Rocky Hill Middle

Rocky Hill Middle, a reasonably sized junior high in Clarksburg, Maryland, part of Montgomery County Public Schools, serves 1,010 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 32% larger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 764 students.

Montgomery County Public Schools comprises 208 schools with combined enrollment of 159,181 students; Rocky Hill Middle is among them.

Demographically, Rocky Hill Middle logs that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Black, 19% Asian, 10% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Rocky Hill Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rocky Hill Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.7%.

Around the school, Montgomery County reports that median household earnings sit near $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Rocky Hill Middle is one campus in the mix.

Clarksburg High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rocky Hill Middle comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 65.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 26%: 804 students in 2018 compared to 1,010 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 36% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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