Enrollment & capacity

School consolidation: the data behind the decision

Enrollment, capacity, building condition, feeder patterns, and capital plans for every regular MCPS elementary and middle school — the factors MCPS says its consolidation study will weigh. This page draws no conclusion: it puts the data in one place.

55 of 137elementary schools under MCPS's 80% floor

13 of 40middle schools under MCPS's 80% floor

+22,905net spare ES+MS seats by 2036

-7.7%projected ES+MS enrollment change, 2026 → 2036

Background — the seven factors MCPS says it will weigh

MCPS listed seven factors its study will weigh, without saying how much each counts. Rather than invent a score, the table maps public data to each factor and leaves the judgment where it belongs — with the study, and with you:

Enrollment & Utilization → Students (2026 → 2036) + Capacity + Utilization: Actual 2026 enrollment, the 2036 forecast, program capacity, and mean forecast utilization 2027–2036. MCPS Reg. FAA-RA calls a school under-utilized below 80%.
Facility Condition → Condition (FCI) + Built / renovated + CIP badge: MCPS's published Facility Condition Index (0–1, higher = worse), the year of last major work, and any funded capital project — MCPS says condition is its primary capital driver, and committed construction money makes closure unlikely.
Receiving School Capacity → Adjacent schools (util. before → after): What the bordering schools would run at if this school's students were split among them, at the 2036 forecast — every bordering school counts, matching MCPS's 'nearby schools' language; over-capacity neighbors subtract their overflow. Net spare seats are in the tooltip.
Geographic Considerations → Feeder path + Nearby (median mi): The ES → MS → HS articulation path (derived from attendance boundaries; splits flagged) and the median distance to adjacent schools.
School Site Characteristics → Site (acres): Site size.
Educational Programs → Program badges: Selective/magnet programs (immersion, magnet, Centers for Enriched Studies) shown for context; classroom special-ed programs are county-wide and relocatable, so not flagged.
Paired School Review → Paired badge + co-located badge: Grade-band paired schools share one attendance area across two buildings; each building is its own row, and its partner counts as a receiver in the Adjacent column (closing one of a pair means unpairing into the partner). A co-located special school on campus is hard to relocate.

School feeds into	Students 2026 → 2036 proj.	Capacity seats	Utilization forecast avg	Condition FCI 0–1	Built / renov. years ago	Site acres	Nearby median mi	Adjacent util. if absorbed
North Chevy Chase ElementarypairedES · Silver Creek MS → Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS	211 → 171−19%	391	46%	0.51	renov. 199531 yr	8	1.7	83% →86%*
Highland View ElementaryES · Silver Spring International MS → Northwood HSCIP replacement FY2031	311 → 276−11%	530	54%	0.56	renov. 199432 yr	7	0.9	78% →92%
Somerset ElementaryES · Westland MS → Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS	312 → 299−4%	550	54%	0.53	renov. 200521 yr	4	1.3	90% →107%*
Wilson Wims ElementaryES · Hallie Wells MS → Clarksburg HS	474 → 384−19%	712	56%	0.36	built 201412 yr	9	1	66% →88%
