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Special education provision

Special education provision varies across MCPS schools

Students with IEPs are not a comparable outcome group from school to school because public data does not include disability category or severity. This page focuses on provision: identification, accommodations, inclusion, staffing, and apparent caseload.

SWD / IEP rate
14.1%
median school, p10-p90 9.7% to 24.0%
504 rate
7.1%
reportable in 75 of 202 schools
Inclusion / LRE
72.2%
Large variation, p10-p90 50.0% to 89.8%
Apparent caseload
13.2
SWD per SPED teacher, p10-p90 10.1 to 22.6

Who is identified for special education

Across the district, some student groups are identified for special education more than their share of enrollment, and others less. Representation is the group's share of students with IEPs divided by its share of all students: 1.0× is proportionate, above is over-represented, below is under-represented. This is a district-wide pattern — not a claim about any one school, and not a judgment that any identification is wrong.

Multilingual learners: the largest over-representation

Multilingual learners are over-represented district-wide (1.37×). The ratio climbs through the grades and peaks in middle school:

1.11× Elementary 1.85× Middle 1.58× High

Language difference misread as disability is a well-documented risk, and it is largest at the secondary level.

Representation table (text alternative)
Group% of all students% of students with IEPsRepresentation
Asian 13.6% 7.7% 0.57×
Black/African American 21.5% 26.4% 1.23×
Hispanic/Latino 35.6% 39.3% 1.10×
White 23.6% 21.5% 0.91×
M 51.9% 67.2% 1.29×
Multilingual learners 20.3% 27.9% 1.37×
Economically disadvantaged 44.5% 47.3% 1.06×

District-wide, 2025, from MCPS's aggregated enrollment. Representation flags over- or under-identification, not whether it is appropriate. Small groups (American Indian/Alaska Native, Pacific Islander) are privacy-suppressed and omitted, not treated as zero.

Who is suspended

Each bar is a group's out-of-school-suspension rate divided by the district rate (1.4% in 2023); 1.0× is proportionate. Students with disabilities are suspended at 1.86× the district rate, and Black students at about 1.86× — roughly four times the White rate.

Suspension table (text alternative)
GroupSuspension ratevs district
Students with disabilities 2.6% 1.86×
American Indian/Alaska Native 1.3% 0.93×
Asian 0.4% 0.29×
Black/African American 2.6% 1.86×
Hispanic/Latino 1.6% 1.14×
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.50×
Two or more races 1.4% 1.00×
White 0.6% 0.43×
Male 1.7% 1.21×
Multilingual learners 1.6% 1.14×
Economically disadvantaged 2.3% 1.64×

District-wide, 2023 — the latest year MSDE publishes district suspension rates by group (2024–2025 are withheld source-wide). Out-of-school suspensions. A ratio above 1.0 flags disproportionate discipline; it is not a claim about any individual school.

Who graduates

Students with disabilities graduate at far lower rates than their peers. Each row compares the special-education rate with the all-student rate, district-wide, 2024. The graduation gap is about 17 points.

Graduation rate 74.9% · 91.9%
Dropout rate 7.3% · 5.1%
Students with disabilities All students

4-year adjusted-cohort graduation and dropout, district-wide, 2024 — the latest year both populations report. District-level only, never school-by-school, so the disability-mix confound does not apply; not adjusted for disability category or severity.

Special-education staffing tracks enrolled need

Special-education staffing tracks the number of students who need it. Each dot is a school; SPED teachers rise almost one-for-one with students who have IEPs, and richer and poorer schools sit on the same line. Per-pupil ratios vary more by income only because more-inclusive schools need fewer dedicated teachers.

