Blog
Making sense of the data
Posts from MoCo Parents — what the latest scores show, how to read what's on a profile, and where every figure comes from.
News
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.
Explainer
What neighborhood income does — and doesn't — tell you
Attendance-area wealth tracks closely with test scores. Here's how to read that without falling into the obvious traps.