College Gardens ElementaryES · West MS → Richard Montgomery HS	452 → 399−12%	702	57%	0.53	renov. 200818 yr	8	2	86% →100%*
Snowden Farm ElementaryES · Hallie Wells MS → Clarksburg HS / Damascus HSsplit	538 → 410−24%	763	57%	0.22	built 20197 yr	10	1.8	75% →90%
Montgomery Knolls ElementarypairedES · Eastern MS / Silver Spring International MS → Blair HS / Northwood HSsplit	437 → 403−8%	690	58%	0.48	renov. 198937 yr	10	0.9	80% →87%*
Bradley Hills ElementaryES · Pyle MS → Whitman HS	480 → 399−17%	679	61%	0.52	renov. 198442 yr	7	1.5	85% →97%*
Cedar Grove ElementaryES · Hallie Wells MS → Damascus HS / Clarksburg HSsplit	314 → 246−22%	419	61%	0.63	renov. 198739 yr	10	2.1	73% →79%*
Kensington Parkwood ElementaryES · North Bethesda MS → Walter Johnson HS	533 → 498−7%	819	62%	0.42	renov. 200620 yr	10	2	88% →97%*
Pine Crest ElementarypairedES · Eastern MS / Silver Spring International MS → Blair HS / Northwood HSsplitCES	487 → 395−19%	667	63%	0.44	renov. 199234 yr	6	1.3	80% →87%*
Monocacy ElementaryES · Poole MS → Poolesville HS	166 → 137−17%	229	63%	0.55	renov. 198937 yr	10	6.6	93% →97%*
Candlewood ElementaryES · Shady Grove MS → Magruder HS	351 → 323−8%	521	63%	0.34	renov. 201511 yr	12	1.7	95% →107%*
Belmont ElementaryES · Rosa Parks MS → Sherwood HS	327 → 250−24%	412	64%	0.57	built 197452 yr	11	2.5	83% →96%*
Gaithersburg ElementaryES · Gaithersburg MS → Gaithersburg HS	583 → 485−17%	785	64%	0.52	renov. 198343 yr	8	1.5	89% →101%
Cannon Road ElementaryES · Key MS → Springbrook HS	352 → 286−19%	448	66%	0.43	renov. 201214 yr	4	1.6	83% →93%
Stedwick ElementaryES · Neelsville MS / Montgomery Village MS → Watkins Mill HSsplit	480 → 430−10%	666	66%	0.56	built 197452 yr	10	1.5	89% →100%
Cold Spring ElementaryES · Cabin John MS → Wootton HSCIP replacement FY2031CES	366 → 315−14%	499	67%	0.66	built 197254 yr	12	1	74% →88%
Dufief ElementaryES · Frost MS → Wootton HS	265 → 237−11%	369	67%	0.59	built 197551 yr	10	1.5	80% →87%
Beverly Farms ElementaryES · Hoover MS → Churchill HS	550 → 477−13%	732	67%	0.40	renov. 201313 yr	5	1.5	88% →101%*
Woodfield ElementaryES · Baker MS → Damascus HS	280 → 244−13%	375	67%	0.65	renov. 198541 yr	10	1.4	73% →85%
Lakewood ElementaryES · Frost MS → Wootton HS	413 → 371−10%	566	68%	0.62	renov. 200323 yr	13	2	77% →90%
Ronald McNair ElementaryES · Kingsview MS → Northwest HS	639 → 527−18%	799	69%	0.36	built 199036 yr	10	1.5	84% →102%*
JoAnn Leleck Elementary at Broad AcresES · White Oak MS → Springbrook HSCIP replacement FY2026	679 → 603−11%	894	70%	—	renov. 197452 yr	6	0.6	76% →112%
Beall ElementaryES · West MS → Richard Montgomery HS	441 → 474+7%	663	70%	0.70	renov. 199135 yr	8	1.4	79% →93%
Viers Mill ElementaryES · Loiederman MS → Wheaton HS	541 → 512−5%	740	70%	0.45	renov. 199135 yr	11	1.1	87% →105%*
Great Seneca Creek ElementaryES · Kingsview MS → Northwest HS	464 → 404−13%	591	71%	0.49	built 200620 yr	14	1.8	82% →91%*
Laytonsville ElementaryES · Gaithersburg MS / Baker MS → Gaithersburg HS / Damascus HSsplit	365 → 354−3%	507	71%	0.52	renov. 198937 yr	10	4.9	79% →87%*
S. Christa McAuliffe ElementaryES · Clemente MS → Seneca Valley HS	508 → 478−6%	691	71%	0.49	built 198739 yr	11	1.9	82% →96%
Travilah ElementaryES · Frost MS → Wootton HS	382 → 367−4%	526	71%	0.55	renov. 199234 yr	9	2.2	75% →87%
