Watkins Mill High

Watkins Mill High is a 9-12 campus of mid-sized scale in Gaithersburg, Maryland, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools, works with 1,577 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,185 students per school, that is 33% above typical.

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

On demographics, Watkins Mill High records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 23% Black, 8% Asian, 5% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 114 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Watkins Mill High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.6%; actual is 24.6%, a gap of -19.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Watkins Mill High is one campus in the mix.

Stedwick Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Watkins Mill High comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Watkins Mill High has shrank 5%, going from 1,660 students in 2018 to 1,577 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 50% to 61%.

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