Data table (202 schools)
SchoolLevelStudents with IEPsSPED teachers (FTE)
Gaithersburg HighHS37835.25
Seneca Valley HighHS36027
Rockville HighHS28224.2
Albert Einstein HighHS29722.5
Walter Johnson HighHS35822
John F. Kennedy HighHS26721.45
Winston Churchill HighHS25721.4
Paint Branch HighHS23520.8
Col. Zadok Magruder HighHS22719.2
Watkins Mill HighHS21918.8
Walt Whitman HighHS23118.4
Wheaton HighHS30518.4
Sherwood HighHS20718.2
Quince Orchard HighHS21217.5
Clarksburg HighHS25017.2
Damascus HighHS19317.2
Northwest HighHS22116.2
Rock View ElementaryES17916
Springbrook HighHS16915.2
Roberto W Clemente MiddleMS16214.6
Earle B. Wood MiddleMS14814.4
John T. Baker MiddleMS16214.225
Flora M. Singer ElementaryES17314
Montgomery Blair HighHS26313.8
Galway ElementaryES11213.75
Gaithersburg MiddleMS14213.725
Thomas S. Wootton HighHS16913.4
Rock Creek Valley ElementaryES10013.3
Brooke Grove ElementaryES13113
Sequoyah ElementaryES11813
Richard Montgomery HighHS20412.8
James Hubert Blake HighHS20412.7
Northwood HighHS15212.6
Darnestown ElementaryES11612.5
Julius West MiddleMS18312.2
Dr. Sally K. Ride ElementaryES11712
Little Bennett ElementaryES13912
Briggs Chaney MiddleMS11912
Cabin John MiddleMS13911.8
Montgomery Village MiddleMS13011.8
Odessa Shannon MiddleMS12411.7
Forest Oak MiddleMS12011.475
Tilden MiddleMS15111.4
Cannon Road ElementaryES10211.2
Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHS20211
Ridgeview MiddleMS11711
Lakelands Park MiddleMS11410.9
Eastern MiddleMS13510.8
Benjamin Banneker MiddleMS11510.6
Sligo MiddleMS11110.6
Mill Creek Towne ElementaryES10910.3
Waters Landing ElementaryES13510.2
Newport Mill MiddleMS13910.2
Takoma Park MiddleMS14710.2
Burning Tree ElementaryES9010
North Bethesda MiddleMS14210
Thomas W. Pyle MiddleMS14310
Hallie Wells MiddleMS1049.875
Spark M. Matsunaga ElementaryES869.7
Forest Knolls ElementaryES1109.6
Sherwood ElementaryES1149.6
Robert Frost MiddleMS1069.4
Germantown ElementaryES879.35
A. Mario Loiederman MiddleMS1269.2
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMS1169.2
Rocky Hill MiddleMS1259.2
Silver Creek MiddleMS1069.2
Luxmanor ElementaryES1529.1
Rosemary Hills ElementaryES889.1
Woodfield ElementaryES1169.1
Clearspring ElementaryES959
Dufief ElementaryES969
Redland MiddleMS1038.8
Herbert Hoover MiddleMS908.725
Cedar Grove ElementaryES748.7
Fields Road ElementaryES668.6
Westland MiddleMS1128.6
College Gardens ElementaryES928.5
Cresthaven ElementaryES868.5
Rosa Parks MiddleMS1018.4
Gaithersburg ElementaryES888.225
Damascus ElementaryES838.2
Woodlin ElementaryES1038.2
Shady Grove MiddleMS558.2
Stedwick ElementaryES968.1
Cloverly ElementaryES1088
Fairland ElementaryES1208
Glen Haven ElementaryES1197.85
Great Seneca Creek ElementaryES647.625
Dr. Charles R. Drew ElementaryES1007.6
Farmland ElementaryES1197.6
Stonegate ElementaryES1277.6
Wheaton Woods ElementaryES1097.6
Glenallan ElementaryES1477.5
William H. Farquhar MiddleMS907.4
Diamond ElementaryES927.3
White Oak MiddleMS747.2
Francis Scott Key MiddleMS887.125
Meadow Hall ElementaryES767.1
Flower Hill ElementaryES717
