MCPS Graduation Rates

A press release from MCPS shows that the graduation rate for Montgomery County Public Schools remains at nearly 90%, higher than the state average of 87.61%.

​MCPS touts an increase in graduation rate for African American students (from 87.7% to 88.2%) and an increase of 0.9% for students receiving Free and Reduced Meals (FARMS).

Fourteen high schools saw their graduation rates increase. The largest increases were seen at the following schools:

• Seneca Valley High School (3%)
• Springbrook High School (2.7%)
• Richard Montgomery High School (2.4%)
• Northwest High School (2.2%)

The highest graduation rates belong to the following schools:

• Whitman (97.9%)
• Wootton (97.8%)
• Churchill (97.4%)
• Poolesville (96.2%)
• Walter Johnson (95.8%)
• Quince Orchard (95.6%)

All graduation rates:

1. Walt Whitman High School (97.9 %)
2. Thomas S. Wootton High School (97.8 %)
3. Winston Churchill High School (97.4 %)
4. Poolesville High School (96.2 %)
5. Walter Johnson High School (95.8 %)
6. Quince Orchard High School (95.6 %)
7. Northwest High School (94.95 %)
8. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School(94.4 %)
9. Damascus High School (93.98 %)
10. Sherwood High School (93.9 %)
11. Richard Montgomery High School (92.2 %)
12. Clarksburg High School (91.52 %)
13. Paint Branch High School (90.55 %)
14. James Hubert Blake High School (90.21 %)
15. Col. Zadok Magruder High School (89.59 %)
16. Springbrook High School (87.83 %)
17. Montgomery Blair High School (86.21 %)
18. Seneca Valley High School (86.21 %)
19. Rockville High School (86.02 %)
20. Watkins Mill High School(84.5 %)
21. Albert Einstein High School(81.93 %)
22. John F. Kennedy High School(81.22 %)
23. Northwood High School (79.36 %)
24. Gaithersburg High School(77.39 %)
25. Wheaton High School (77.36 %)