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Thomas S. Wootton High
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Thomas S. Wootton High
Located at 2100 Wootton Pkwy, in Rockville, Maryland, Thomas S. Wootton High is a sprawling 9-12 campus that works with 1,870 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Montgomery County Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 1,185 students per school, that is 58% bigger than typical.
Thomas S. Wootton High is one of 208 schools operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, a district that instructs 159,181 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Thomas S. Wootton High lists that the largest single group is Asian at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 34% White, 13% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Thomas S. Wootton High logs 101 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Thomas S. Wootton High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.
After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Thomas S. Wootton High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 66.3%; actual is 48.5%, a gap of -17.8 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household income runs about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Thomas S. Wootton High is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Robert Frost Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Thomas S. Wootton High comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 72.0%.
Thomas S. Wootton High operates from a high-density location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas S. Wootton High has ticked down 12%, going from 2,134 students in 2018 to 1,870 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 44% to 34%.
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