Flower Valley ElementaryES837
Rock Creek Forest ElementaryES1137
Rosemont ElementaryES877
Kingsview MiddleMS867
Parkland MiddleMS1067
Cabin Branch ElementaryES966.7
Westover ElementaryES726.7
Greencastle ElementaryES1456.688
Jones Lane ElementaryES646.625
Bethesda ElementaryES726.6
Lakewood ElementaryES706.6
Maryvale ElementaryES796.5
Roscoe R. Nix ElementaryES716.5
Viers Mill ElementaryES1626.5
Cashell ElementaryES1066.4
Oakland Terrace ElementaryES1156.3
Strawberry Knoll ElementaryES1256.3
John Poole MiddleMS536.138
Harmony Hills ElementaryES636.125
Candlewood ElementaryES716.1
Laytonsville ElementaryES626.1
Tubman ElementaryES1116.1
Lucy V. Barnsley ElementaryES896
Snowden Farm ElementaryES656
William B. Gibbs Jr. ElementaryES1446
Argyle MiddleMS886
Neelsville MiddleMS776
Silver Spring International MiddleMS1006
Bayard Rustin ElementaryES1205.8
Kensington Parkwood ElementaryES805.6
Strathmore ElementaryES525.6
Ashburton ElementaryES955.5
Clopper Mill ElementaryES1025.5
Lois P. Rockwell ElementaryES1625.5
S. Christa McAuliffe ElementaryES715.5
Brookhaven ElementaryES1155.4
Garrett Park ElementaryES645.375
Wayside ElementaryES745.2
Georgian Forest ElementaryES575.125
Arcola ElementaryES915
Jackson Road ElementaryES1055
Lake Seneca ElementaryES1135
South Lake ElementaryES865
Summit Hall ElementaryES815
Twinbrook ElementaryES665
Watkins Mill ElementaryES1025
Westbrook ElementaryES495
Wilson Wims ElementaryES935
Poolesville HighHS745
Brown Station ElementaryES1184.9
Thurgood Marshall ElementaryES1224.8
Judith A. Resnik ElementaryES614.7
Whetstone ElementaryES1324.7
Bells Mill ElementaryES594.6
Carderock Springs ElementaryES564.6
Belmont ElementaryES484.5
Burnt Mills ElementaryES894.5
Captain James E. Daly ElementaryES584.5
Olney ElementaryES774.5
Pine Crest ElementaryES744.5
East Silver Spring ElementaryES944.2
Greenwood ElementaryES684.125
Weller Road ElementaryES1074.1
Beall ElementaryES634
Burtonsville ElementaryES844
Poolesville ElementaryES724
Rachel Carson ElementaryES974
Ronald McNair ElementaryES784
Sargent Shriver ElementaryES804
Stone Mill ElementaryES903.8
Washington Grove ElementaryES863.8
Montgomery Knolls ElementaryES1293.6
Clarksburg ElementaryES493.5
Fox Chapel ElementaryES583.5
Highland ElementaryES663.5
Oak View ElementaryES573.5
Rolling Terrace ElementaryES713.5
Wood Acres ElementaryES713.4
Bel Pre ElementaryES763.3
Goshen ElementaryES673.3
Beverly Farms ElementaryES613
Fallsmead ElementaryES583
Highland View ElementaryES473
JoAnn Leleck Elementary at Broad AcresES733
New Hampshire Estates ElementaryES753
Piney Branch ElementaryES723
Sligo Creek ElementaryES703
Wyngate ElementaryES473
Somerset ElementaryES352.5
William Tyler Page ElementaryES722.5
Bannockburn ElementaryES482
Bradley Hills ElementaryES332
Chevy Chase ElementaryES502
Cold Spring ElementaryES292
Kemp Mill ElementaryES312
North Chevy Chase ElementaryES362
Potomac ElementaryES292
Ritchie Park ElementaryES382
Seven Locks ElementaryES312
Takoma Park ElementaryES712
Travilah ElementaryES372
Monocacy ElementaryES221.5

