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All news →Verified Email: Developer Tied Rockville's Rockshire Demand to Wootton High
A verified Rockville email shows the developer behind Rockshire told the city that Wootton High School drove interest in the project.
Montgomery County Agricultural Fair invites families into the barns
A look at the animal barns and farm exhibits that give kids a close-up view of agriculture at the county fair.
Online Safety Expert Shares Back-to-School Tech Reset Tips
Nuala O'Connor discusses AI, privacy, and online safety for families resetting tech this school year.
MCPS Cell Phone Ban: Helping Teens Adjust to a No-Device School Day
Montgomery County schools now keep personal devices off all day; here's how parents can help teens adapt to the new rule.
Poolesville High ranks No. 2 in Maryland on U.S. News list
Five MCPS high schools land in the top 10 of U.S. News' 2026-27 Maryland rankings, with Poolesville leading at No. 2.
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Spotlight on MCPS
The reference side of the site — every public school in the county by the numbers: test scores, demographics, neighborhoods, and how students get to class.
District dashboard
Six years of county trends — scores, graduation, absenteeism, spending, by student group.
School profiles
Academics, demographics, climate, and the surrounding neighborhood for all 209 schools.
Cross-school analysis
Income vs. achievement, race and disability gaps, and special education across schools.
Bus routes
Stops, times, and maps for geocoded MCPS bus routes — find the stop near you.
Analysis
Staffing, class size, special-education provision, and achievement in context
Cross-school analyses built from public data, with the limits of that data stated plainly.
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The 2025-26 enrollment numbers steering the CIP
MCPS enrolled 156,050 students this year, down for the third straight year. Here's what's driving it and why the capital budget hinges on the number.
Explainer
Reading the special-education numbers
Inclusion, caseload, and staffing — what the special-education section on each profile measures, and why a raw proficiency gap isn't the number to judge a school by.