Photo: Andrew Bossi · CC BY-SA 2.5Four Corners’s public schools outscore 72% of Maryland districts
34% of students in Four Corners’s public schools are proficient in math, above the Maryland average (25%). The grade covers the public school district serving Four Corners, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Maryland, not nationally.
From Maryland state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Four Corners’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 80 Maryland towns with household incomes within a quarter of Four Corners’s, its schools beat 44%, lower than their 72% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 54% and math 34% in spring 2022, against 45% and 25% statewide; 90% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $20,107 per student, against $20,258 across Maryland (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
130 elementary schools, then 40 middle and one high school
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Choice beyond the district
St. Bernadette School (private) is in town. Every school ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Four Corners’s grade
B+: better than 72% of Maryland school districts, #47 of 261 Maryland towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Maryland average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Four Corners, with each school’s own grade.
3rd grade in Four Corners
Pine Crest Elementary
Grades 3–5 · 493 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Silver Spring
4th grade in Four Corners
Pine Crest Elementary
Grades 3–5 · 493 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Silver Spring
5th grade in Four Corners
Pine Crest Elementary
Grades 3–5 · 493 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Silver Spring
9th grade in Four Corners
Montgomery Blair High
Grades 9–12 · 3,266 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Silver Spring
10th grade in Four Corners
Montgomery Blair High
Grades 9–12 · 3,266 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Silver Spring
11th grade in Four Corners
Montgomery Blair High
Grades 9–12 · 3,266 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Silver Spring
12th grade in Four Corners
Montgomery Blair High
Grades 9–12 · 3,266 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Silver Spring
Four Corners’s public schools are run by Montgomery County Public Schools. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Four Corners vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Maryland towns that share Four Corners’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Four Corners | B+ | Montgomery County |
Every school in Four Corners
173 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Maryland’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Four Corners’s schools
Are Four Corners’s schools good?
By Maryland’s own tests, yes: the public schools Four Corners children attend outscore 72% of Maryland’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B+ Schools grade, #47 of 261 Maryland towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 44%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Four Corners in?
Montgomery County Public Schools, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 159,181 students in 208 schools (2024–25).
Where do Four Corners kids go to high school?
Montgomery Blair High in Silver Spring, with 3,266 students; its own test results earn an A+.
What is Four Corners’s graduation rate?
90% of the class of 2023 in Montgomery County Public Schools graduated in four years, against 86% across Maryland.
How much does Four Corners spend per student?
$20,107 in Montgomery County Public Schools (FY2024), against $20,258 across Maryland. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Are there private schools in Four Corners?
Yes: St. Bernadette School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 337 students).
Parents talk
What Four Corners families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Four Corners → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Maryland. Stars are from neighbors.