Summary:
The six public schools in Germantown's 20876 zip code, all part of the Montgomery County Public Schools district, present a diverse educational landscape dominated by five elementary schools and one middle school, with no high schools in the area.
Performance varies dramatically across the zip code. Cedar Grove Elementary stands out as the top performer, ranking in the top 10% of Maryland elementary schools with exceptional 78.9% English Language Arts (ELA) and 58.6% Math proficiency rates. At the other end, Captain James E. Daly Elementary struggles significantly, with just 30.7% ELA and 23.6% Math proficiency, alongside the highest chronic absenteeism rate at 31.7%. A notable middle school "drop-off" occurs at Neelsville Middle School, where Math proficiency plummets to 12.8% compared to the 44.5% average across the five elementary schools, with 8th-grade Math at 0%. William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary and Fox Chapel Elementary offer an interesting comparison: despite similar enrollments and spending per student ($20,977 vs. $19,834), Gibbs outperforms Fox Chapel in every subject, including 59.1% versus 49.4% in Math.
Spending does not guarantee success, as Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary has the highest per-student spending ($26,203) and lowest student-teacher ratio (10.1) yet ranks in the 44th percentile with the second-lowest test scores. Meanwhile, Cedar Grove achieves top results with the second-highest spending ($24,890). The average free/reduced lunch rate across all schools is 50.5%, ranging from 27% at Cedar Grove to 62.4% at Dr. Sally K. Ride, while chronic absenteeism averages 23.2%, slightly above the district average of 22.6%. These metrics highlight that economic factors and attendance patterns are strong indicators of academic outcomes in this zip code.
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