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Enrollment
2,409
High
DISTRICT 2,003 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000918
Seneca Valley High
19401 Crystal Rock Dr, Germantown, MD 20874 · (240) 740-6400 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,409 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Maryland public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
15.1:1
159 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
1,185 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 | 747 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 576 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 466 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 620 | 26% |
Student demographics
71%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
59.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +9.3pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 59 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.3% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Seneca Valley High
Seneca Valley High's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seneca Valley High this school | 2,409 | 49.2% | 32.3% |
| James Hubert Blake High Silver Spring | 1,960 | 53.7% | 30.9% |
| Montgomery Blair High Silver Spring | 3,266 | 43.6% | 36.4% |
| Paint Branch High Burtonsville | 2,038 | 52.2% | 31.8% |
| Col. Zadok Magruder High Rockville | 1,671 | 48.2% | 35.5% |
| Meade High Ft Meade | 2,045 | 53.1% | 32.2% |
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 Seneca Valley High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #120 of 203 | #17 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #181 of 206 ▼ 6 | #20 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #102 of 206 ▲ 24 | #17 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,409 | #11 of 234 | #5 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #56 of 210 | #7 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #36 of 211 | #11 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.2% | #110 of 212 | #9 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +102.9% | #1 of 131 | #1 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
2,409
+757 (+46%) vs 2020
+96% since 1990-91, when it was 1,228
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 2,409 | 159.4 | 15.1:1 | 49% (1,185) |
| 2023-24 | 2,386 | 158.8 | 15.0:1 | 48% (1,134) |
| 2022-23 | 2,239 | 154.6 | 14.5:1 | 57% (1,283) |
| 2020-21 | 1,652 | 116 | 14.2:1 | 47% (771) |
| 2017-18 | 1,187 | 83.6 | 14.2:1 | 38% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 1,198 | 82 | 14.6:1 | 38% (460) |
| 2010-11 | 1,317 | 81 | 16.3:1 | 34% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 1,523 | 94 | 16.2:1 | 12% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 1,228 | 72 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seneca Valley High.
Since 2017-18: students up 103% (1,187 to 2,409); teachers up 91% (83.6 to 159.4).
About Seneca Valley High
Students in Germantown, Maryland, attend Seneca Valley High, a large high school. School enrollment was 2,409 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Maryland average about 1,185 students.
Seneca Valley High is part of Montgomery County Public Schools, where 208 schools serve 159,181 students.
At Seneca Valley High, the largest share of students is Black, at 37%. Next come 36% Hispanic, 11% White, 11% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 19% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 159.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.1:1. That is close to the 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 49%. Among public schools in Montgomery County, the average eligibility rate is 40%.
Seneca Valley High is graded C by allk12, scoring above 32% of Maryland public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Seneca Valley High would score about 45.1%. It scores 32.3%, 12.8 points below that figure.
Montgomery County census figures show that the median household income is $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 211 public schools in Montgomery County, enrolling about 159,181 students in all.
The nearest public school is S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary, at about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Seneca Valley High ranks 9th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Seneca Valley High the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Reported enrollment: 1,652 (2020-21) and 2,409 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
- Richard Montgomery HighHigh · 2,366 students
Other schools in Germantown
- Northwest HighHigh · 2,300 students
- Kingsview MiddleMiddle · 908 students
- Roberto W. Clemente MiddleMiddle · 888 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Neelsville MiddleMiddle · 781 students
- Waters Landing ElementaryElementary · 735 students
Other Seneca Valley High schools
One other US public school is named Seneca Valley High. Seneca Valley High is the largest of the 2.
- Seneca Valley High SchoolHarmony, PA · 2,282 students
Nearby schools
- S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary0.6 mi · 467
- Germantown Elementary0.8 mi · 314
- Waters Landing Elementary1.0 mi · 735
- Roberto W. Clemente Middle1.1 mi · 888
- Clopper Mill Elementary1.1 mi · 458
- Lake Seneca Elementary1.2 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Seneca Valley HighHow many students attend Seneca Valley High?
Seneca Valley High enrolls approximately 2,409 students in grades 09-12.
Is Seneca Valley High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Seneca Valley High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Seneca Valley High?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Seneca Valley High.
How diverse is Seneca Valley High?
Seneca Valley High reports a student body of 11% White, 36% Hispanic, 37% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Seneca Valley High?
Seneca Valley 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.