Goshen ElementaryES · Forest Oak MS → Gaithersburg HS	475 → 417−12%	593	72%	0.56	built 198838 yr	10	2.2	82% →92%
Jones Lane ElementaryES · Ridgeview MS → Quince Orchard HS	430 → 353−18%	510	72%	0.56	built 198739 yr	12	2.2	84% →90%
Judith A. Resnik ElementaryES · Redland MS → Magruder HS	483 → 408−16%	573	74%	0.64	built 199135 yr	13	2.4	88% →97%*
Spark M. Matsunaga ElementaryES · Kingsview MS / King MS → Northwest HS / Seneca Valley HSsplitco-locatedCES	502 → 426−15%	602	74%	0.54	built 200125 yr	12	2.1	80% →89%*
Westbrook ElementaryES · Westland MS → Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS	462 → 482+4%	648	74%	0.46	renov. 199036 yr	12	2.1	78% →92%*
Harmony Hills ElementaryES · Parkland MS → Kennedy HS	609 → 528−13%	742	74%	0.57	renov. 199927 yr	10	1	84% →96%*
Wayside ElementaryES · Hoover MS → Churchill HS	453 → 458+1%	623	75%	0.29	renov. 20179 yr	9	2.3	73% →84%
Dr. Sally K. Ride ElementaryES · King MS → Seneca Valley HS	399 → 374−6%	509	75%	0.56	built 199432 yr	13	2.2	88% →99%*
Wyngate ElementaryES · North Bethesda MS → Walter Johnson HS	629 → 586−7%	801	75%	0.45	renov. 199729 yr	10	2	88% →100%*
Brooke Grove ElementaryES · Farquhar MS → Sherwood HS	421 → 371−12%	510	76%	0.44	built 199036 yr	11	1.1	80% →101%
Fallsmead ElementaryES · Frost MS → Wootton HS	501 → 418−17%	572	76%	0.44	built 197452 yr	9	2.2	84% →91%*
Dr. Charles R. Drew ElementaryES · Key MS / Briggs Chaney MS → Springbrook HSsplitCES	426 → 349−18%	483	76%	0.53	built 199135 yr	12	1.6	82% →92%*
Meadow Hall ElementaryES · Wood MS → Rockville HS	327 → 284−13%	387	76%	0.58	renov. 199432 yr	8	1.2	81% →89%
Brown Station ElementaryES · Lakelands Park MS → Quince Orchard HS	559 → 560+0%	725	77%	0.26	renov. 20179 yr	9	2.2	87% →98%
Glenallan ElementaryES · Odessa Shannon MS → Kennedy HS	679 → 566−17%	766	77%	0.41	renov. 201313 yr	12	1.6	90% →103%*
Twinbrook ElementaryES · West MS → Richard Montgomery HSdeprioritized	437 → 463+6%	596	77%	0.56	renov. 198640 yr	10	1.7	100% →118%*
Carderock Springs ElementaryES · Pyle MS → Whitman HS	349 → 324−7%	429	77%	0.39	renov. 201016 yr	9	2.1	84% →108%
Captain James E. Daly ElementaryES · Rocky Hill MS → Clarksburg HS	463 → 424−8%	558	78%	0.54	built 198937 yr	10	1.5	84% →97%
Lucy V. Barnsley ElementaryES · Wood MS → Rockville HSCES	615 → 530−14%	703	78%	0.56	renov. 199828 yr	10	1	81% →99%
Wood Acres ElementaryES · Pyle MS → Whitman HS	585 → 586+0%	749	78%	0.53	renov. 200224 yr	5	1.2	71% →105%
Lois P. Rockwell ElementaryES · Baker MS → Damascus HS	477 → 430−10%	555	79%	0.50	built 199234 yr	11	1	78% →105%*
Olney ElementaryES · Rosa Parks MS → Sherwood HS	553 → 473−14%	618	79%	0.39	renov. 199036 yr	10	1.6	86% →103%*
Seven Locks ElementaryES · Cabin John MS → Churchill HS	370 → 354−4%	457	79%	0.43	renov. 201214 yr	10	1.9	89% →101%*
Bells Mill ElementaryES · Cabin John MS → Churchill HS	540 → 485−10%	627	80%	0.46	renov. 200917 yr	10	2.3	82% →97%*
Stone Mill ElementaryES · Cabin John MS → Wootton HS	544 → 554+2%	707	80%	0.70	built 198838 yr	12	2.8	79% →94%
Weller Road ElementaryES · Loiederman MS → Wheaton HS	667 → 593−11%	756	80%	0.39	renov. 201313 yr	11	0.9	88% →105%*
Strawberry Knoll ElementaryES · Gaithersburg MS → Gaithersburg HS	430 → 372−13%	470	81%	0.49	built 198838 yr	11	1.6	77% →89%
