Rockville High

Rockville High operates as a mid-tier 9-12 campus in Rockville, Maryland, run under Montgomery County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,550 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 1,185.

Within Montgomery County Public Schools, which oversees 208 schools and 159,181 students, Rockville High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rockville High logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 22% White, 15% Black, 11% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages about 15.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 47% of students at Rockville High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Rockville High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.6%; this one delivers 37.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household earnings sit near $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Rockville High is one.

Meadow Hall Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rockville High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rockville High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rockville High has edged up 5%, going from 1,476 students in 2018 to 1,550 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 30% to 22% over that span.

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