Staffing 2025; one dot per school with both figures, lines are per-level fits. Staffing that scales with enrolled need does not by itself mean services are adequate — staff counts are not a measure of service quality.

Identification rates by neighborhood income

IEP/SWD identification is essentially flat with neighborhood income (-9% in the top quintile). Reportable 504 rates run about a third higher in the top-income quintile — a bigger gap than the raw +2.4 pts suggests — though the correlation still sits just below the pre-set threshold and many low 504 values are privacy-suppressed.

IEP / SWD

-9% top vs bottom income quintile (12.5% vs 13.7%), Spearman -0.05

504

+33% top vs bottom income quintile (9.7% vs 7.3%), Spearman 0.24
Income quintile Median income SWD rate 504 rate 504 reported Inclusion SWD / teacher
Q1 $99k 13.7% 7.3% 4 / 39 78.8% 16.1
Q2 $113k 14.1% 6.2% 13 / 39 78.2% 12.9
Q3 $129k 14.3% 9.3% 15 / 39 64.7% 13.2
Q4 $163k 15.6% 10.2% 16 / 39 71.7% 12.6
Q5 $207k 12.5% 9.7% 22 / 39 71.6% 12.8

Quintiles use attendance-area median household income. SWD and 504 rates are enrollment-weighted; inclusion and staffing are group medians. 504 percentages are based on reportable schools only; suppressed low values are not treated as zero.

School rates reflect programs, not neighborhoods

A handful of schools host countywide programs, so most of their special-education students are placed there from other attendance areas. Their high SWD rates and low inclusion describe those imported students, not the surrounding neighborhood. Each bar is a host school's special-education enrollment, split into students from its own attendance area and students placed in from elsewhere.

Cresthaven Elementary 69 of 85 imported
Dufief Elementary 73 of 97 imported
Burning Tree Elementary 65 of 91 imported
Sequoyah Elementary 75 of 111 imported
Mill Creek Towne Elementary 68 of 102 imported
Darnestown Elementary 75 of 113 imported
Woodfield Elementary 64 of 97 imported
Brooke Grove Elementary 82 of 127 imported
From this attendance area Placed in from elsewhere

Cresthaven Elementary serves 85 special-education students but only 16 live in its attendance area — the rest are placed in for its Learning Center (LC). That is why the table below is a lookup, not a ranking: a host's raw rates are a fact about its program, not its neighborhood. Total special-education enrollment, 2025.

Reading inclusion and staffing figures

Inclusion / LRE

Higher inclusion can mean stronger access to general education. It can also mean a student is not receiving a specialized setting they need. Lower inclusion can mean unnecessary separation, or it can mean appropriate intensive support.

Staffing ratios

SWD per SPED teacher and SWD per para are apparent caseload measures. They are more concrete than test-score gaps, but still reflect disability mix, service model, and program placement.

Group Schools SWD rate 504 rate Inclusion SWD / teacher SWD / para
Elementary
SPED program host 24 22.4% 6.3% 54.4% 10.9 10.6
Title I 35 15.4% 6.5% 80.3% 18.5 17.4
Focus school 22 16.6% 5.4% 79.4% 16.0 14.5
Other 56 14.8% 6.5% 72.9% 14.5 14.6
Middle
SPED program host 3 12.2% 8.4% 66.0% 13.0 11.5
Title I 5 13.0% N/A 77.8% 10.6 11.6
Other 32 13.2% 7.6% 76.5% 11.9 13.4
High
Other 25 11.5% 9.9% 70.0% 12.6 12.7

Within each level, groups are mutually exclusive: a program host — majority-imported, meaning more than half (50%+) of its special-education students are placed from outside its attendance area — is counted first, then Title I, then Focus school, then Other. This is a definitional line, not a natural break: import share is a smooth continuum, and because a large enrollment dilutes the share, no high school crosses it (that reflects share, not a lack of programs — see the program directory). Host rows show higher SWD and lower inclusion because their numbers describe an imported program population, not the surrounding neighborhood. Empty groups are omitted; SWD and 504 rates are enrollment-weighted, inclusion and staffing are group medians.

School explorer

Search, filter by level, or sort any column. A lookup for context on a school's provision. Program hosts carry students placed from outside their neighborhood; their rates describe those programs.

