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Gaithersburg High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
101 Education Blvd
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Phone
(301) 284-4500
District
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
Yes
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2359
Classroom Teachers
174

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maryland

5

(10 is best)

Better than 40.6% of MD schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

5

(10 is best)

Gaithersburg High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
46%
51%
58%
58%
33%
44%
46%
51%
58%
58%
33%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 728 30.9%
Grade 10 686 29.1%
Grade 11 486 20.6%
Grade 12 459 19.5%
Total 2359 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 11.9% 27.2% 36.7%
Black 21.7% 23.0% 34.9%
Hispanic 59.7% 34.5% 20.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.6% 15.0% 7.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 53.3% 37.4% 45.1%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 44.3% 31.0% 40.3%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 8.9% 6.5% 4.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,047,661 6,165,129
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,066.3 629
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.1% 18.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.1% 32.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.0% 27.0%
65 OR OLDER 15.5% 15.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 372,825 2,226,159
Single Parent Households With Children 8.5% 10.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.4% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 59.2% 40.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 36.2% 24.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.2% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.6% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.5% 15.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 9.1% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.3% 8.5%
$15,000 or less 5.1% 7.2%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,531 $1,713,183,080 54.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $710 $115,502,800 3.7%
Staff $1,085 $176,507,800 5.6%
General Administration $120 $19,521,600 0.6%
School Administration $1,137 $184,967,160 5.9%
Operation $1,334 $217,015,120 6.9%
Transportation $855 $139,091,400 4.4%
Other $355 $57,751,400 1.8%
Total Support $5,597 $910,519,960 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,119 $507,398,920 16.2%
Total Expenditures $19,247 $3,131,101,960 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,640 $8,507,592,261 54.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $730 $644,389,235 4.1%
Staff $794 $701,095,029 4.5%
General Administration $118 $104,231,554 0.7%
School Administration $1,027 $906,759,186 5.8%
Operation $1,394 $1,230,127,402 7.8%
Transportation $830 $732,727,728 4.7%
Other $409 $360,758,849 2.3%
Total Support $5,303 $4,680,439,133 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,815 $2,484,720,142 15.9%
Total Expenditures $17,759 $15,672,889,686 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%