Wheaton High
Silver Spring, MD · High School · Grades 9-12
Wheaton High is a high school in Silver Spring, MD with 2,599 students enrolled and a 47% proficiency rate. Part of Montgomery County Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Wheaton High is a high school located in Silver Spring, Maryland. The school serves 2,599 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 47% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 80% graduation rate.
65% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating the school serves a predominantly low-income community.
Wheaton High is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
Wheaton High has 2,599 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Montgomery County Public Schools (772 students). Its 47% proficiency rate is 4 percentage points below the district average of 52%. Compared to the Maryland state average of 49%, the school performs 2 points lower.
Frequently Asked Questions
Wheaton High has 2,599 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1.
According to EDFacts data, 47% of students at Wheaton High meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Wheaton High has a 80% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Wheaton High is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools in Silver Spring, 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.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.