Wheaton High

As a roomy 9-12 campus in Silver Spring, Maryland, Wheaton High serves 2,794 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools. That puts it 136% larger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 1,185 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Wheaton High lists that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Black, 10% White, 9% Asian, 2% 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 currently runs with 172 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Wheaton High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.7%, the actual is 31.9%, a residual of -8.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household income runs about $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wheaton High is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Nearest neighbor: Weller Road Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wheaton High at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 32.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wheaton High's enrollment has expanded 43% since 2018, when it stood at 1,958 (now 2,794). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 55% to 59% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.