Walter Johnson High
Bethesda, MD · High School · Grades 9-12
Walter Johnson High is a high school in Bethesda, MD with 2,942 students enrolled and a 53% proficiency rate. Part of Montgomery County Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Walter Johnson High is a high school located in Bethesda, Maryland. The school serves 2,942 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.6:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 53% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 87% graduation rate.
18% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Walter Johnson High is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland.
How This School Compares
Walter Johnson High has 2,942 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Montgomery County Public Schools (772 students). Its 53% proficiency rate is 2 percentage points above the district average of 52%. Compared to the Maryland state average of 49%, the school performs 4 points higher.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Walter Johnson High has 2,942 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.6:1.
According to EDFacts data, 53% of students at Walter Johnson High meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Walter Johnson High has a 87% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Walter Johnson High is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools in Bethesda, Maryland. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.