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Northwest High

Germantown, MD, 20874 — Montgomery County Public Schools

Overview

Enrollment
2,300
Teachers (FTE)
144.0
Student-Teacher Ratio
17.3:1
Free Lunch Eligible
33.5%
NCES ID
240048001040

Student Ethnicity

White 21.0%
African American 26.3%
Hispanic or Latino 26.2%
Asian 20.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More 5.7%

Programs & Staff

AP Courses Offered
22
AP Enrollment
1,448
Gifted & Talented
2,429 students
Counselors (FTE)
10.5
Students per Counselor
237:1
Nurses (FTE)
1.0
Psychologists (FTE)
1.0

Discipline & Special Education

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3,266 students
Walter Johnson High
high — regular
3,016 students
Wheaton High
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2,794 students
Gaithersburg High
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2,441 students
Seneca Valley High
high — regular
2,409 students

Data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Common Core of Data (CCD) 2022-23, School Membership 2024-25, and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.