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Schools in Potomac Heights · Charles County Public Schools

Potomac Heights’s public schools score below 68% of Maryland districts on tests and graduation

On the state math tests, 17% of Potomac Heights’s students scored proficient, below the Maryland average (25%). The grade covers the public school district serving Potomac Heights, 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.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Maryland state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% 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.

Reading proficiency

38%

▼ 7 pts vs MD 45%

2021–22

Math proficiency

17%

▼ 8 pts vs MD 25%

2021–22

Graduate on time

90%

▲ 4 pts vs MD 86%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$18.6K

▼ 8% vs MD $20.3K

FY2024

Students per teacher

15.4

MD 14.5 · larger classes

Schools in town

22,461 students on the public path

In brief

Potomac Heights’s schools, in brief

Better than its incomes would predict

Among the 139 Maryland towns with household incomes within a quarter of Potomac Heights’s, its schools beat 48%, higher than their 32% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 38% of tested students were proficient in reading and 17% in math, against 45% and 25% statewide; 100% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

90% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86% across Maryland. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $18,598 per student, against $20,258 across Maryland (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

22 elementary schools, then one middle and seven high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. Enrollment is up 5% since 2020–21. See the path ↓

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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Potomac Heights’s grade

C Test scoresC⁺ Graduation

C: better than 32% of Maryland school districts. Graduation is above the Maryland average; test scores are below it.

Maryland school districts we grade (25)Better than 32%

Lower resultsHigher results

Maryland towns with similar household incomes (139)Better than 48%

CC⁺A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 13,375 test results and a graduating class of 2,224 could put Potomac Heights anywhere from C to C+. The tests are from spring 2022, when 100% of Potomac Heights’s students in the tested grades sat them (12,874 in math, 13,876 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Potomac Heights, with each school’s own grade.

22 schools teach K in Potomac Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D to B, so check the specific school.

Potomac Heights’s public schools score below 68% of Maryland districts on tests and graduation

Potomac Heights’s schools, in brief

Better than its incomes would predict

Results trail the state

Graduation

Spending and class size

22 elementary schools, then one middle and seven high schools

What’s behind Potomac Heights’s grade

Where will my kid go?

General Smallwood Middle School

General Smallwood Middle School

General Smallwood Middle School

The district

Well below the state in reading

Potomac Heights vs. its neighbors

Every school in Potomac Heights

Questions about Potomac Heights’s schools

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