Eight Montgomery County public schools (MCPS) are among the top 20 public high schools in Maryland, according to the rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.
Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda was the No. 2 school in the state, behind Baltimore’s Eastern Technical High School. Poolesville High School snatched bronze.
Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Winston Churchill High School in Potomac and Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville round out the top six.
U.S. News & World Report bases its annual list on such metrics as college readiness, state assessment performance, underserved student performance and graduation rate.
Poolesville dropped two spots from last year’s ranking, when it was No. 1 in the state, while Walt Whitman rose a spot. Thomas S. Wootton and Winston Churchill maintained their positions.
The full placement of Montgomery County public schools in the state ranking is below:
- #2: Walt Whitman High School (#139 national)
- #3: Poolesville High School (#172 national)
- #4: Thomas S. Wootton High School (#196 national)
- #5: Winston Churchill High School (#295 national)
- #6: Richard Montgomery High School (#364 national)
- #10: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
- #15: Walter Johnson High School
- #20: Northwest High School
- #23: Clarksburg High School
- #29: Wheaton High School
- #31: Montgomery Blair High School
- #33: Springbrook High School
- #37: Albert Einstein High School
- #43: Sherwood High School
- #47: Damascus High School
- #48: Col. Zadok Magruder High School
- #51: Rockville High School
- #57: Paint Branch High School
- #69: Quince Orchard High School
- #74: James Hubert Blake High School
- #78: Northwood High School
- #83: Seneca Valley High School
- #93: John F. Kennedy High School
- #110: Gaithersburg High School
- #146: Watkins Mill High School