Glen Haven ElementaryES · Sligo MS → Northwood HS	500 → 457−9%	572	81%	0.48	renov. 200422 yr	10	1	94% →114%*
Oakland Terrace ElementaryES · Newport Mill MS → Einstein HS	500 → 473−5%	600	81%	0.63	renov. 199333 yr	10	1.4	88% →100%*
Bel Pre ElementarypairedES · Argyle MS → Kennedy HS	540 → 511−5%	636	82%	0.47	renov. 201412 yr	9	2	83% →93%*
Burtonsville ElementaryES · Banneker MS → Paint Branch HSCIP replacement FY2026	591 → 540−9%	676	82%	0.41	renov. 199333 yr	12	2.6	88% →134%*
Kemp Mill ElementaryES · Odessa Shannon MS → Northwood HS	399 → 369−8%	463	82%	0.62	renov. 199630 yr	10	1.4	90% →99%*
Fairland ElementaryES · Banneker MS / Briggs Chaney MS → Blake HSsplit	558 → 508−9%	631	83%	0.61	renov. 199234 yr	12	1.9	82% →94%*
Wheaton Woods ElementaryES · Parkland MS → Wheaton HS	559 → 529−5%	652	83%	0.26	renov. 20179 yr	8	1	89% →106%*
Greencastle ElementaryES · Banneker MS → Paint Branch HS	692 → 622−10%	769	83%	0.51	built 198838 yr	19	1.7	85% →110%*
Sherwood ElementaryES · Farquhar MS → Sherwood HS / Blake HSsplit	462 → 428−7%	527	83%	0.53	built 197749 yr	11	3.6	82% →94%*
Greenwood ElementaryES · Rosa Parks MS → Sherwood HS	525 → 469−11%	572	84%	0.60	built 197056 yr	10	1.1	73% →91%
Forest Knolls ElementaryES · Silver Spring International MS → Northwood HS	471 → 436−7%	534	84%	0.68	renov. 199333 yr	8	1.2	89% →101%*
William Tyler Page ElementaryES · Briggs Chaney MS → Blake HSimmersion	608 → 572−6%	692	85%	0.32	renov. 200323 yr	10	1.5	77% →101%
Stonegate ElementaryES · White Oak MS / Farquhar MS → Blake HSsplitCES	536 → 479−11%	575	85%	0.09	renov. 20233 yr	10	2.1	85% →103%*
Piney Branch ElementarypairedES · Takoma Park MS → Blair HSCIP replacement FY2031CES	545 → 494−9%	610	85%	0.72	built 197353 yr	2	0.9	88% →109%
Clearspring ElementaryES · Baker MS → Damascus HSCES	529 → 457−14%	557	85%	0.50	built 198838 yr	10	1.2	79% →106%*
Rosemary Hills ElementarypairedES · Silver Creek MS → Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS	470 → 449−4%	524	86%	0.68	renov. 198838 yr	6	2.5	81% →87%*
Rock Creek Forest ElementaryES · Silver Creek MS → Bethesda-Chevy Chase HSimmersion	708 → 647−9%	771	86%	0.34	renov. 201511 yr	8	0.8	99% →158%*
Highland ElementaryES · Newport Mill MS → Einstein HS	494 → 475−4%	563	86%	0.54	renov. 198937 yr	11	1.2	94% →114%*
New Hampshire Estates ElementarypairedES · Eastern MS → Blair HS	441 → 422−4%	498	86%	0.55	renov. 198838 yr	5	0.9	77% →86%*
Galway ElementaryES · Briggs Chaney MS → Paint Branch HS	680 → 640−6%	766	86%	0.45	renov. 200917 yr	9	2.3	87% →103%*
Rachel Carson ElementaryES · Lakelands Park MS → Quince Orchard HSCES	644 → 625−3%	726	87%	0.64	built 199036 yr	12	1.4	83% →99%
Brookhaven ElementaryES · Parkland MS → Wheaton HS	409 → 382−7%	451	87%	0.61	renov. 199531 yr	9	1	81% →91%
Takoma Park ElementarypairedES · Takoma Park MS → Blair HS	564 → 525−7%	607	87%	0.57	built 197947 yr	5	0.9	87% →109%
Maryvale ElementaryES · Wood MS → Rockville HSco-locatedimmersion	593 → 548−8%	645	87%	0.17	renov. 20206 yr	18	2	75% →93%*
William B. Gibbs Jr. ElementaryES · Neelsville MS / Rocky Hill MS → Seneca Valley HS / Clarksburg HSsplit	567 → 581+2%	664	87%	0.45	built 200917 yr	11	2.7	78% →86%*
