William H. Farquhar Middle

William H. Farquhar Middle is an intermediate school of mid-tier scale in Olney, Maryland, one of the schools within Montgomery County Public Schools, hosting 682 students in grades 6 through 8.

Montgomery County Public Schools runs 208 schools in total, collectively educating 159,181 students. William H. Farquhar Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, William H. Farquhar Middle shows that the most-represented group is White (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% Black, 23% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 14.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, William H. Farquhar Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household income runs about $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. William H. Farquhar Middle is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

The closest other public school is Sherwood Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), William H. Farquhar Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.6%.

William H. Farquhar Middle operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 703 students in 2018 compared to 682 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 43% to 33%.

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