202 schools
A. Mario Loiederman MiddleMS12.9%7.4%60.5%13.718.8
Albert Einstein HighHS15.2%8.9%65.6%13.29.8
Arcola ElementaryES12.1%≤5%≥95%18.220.8
Argyle MiddleMS10.3%≤5%≥95%14.718.5
Ashburton ElementaryES10.8%≤5%92.4%17.323.8
Bannockburn ElementaryES10.8%≤5%≥95%24.034.9
Bayard Rustin ElementaryES15.6%≤5%≥95%20.724.6
Beall ElementaryES12.8%6.7%93.1%15.812.8
Bel Pre ElementaryES13.7%N/A≥95%23.020.3
Bells Mill ElementaryES10.2%5.7%77.1%12.812.8
Belmont ElementaryES14.0%6.7%≥95%10.717.5
Benjamin Banneker MiddleMS16.0%≤5%55.2%10.812.4
Bethesda ElementaryES11.1%≤5%62.1%10.98.5
Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHS8.4%14.7%≥95%18.426.8
Beverly Farms ElementaryES11.4%≤5%≥95%20.328.7
Bradley Hills ElementaryES6.8%5.2%≥95%16.537.7
Briggs Chaney MiddleMS14.0%≤5%66.7%9.913.0
Brooke Grove ElementaryES31.9%≤5%33.7%10.112.2
Brookhaven ElementaryES24.8%≤5%≥95%21.314.5
Brown Station ElementaryES20.0%N/A≥95%24.115.2
Burning Tree ElementaryES18.6%≤5%27.9%9.09.6
Burnt Mills ElementaryES12.0%≤5%≥95%19.817.4
Burtonsville ElementaryES14.0%N/A≥95%21.033.6
Cabin Branch ElementaryES14.4%≤5%≥95%14.36.8
Cabin John MiddleMS14.0%7.9%54.0%11.89.1
Candlewood ElementaryES19.9%≤5%71.7%11.65.9
Cannon Road ElementaryES26.4%N/A51.3%9.16.3
Captain James E. Daly ElementaryES12.3%≤5%≥95%12.919.3
Carderock Springs ElementaryES15.6%≤5%64.4%12.29.7
Cashell ElementaryES26.8%≤5%72.9%16.68.2
Cedar Grove ElementaryES22.6%N/A63.5%8.56.6
Chevy Chase ElementaryES11.3%6.8%94.7%25.066.7
Clarksburg ElementaryES13.4%≤5%≥95%14.026.1
Clarksburg HighHS11.3%8.2%81.1%14.515.7
Clearspring ElementaryES17.7%≤5%51.6%10.612.8
Clopper Mill ElementaryES21.7%N/A≥95%18.517.2
Cloverly ElementaryES24.1%≤5%77.1%13.58.4
Col. Zadok Magruder HighHS13.7%7.9%76.4%11.811.2
Cold Spring ElementaryES7.9%5.8%≥95%14.538.7
College Gardens ElementaryES18.4%≤5%69.7%10.88.8
Cresthaven ElementaryES18.0%≤5%37.9%10.114.6
Damascus ElementaryES24.6%≤5%58.1%10.19.1
Damascus HighHS14.1%9.4%68.8%11.210.0
Darnestown ElementaryES32.2%N/A39.7%9.39.2
Diamond ElementaryES13.9%≤5%68.7%12.69.2
Dr. Charles R. Drew ElementaryES20.8%N/A65.6%13.28.2
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMS13.9%≤5%93.5%12.618.6
Dr. Sally K. Ride ElementaryES27.7%≤5%46.6%9.811.4
Dufief ElementaryES34.7%N/A33.8%10.79.5
Earle B. Wood MiddleMS14.4%7.0%68.3%10.39.9
East Silver Spring ElementaryES16.7%≤5%≥95%22.414.6
Eastern MiddleMS14.1%6.2%79.3%12.512.6
Fairland ElementaryES20.7%≤5%86.4%15.09.3
Fallsmead ElementaryES11.2%5.6%≥95%19.342.2
Farmland ElementaryES13.7%≤5%65.9%15.714.9
Fields Road ElementaryES14.5%≤5%79.4%7.74.7
Flora M. Singer ElementaryES26.4%≤5%58.2%12.415.7
Flower Hill ElementaryES15.3%≤5%71.2%10.18.9
Flower Valley ElementaryES15.7%≤5%78.4%11.910.2
Forest Knolls ElementaryES23.5%≤5%94.3%11.57.7
Forest Oak MiddleMS14.8%≤5%90.1%10.514.5
Fox Chapel ElementaryES9.4%≤5%≥95%16.630.9
Francis Scott Key MiddleMS9.6%≤5%≥95%12.418.5
Gaithersburg ElementaryES14.6%N/A80.3%10.711.0
Gaithersburg HighHS15.9%5.1%65.9%10.712.5
Gaithersburg MiddleMS16.3%≤5%83.6%10.313.9
Galway ElementaryES16.0%N/A49.3%8.116.9