Little Bennett ElementaryES · Rocky Hill MS → Clarksburg HS	571 → 536−6%	618	88%	0.47	built 200620 yr	5	1.9	68% →89%*
Thurgood Marshall ElementaryES · Ridgeview MS → Quince Orchard HS	485 → 424−13%	489	88%	—	built 199333 yr	12	1.8	81% →90%
Tubman ElementaryES · Forest Oak MS → Gaithersburg HS	586 → 550−6%	633	89%	—	built 20224 yr	6	1.5	86% →104%*
Luxmanor ElementaryES · Tilden MS → Walter Johnson HS	644 → 678+5%	739	89%	0.20	renov. 20206 yr	6	1.8	94% →115%*
Potomac ElementaryES · Hoover MS → Churchill HSimmersion	454 → 415−9%	480	89%	0.22	renov. 20206 yr	9	3.2	76% →88%
Darnestown ElementaryES · Lakelands Park MS → Northwest HS	338 → 339+0%	387	89%	0.27	renov. 198046 yr	7	3.3	75% →85%
Summit Hall ElementaryES · Forest Oak MS → Gaithersburg HS	407 → 378−7%	434	90%	0.73	built 197155 yr	10	1.3	94% →110%*
Ritchie Park ElementaryES · West MS → Richard Montgomery HS	348 → 384+10%	411	90%	0.66	renov. 199729 yr	9	1.9	78% →85%*
Fields Road ElementaryES · Ridgeview MS → Quince Orchard HS	440 → 397−10%	455	90%	0.54	built 197353 yr	10	1.7	82% →93%
Jackson Road ElementaryES · White Oak MS → Springbrook HS	620 → 582−6%	666	90%	0.63	renov. 199531 yr	9	2.2	83% →96%*
Sligo Creek ElementaryES · Silver Spring International MS → Northwood HS / Blair HSsplitCIP replacement FY2029immersion	657 → 659+0%	723	90%	0.55	renov. 199927 yr	16	1.2	85% →101%*
Roscoe R. Nix ElementarypairedES · Key MS → Springbrook HS	432 → 432+0%	478	90%	0.53	built 200620 yr	9	1.7	79% →88%*
Bannockburn ElementaryES · Pyle MS → Whitman HS	402 → 337−16%	388	90%	0.65	renov. 198838 yr	8	1.5	80% →95%
Fox Chapel ElementaryES · Rocky Hill MS → Clarksburg HSCES	590 → 568−4%	632	91%	0.49	built 197452 yr	10	1.7	85% →102%
Rolling Terrace ElementaryES · Silver Spring International MS → Blair HS	636 → 610−4%	683	91%	0.62	renov. 198937 yr	4	1	82% →102%
Clarksburg ElementaryES · Rocky Hill MS → Clarksburg HS	344 → 339−1%	357	91%	0.51	renov. 199333 yr	10	1.8	84% →95%*
Clopper Mill ElementaryES · Clemente MS → Northwest HS / Seneca Valley HSsplit	440 → 424−4%	472	92%	0.56	built 198640 yr	9	1.7	76% →86%*
Chevy Chase ElementarypairedES · Silver Creek MS → Bethesda-Chevy Chase HSCES	465 → 420−10%	483	92%	0.67	renov. 200026 yr	4	2.5	81% →87%*
Strathmore ElementarypairedES · Argyle MS → Kennedy HS	434 → 390−10%	449	92%	0.61	built 197056 yr	11	2	83% →90%*
Diamond ElementaryES · Lakelands Park MS → Northwest HS / Quince Orchard HSsplit	659 → 589−11%	650	93%	0.41	built 197551 yr	10	1.5	79% →96%
Rock Creek Valley ElementaryES · Wood MS → Rockville HS	376 → 363−3%	400	93%	0.61	renov. 200125 yr	10	0.8	86% →98%*
East Silver Spring ElementaryES · Takoma Park MS → Blair HS	516 → 521+1%	568	93%	0.53	renov. 197551 yr	8	0.7	89% →115%
Westover ElementaryES · White Oak MS → Springbrook HS	284 → 251−12%	277	93%	0.59	renov. 199828 yr	8	1.9	80% →88%
Sargent Shriver ElementaryES · Loiederman MS → Wheaton HS	693 → 581−16%	643	93%	0.64	renov. 200620 yr	9	1.1	85% →97%*
Poolesville ElementaryES · Poole MS → Poolesville HS	548 → 525−4%	571	93%	0.56	renov. 197848 yr	12	6.4	77% →163%
South Lake ElementaryES · Neelsville MS → Watkins Mill HS	689 → 760+10%	768	94%	—	renov. 20233 yr	10	2.1	81% →94%
Flower Hill ElementaryES · Shady Grove MS → Magruder HS	453 → 394−13%	427	95%	0.53	built 198541 yr	10	1.9	85% →99%*
