Richard Montgomery High

Richard Montgomery High operates as a roomy four-year high school in Rockville, Maryland, part of Montgomery County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 2,366 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 1,185 students each, so Richard Montgomery High sits 100% larger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Richard Montgomery High logs that 28% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 27% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 16% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 42% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 134 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Richard Montgomery High is in the bottom 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 56.9%; Richard Montgomery High posts 40.3%, -16.6 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, Montgomery County reports that median household earnings sit near $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Richard Montgomery High is one.

Bayard Rustin Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Richard Montgomery High at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 57.5%.

Richard Montgomery High operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 2,428 students in 2018 compared to 2,366 in 2025.

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