Garrett Park ElementaryES8.5%≤5%≥95%11.921.3
Georgian Forest ElementaryES9.4%≤5%≥95%11.118.2
Germantown ElementaryES25.9%N/A62.5%9.36.9
Glen Haven ElementaryES21.5%≤5%80.4%15.212.4
Glenallan ElementaryES21.1%≤5%≥95%19.616.7
Goshen ElementaryES13.8%≤5%≥95%20.324.4
Great Seneca Creek ElementaryES12.9%5.2%78.2%8.48.5
Greencastle ElementaryES20.0%≤5%≥95%21.715.3
Greenwood ElementaryES12.5%5.9%≥95%16.514.3
Hallie Wells MiddleMS11.0%5.9%89.2%10.510.7
Harmony Hills ElementaryES9.9%N/A≥95%10.322.9
Herbert Hoover MiddleMS9.7%8.3%58.3%10.314.1
Highland ElementaryES12.6%≤5%≥95%18.935.2
Highland View ElementaryES13.9%≤5%≥95%15.741.8
Jackson Road ElementaryES16.5%≤5%91.5%21.010.2
James Hubert Blake HighHS10.5%6.8%83.9%16.122.4
JoAnn Leleck Elementary at Broad AcresES9.8%≤5%≥95%24.337.7
John F. Kennedy HighHS14.4%≤5%48.5%12.415.0
John Poole MiddleMS11.4%11.7%78.9%8.612.1
John T. Baker MiddleMS19.1%7.9%77.3%11.416.2
Jones Lane ElementaryES14.8%≤5%91.5%9.79.5
Judith A. Resnik ElementaryES11.9%≤5%≥95%13.010.6
Julius West MiddleMS13.4%8.2%72.8%15.014.6
Kemp Mill ElementaryES7.3%N/A90.0%15.562.0
Kensington Parkwood ElementaryES14.8%7.6%81.1%14.311.2
Kingsview MiddleMS9.4%6.4%84.4%12.316.0
Lake Seneca ElementaryES26.4%≤5%≥95%22.612.6
Lakelands Park MiddleMS11.3%7.6%82.6%10.58.2
Lakewood ElementaryES16.9%≤5%45.5%10.610.5
Laytonsville ElementaryES17.8%5.2%75.0%10.29.4
Little Bennett ElementaryES22.6%≤5%66.3%11.614.8
Lois P. Rockwell ElementaryES29.9%5.9%≥95%29.516.4
Lucy V. Barnsley ElementaryES14.4%≤5%84.9%14.818.3
Luxmanor ElementaryES21.7%≤5%83.3%16.710.4
Maryvale ElementaryES12.6%≤5%≥95%12.25.3
Meadow Hall ElementaryES21.7%≤5%64.2%10.78.1
Mill Creek Towne ElementaryES20.1%≤5%54.4%10.612.8
Monocacy ElementaryES13.5%N/A≥95%14.720.7
Montgomery Blair HighHS8.1%8.7%77.8%19.129.7
Montgomery Knolls ElementaryES26.2%≤5%≥95%35.814.4
Montgomery Village MiddleMS16.4%≤5%43.2%11.010.0
Neelsville MiddleMS9.8%5.1%88.4%12.818.7
New Hampshire Estates ElementaryES16.4%N/A≥95%25.030.8
Newport Mill MiddleMS21.3%7.7%51.5%13.618.5
North Bethesda MiddleMS11.5%10.9%72.7%14.215.4
North Chevy Chase ElementaryES14.9%6.2%90.9%18.048.0
Northwest HighHS9.7%10.1%87.1%13.615.0
Northwood HighHS9.3%6.0%79.4%12.113.8
Oak View ElementaryES13.7%6.5%≥95%16.326.8
Oakland Terrace ElementaryES22.6%≤5%71.7%18.310.6
Odessa Shannon MiddleMS15.8%≤5%71.8%10.68.2
Olney ElementaryES13.3%6.9%≥95%17.128.0
Paint Branch HighHS11.7%≤5%68.7%11.312.5
Parkland MiddleMS8.8%≤5%83.2%15.121.7
Pine Crest ElementaryES15.1%5.3%≥95%16.426.9
Piney Branch ElementaryES12.7%5.6%≥95%24.038.4
Poolesville ElementaryES12.5%8.7%≥95%18.036.0
Poolesville HighHS5.5%12.2%83.6%14.823.5
Potomac ElementaryES6.0%≤5%≥95%14.533.1
Quince Orchard HighHS10.2%11.2%83.6%12.19.3
Rachel Carson ElementaryES14.4%≤5%≥95%24.245.6
Redland MiddleMS18.0%8.6%69.1%11.712.8
Richard Montgomery HighHS8.6%11.3%76.7%15.918.8
Ridgeview MiddleMS16.7%6.8%61.4%10.69.5
Ritchie Park ElementaryES11.1%7.6%≥95%19.033.8
Robert Frost MiddleMS11.4%8.3%80.6%11.310.0
Roberto W Clemente MiddleMS18.0%5.2%67.2%11.111.0