Rock View ElementaryES · Newport Mill MS → Einstein HS	599 → 571−5%	604	95%	0.46	renov. 199927 yr	7	1.3	79% →96%*
Whetstone ElementaryES · Montgomery Village MS → Watkins Mill HSdeprioritized	741 → 688−7%	735	96%	0.54	built 196858 yr	9	1	80% →97%
Flower Valley ElementaryES · Wood MS → Rockville HS	504 → 439−13%	464	97%	0.58	renov. 199630 yr	9	2.6	86% →95%*
Lake Seneca ElementaryES · King MS → Seneca Valley HS	404 → 385−5%	402	97%	0.52	built 198541 yr	9	2	81% →90%*
Cresthaven ElementarypairedES · Key MS → Springbrook HS	450 → 396−12%	428	97%	0.49	renov. 201016 yr	10	1.5	79% →87%*
Burning Tree ElementaryES · Pyle MS → Whitman HSCIP replacement FY2031	467 → 453−3%	472	98%	0.70	renov. 199135 yr	7	1.6	80% →94%*
Rosemont ElementaryES · Forest Oak MS → Gaithersburg HS	593 → 560−6%	577	99%	0.60	renov. 199531 yr	9	2.5	85% →93%*
Bayard Rustin ElementaryES · West MS → Richard Montgomery HSimmersion	726 → 665−8%	682	99%	0.23	built 20188 yr	11	1.6	85% →108%*
Ashburton ElementaryES · North Bethesda MS → Walter Johnson HS	818 → 837+2%	823	99%	0.43	renov. 199333 yr	8	1.9	80% →96%*
Watkins Mill ElementaryES · Montgomery Village MS → Watkins Mill HS	729 → 719−1%	722	100%	0.55	built 197056 yr	10	1.1	85% →106%
Garrett Park ElementaryES · Tilden MS → Walter Johnson HS	761 → 816+7%	774	100%	0.37	renov. 201214 yr	4	2.3	84% →96%*
Georgian Forest ElementaryES · Argyle MS → Kennedy HS	623 → 644+3%	631	103%	0.47	renov. 199531 yr	11	0.8	76% →98%
Cloverly ElementaryES · Briggs Chaney MS / Farquhar MS → Paint Branch HS / Blake HSsplit	439 → 397−10%	395	104%	0.63	renov. 198937 yr	10	2.7	80% →91%
Burnt Mills ElementaryES · Key MS → Blake HS / Springbrook HSsplitimmersion	703 → 704+0%	687	105%	0.26	renov. 20233 yr	15	1.3	85% →109%
Farmland ElementaryES · Tilden MS → Walter Johnson HS	825 → 790−4%	725	107%	0.50	renov. 201115 yr	5	1.7	88% →110%*
Bethesda ElementaryES · Westland MS → Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS	597 → 626+5%	560	107%	0.44	renov. 199927 yr	8	2	69% →89%
Flora M. Singer ElementaryES · Sligo MS → Einstein HS	642 → 622−3%	585	108%	0.41	built 201214 yr	13	1.4	83% →98%*
Washington Grove ElementaryES · Gaithersburg MS → Gaithersburg HS	449 → 667+49%	552	108%	0.58	renov. 198442 yr	11	1.8	82% →95%*
Waters Landing ElementaryES · King MS → Seneca Valley HS	744 → 790+6%	703	109%	0.50	built 198838 yr	10	1.2	85% →135%
Woodlin ElementaryES · Sligo MS → Einstein HS	640 → 636−1%	570	110%	—	renov. 20233 yr	11	1	91% →116%*
Arcola ElementaryES · Odessa Shannon MS → Northwood HS	729 → 689−5%	638	111%	0.45	renov. 200719 yr	5	1.4	82% →95%
Oak View ElementarypairedES · Eastern MS → Blair HSCES	423 → 362−14%	345	111%	0.59	renov. 198541 yr	11	0.7	76% →84%
Sequoyah ElementaryES · Redland MS → Magruder HS	488 → 452−7%	414	114%	0.54	built 199036 yr	10	2.8	86% →96%*
Germantown ElementaryES · Clemente MS → Seneca Valley HS / Northwest HSsplit	316 → 316+0%	279	114%	0.53	renov. 197848 yr	8	1.2	72% →85%
Cabin Branch ElementaryES · Rocky Hill MS / Neelsville MS → Clarksburg HS / Seneca Valley HSsplit	716 → 822+15%	687	120%	0.07	built 20233 yr	10	2.1	85% →150%
Damascus ElementaryES · Baker MS → Damascus HSdeprioritized	338 → 321−5%	269	122%	0.50	renov. 198046 yr	9	2.7	76% →88%
