximately 2,366 students in grades 09-12.
Is Richard Montgomery High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Richard Montgomery High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richard Montgomery High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richard Montgomery High is approximately 17.6:1 (134 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Richard Montgomery High?
Richard Montgomery High reports a student body of 28% White, 27% Hispanic, 16% Black, 23% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Richard Montgomery High?
Richard Montgomery 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.