Rock Creek Forest ElementaryES16.1%≤5%85.3%16.110.7
Rock Creek Valley ElementaryES29.4%N/A91.1%7.58.0
Rock View ElementaryES30.1%≤5%45.1%11.212.1
Rockville HighHS18.2%6.0%51.9%11.710.6
Rocky Hill MiddleMS12.5%5.8%80.6%13.617.5
Rolling Terrace ElementaryES11.0%N/A≥95%20.327.0
Ronald McNair ElementaryES11.5%≤5%≥95%19.529.0
Rosa Parks MiddleMS11.7%10.2%76.2%12.011.5
Roscoe R. Nix ElementaryES16.1%N/A86.5%10.96.2
Rosemary Hills ElementaryES17.4%N/A77.6%9.74.7
Rosemont ElementaryES15.3%N/A≥95%12.45.7
S. Christa McAuliffe ElementaryES14.5%≤5%81.1%12.911.6
Sargent Shriver ElementaryES11.5%≤5%≥95%20.032.0
Seneca Valley HighHS15.0%6.6%66.9%13.313.9
Sequoyah ElementaryES24.7%5.9%43.2%9.110.0
Seven Locks ElementaryES8.4%7.3%90.0%15.562.0
Shady Grove MiddleMS10.7%5.8%46.7%6.76.5
Sherwood ElementaryES22.5%≤5%64.3%11.96.7
Sherwood HighHS12.5%14.2%71.2%11.412.3
Silver Creek MiddleMS14.2%7.1%88.8%11.511.6
Silver Spring International MiddleMS10.1%6.8%84.0%16.720.5
Sligo Creek ElementaryES11.1%7.1%≥95%23.380.0
Sligo MiddleMS16.0%6.3%76.5%10.510.0
Snowden Farm ElementaryES11.2%≤5%81.6%10.88.8
Somerset ElementaryES10.7%≤5%≥95%14.031.1
South Lake ElementaryES11.4%≤5%≥95%17.224.6
Spark M. Matsunaga ElementaryES15.8%≤5%71.6%8.96.5
Springbrook HighHS9.3%≤5%66.0%11.112.7
Stedwick ElementaryES19.2%N/A51.4%11.914.8
Stone Mill ElementaryES16.4%≤5%≥95%23.711.0
Stonegate ElementaryES22.2%≤5%71.4%16.711.0
Strathmore ElementaryES11.1%≤5%70.6%9.38.7
Strawberry Knoll ElementaryES26.7%≤5%72.7%19.810.9
Summit Hall ElementaryES19.0%N/A≥95%16.216.4
Takoma Park ElementaryES12.7%≤5%≥95%35.554.1
Takoma Park MiddleMS12.4%7.7%78.4%14.412.5
Thomas S. Wootton HighHS9.0%13.0%82.7%12.610.9
Thomas W. Pyle MiddleMS11.3%7.9%70.0%14.314.0
Thurgood Marshall ElementaryES21.8%≤5%≥95%25.418.2
Tilden MiddleMS13.5%8.2%64.7%13.215.3
Travilah ElementaryES9.7%N/A≥95%18.542.3
Tubman ElementaryES19.1%≤5%86.4%18.212.6
Twinbrook ElementaryES14.0%≤5%≥95%13.222.0
Viers Mill ElementaryES27.8%≤5%≥95%24.914.3
Walt Whitman HighHS11.3%14.8%61.1%12.611.2
Walter Johnson HighHS11.9%15.2%60.8%16.316.9
Washington Grove ElementaryES17.5%N/A≥95%22.611.7
Waters Landing ElementaryES18.1%≤5%64.6%13.213.0
Watkins Mill ElementaryES14.0%N/A≥95%20.421.8
Watkins Mill HighHS14.0%≤5%57.7%11.612.1
Wayside ElementaryES16.0%≤5%71.4%14.25.8
Weller Road ElementaryES15.6%≤5%≥95%26.119.2
Westbrook ElementaryES10.1%≤5%79.2%9.86.9
Westland MiddleMS13.3%9.8%66.0%13.011.5
Westover ElementaryES24.1%N/A55.3%10.77.3
Wheaton HighHS11.0%5.7%86.3%16.621.8
Wheaton Woods ElementaryES18.9%≤5%78.5%14.37.0
Whetstone ElementaryES17.7%≤5%≥95%28.119.0
White Oak MiddleMS9.1%≤5%83.8%10.311.6
William B. Gibbs Jr. ElementaryES23.5%≤5%≥95%24.016.7
William H. Farquhar MiddleMS13.0%10.1%77.6%12.214.1
William Tyler Page ElementaryES11.4%5.4%94.2%28.864.0
Wilson Wims ElementaryES18.3%≤5%≥95%18.69.0
Winston Churchill HighHS11.7%12.5%55.1%12.010.7
Wood Acres ElementaryES11.6%6.4%94.3%20.913.4
Woodfield ElementaryES35.3%N/A56.0%12.76.4
Woodlin ElementaryES16.6%≤5%49.4%12.615.3
Wyngate ElementaryES7.3%6.2%≥95%15.734.2