Cashell ElementaryES · Redland MS → Magruder HS	377 → 361−4%	292	126%	0.40	renov. 200917 yr	10	2	85% →103%*
Mill Creek Towne ElementaryES · Shady Grove MS → Magruder HSCES	513 → 457−11%	336	143%	0.50	renov. 200026 yr	8	1.8	90% →112%*
Ridgeview MiddleMS · Quince Orchard HS	684 → 379−45%	955	47%	0.48	built 197551 yr	20	3.6	70% →79%
Lakelands Park MiddleMS · Northwest HS / Quince Orchard HSsplit	992 → 577−42%	1,122	58%	0.43	built 200521 yr	8	3.9	76% →84%*
Odessa Shannon MiddleMS · Northwood HS / Kennedy HSsplit	766 → 470−39%	881	62%	0.11	renov. 20224 yr	16	2.4	80% →87%
Eastern MiddleMS · Blair HSCIP replacement FY2030magnet	953 → 892−6%	1,516	63%	0.60	renov. 197650 yr	15	1.6	87% →107%*
Shady Grove MiddleMS · Magruder HS	574 → 492−14%	846	65%	0.53	renov. 199927 yr	20	3.1	85% →97%
Rocky Hill MiddleMS · Clarksburg HS	999 → 709−29%	1,020	75%	0.45	built 200422 yr	23	4	83% →94%*
Neelsville MiddleMS · Seneca Valley HS / Watkins Mill HSsplit	759 → 718−5%	956	76%	—	built 20242 yr	29	3.1	75% →84%
Rosa Parks MiddleMS · Sherwood HS	833 → 649−22%	945	77%	0.60	built 199234 yr	24	4.7	80% →100%
Hallie Wells MiddleMS · Damascus HS / Clarksburg HSsplit	901 → 641−29%	969	78%	0.31	built 201610 yr	22	2.9	79% →96%
William H. Farquhar MiddleMS · Sherwood HS / Blake HSsplit	659 → 566−14%	800	78%	0.26	renov. 201610 yr	20	4.3	79% →91%
Silver Spring International MiddleMS · Northwood HS / Blair HSsplitclosure proposed	952 → 856−10%	1,173	78%	—	renov. 199927 yr	11	2.1	78% →93%*
Silver Creek MiddleMS · Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS	731 → 680−7%	915	79%	0.30	built 20179 yr	13	2.6	85% →102%
Benjamin Banneker MiddleMS · Paint Branch HS / Blake HSsplit	707 → 582−18%	803	80%	0.52	built 197452 yr	20	3.4	81% →112%
Montgomery Village MiddleMS · Watkins Mill HS	755 → 640−15%	857	80%	0.56	renov. 200323 yr	15	2.3	73% →85%
Forest Oak MiddleMS · Gaithersburg HS	761 → 709−7%	971	81%	0.51	built 199927 yr	41	3.9	74% →82%
Redland MiddleMS · Magruder HS	567 → 519−8%	708	81%	0.53	built 197155 yr	21	3	78% →89%
A. Mario Loiederman MiddleMS · Wheaton HSmagnet	985 → 717−27%	969	81%	0.49	renov. 200521 yr	17	2.2	84% →95%
Thomas W. Pyle MiddleMS · Whitman HS	1,232 → 1,140−7%	1,488	82%	0.53	renov. 199333 yr	14	3	87% →113%
John T. Baker MiddleMS · Damascus HS	819 → 536−35%	741	82%	0.41	built 197155 yr	22	6.7	76% →89%
Westland MiddleMS · Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS	841 → 853+1%	1,064	83%	0.63	renov. 199729 yr	25	3.2	80% →104%
White Oak MiddleMS · Springbrook HS / Blake HSsplit	833 → 736−12%	971	83%	0.59	renov. 199333 yr	17	3.4	71% →83%
Julius West MiddleMS · Richard Montgomery HS	1,283 → 1,155−10%	1,432	83%	0.53	renov. 199531 yr	21	3.2	85% →99%
Kingsview MiddleMS · Northwest HS	869 → 774−11%	1,033	85%	0.62	built 199729 yr	18	3.2	75% →88%*
Briggs Chaney MiddleMS · Paint Branch HS / Blake HSsplit	844 → 721−15%	922	85%	0.50	built 199135 yr	29	4.1	76% →97%
Sligo MiddleMS · Einstein HS / Northwood HSsplitCIP renewal addition FY2031	700 → 796+14%	964	86%	0.52	renov. 199135 yr	22	2.1	72% →93%
Robert Frost MiddleMS · Wootton HS	913 → 833−9%	1,027	87%	0.52	built 197155 yr	25	3.6	75% →86%
John Poole MiddleMS · Poolesville HS	440 → 391−11%	478	89%	0.32	built 199729 yr	21	9.9	67% →77%
