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Walter Johnson 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
6400 Rock Spring Dr
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone
(240) 740-6900
District
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2820
Classroom Teachers
150

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maryland

10

(10 is best)

Better than 93.2% of MD schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

Walter Johnson High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
83%
51%
87%
58%
78%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
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 9 732 26.0%
Grade 10 767 27.2%
Grade 11 687 24.4%
Grade 12 634 22.5%
Total 2820 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 54.8% 27.2% 36.7%
Black 12.1% 23.0% 34.9%
Hispanic 17.9% 34.5% 20.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 14.6% 15.0% 7.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 10.5% 37.4% 45.1%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 7.9% 31.0% 40.3%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 2.6% 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%