≤5% and ≥95% are MSDE privacy bounds — for small groups the exact figure is withheld, but it falls at that end of the range (never zero). N/A means the value is withheld with no published bound. Inclusion is the share of a school's special-education students in general education 80%+ of the day.

Source: MSDE Special Services; MCPS School Profiles LRE and staff positions; Census ACS income · Updated: 2025 / staffing 2025 / ACS 2024

Limitations

  • Students with disabilities are not comparable across schools because public data does not include disability category or severity mix.
  • Higher inclusion is not automatically better, and lower inclusion is not automatically worse; placement should match student needs.
  • LRE tiers use MCPS's special-education school-profile source (OSA SPED LRE view), matching the public MCPS Special Education profile; percentages are over the federal school-age LRE population, which can exclude preschool special education.
  • LRE tier C (most restrictive) concentrates where specialized/self-contained programs are sited; it is not a school-quality ranking. The county-wide restrictive-placement trend uses reportable schools only (suppressed-low tier C is not treated as zero).
  • Staffing ratios are apparent caseload measures and can still reflect disability mix and service model differences.
  • IEP/SWD and 504 identification are access/provision indicators, not school-quality rankings.
  • 504 rates are often privacy-suppressed at low values; 504 summaries use reportable schools only.
  • Program listings and support designations (Title I, Focus School) are self-reported school-profile facts; a school hosting a specialized program serves students placed there, not only its attendance-area residents.
  • Special-education representation by race/gender/service group is reported at the district and level scope, from MCPS's own aggregate rows; representation above or below 1.0 flags over- or under-identification, not whether any identification is appropriate. Per-school demographic composition is descriptive and, for program-host schools, reflects placed-in students rather than the neighborhood.
  • Small race groups (American Indian/Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, and often Two-or-more) are privacy-suppressed and excluded from representation ratios, not treated as zero.
  • Suspension rates are district/level only (school-level is too suppressed to use) and year-stamped per level; 2024-2025 are suppressed source-wide, so the latest reportable year (2023) is used. A rate-ratio above 1.0 flags disproportionate discipline; it is not a claim about any individual school.
  • Graduation and dropout gaps (SWD vs all) are district/level only and never school-by-school, so the disability-mix confound that makes school SPED outcome comparisons unfair does not apply. They are not adjusted for disability category or severity; graduation is the 4-year adjusted-cohort rate for the latest year both populations report.