Argyle MiddleMS · Kennedy HSmagnet	843 → 748−11%	888	91%	0.56	renov. 199333 yr	20	3	76% →88%
Francis Scott Key MiddleMS · Springbrook HS / Blake HSsplit	950 → 802−16%	952	93%	0.55	renov. 200917 yr	21	2.4	68% →81%
Parkland MiddleMS · Wheaton HS / Kennedy HSsplitmagnet	1,186 → 1,029−13%	1,207	93%	0.57	renov. 200719 yr	9	2	86% →111%
Cabin John MiddleMS · Churchill HS / Wootton HSsplit	1,021 → 996−2%	1,108	94%	0.50	renov. 201115 yr	18	3.2	82% →95%
Herbert Hoover MiddleMS · Churchill HS	959 → 990+3%	1,118	94%	0.33	renov. 201313 yr	19	2.5	85% →98%
Newport Mill MiddleMS · Einstein HS	681 → 725+6%	812	95%	0.55	renov. 200224 yr	8	2.1	76% →91%
Tilden MiddleMS · Walter Johnson HSco-located	1,109 → 1,177+6%	1,251	96%	0.17	renov. 20206 yr	20	3.3	85% →102%
North Bethesda MiddleMS · Walter Johnson HS	1,229 → 1,065−13%	1,187	96%	0.57	renov. 199927 yr	19	3.2	83% →96%
Gaithersburg MiddleMS · Gaithersburg HS	880 → 1,000+14%	1,028	97%	0.58	renov. 198838 yr	23	4.6	73% →84%
Earle B. Wood MiddleMS · Rockville HS	999 → 844−16%	951	98%	0.63	renov. 200125 yr	9	3.5	80% →92%
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMS · Seneca Valley HSmagnet	773 → 880+14%	905	99%	0.47	built 199630 yr	19	2.4	82% →103%*
Roberto W Clemente MiddleMS · Seneca Valley HS / Northwest HSsplitmagnet	909 → 1,194+31%	1,141	107%	0.60	built 199234 yr	20	2.9	72% →101%
Takoma Park MiddleMS · Blair HSmagnet	1,197 → 1,371+15%	1,257	112%	0.49	renov. 199927 yr	19	1.5	65% →116%

All 177 regular ES and MS schools, sorted emptiest-first within each level; click any heading to re-sort. Feeder paths under each name are derived from attendance boundaries; split marks a school whose area articulates to more than one receiver. Utilization below MCPS's 80% floor is bolded.Adjacent shows what the bordering schools would run at if this school's students were split among them — every bordering school counts, whatever its cluster, matching MCPS's "nearby schools" language. Grade-band paired schools appear as separate buildings: the paired badge names the partner, which also counts as a receiver. * = a bordering over-capacity school whose overflow is subtracted.

Limitations

This page ranks nothing and predicts nothing — it presents the data MCPS says it will weigh. MCPS has not set weights or a formula; its consultant will develop the framework, with Board approval expected around November 2026.
Utilization here is a 10-year forecast, not MCPS's own capacity table (MCPS is also revising how program capacity is calculated).
Feeder paths are derived by overlaying attendance boundaries, not from an official articulation table. Splits under 10% of a school's area are shown only when MCPS's cluster roster recognizes them; the cluster list is the roster plus any cluster taking at least 10% of the area.
Silver Spring International MS has no official enrollment forecast (it shares the former Blair HS building with Sligo Creek ES); it is shown with a held-from-2026 estimate scaled by the countywide MS trend. Its proposed closure was suspended by the Board in December 2025 and folded into this study.

Source: MCPS Facility Condition Index; FY2027 EFMP/CIP (analytics/cip_projects.csv); MCPS & MSDE enrollment forecast; Montgomery County GIS attendance boundaries. · Updated: 2026-07-31