Walter Johnson High in the Montgomery County Public Schools reported a dropout rate of less than 3 percent during the 2016-2017 school year, according to a Montgomery News analysis of the latest Maryland schools report card.
The annual dropout rate as defined by the Maryland State Department of Education is the percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who leave school before graduation or completion of a state-approved education program for any reason except death. It only includes students who do not enroll in another school or education program during the current year, which runs from July through June.
The Maryland Department of Education calculates the dropout rate by dividing the number of dropouts by the total number of students enrolled.
Overall, 275,384 students were enrolled in Maryland public schools during the 2016-2017 school year. Of those, 2.75 percent (or 7,583 students) dropped out, which is a slight increase from the 2.57 percent of the previous school year.
| School | % of students who dropped out |
|---|---|
| Alternative Programs | 12.4 |
| Northwood High School | 5.97 |
| Gaithersburg High | 4.31 |
| Regional Institute for Children & Adolescents | 4.63 |
| Albert Einstein High | 3.41 |
| John F. Kennedy High | 3.69 |
| Wheaton High | 3.54 |
| Bethesda-Chevy Chase High | <= 3 |
| Clarksburg High | <= 3 |
| Col. Zadok Magruder High | <= 3 |
| Damascus High | <= 3 |
| James Hubert Blake High | <= 3 |
| Longview School | <= 3 |
| MCPS Transitions School | <= 3 |
| Montgomery Blair High | <= 3 |
| Northwest High | <= 3 |
| Paint Branch High | <= 3 |
| Poolesville High | <= 3 |
| Quince Orchard High | <= 3 |
| Richard Montgomery High | <= 3 |
| Rock Terrace School | <= 3 |
| Rockville High | <= 3 |
| Seneca Valley High | <= 3 |
| Sherwood High | <= 3 |
| Springbrook High | <= 3 |
| Stephen Knolls School | <= 3 |
| Thomas S. Wootton High | <= 3 |
| Walt Whitman High | <= 3 |
| Walter Johnson High | <= 3 |
| Watkins Mill High | <= 3 |
| Winston Churchill High | <= 3 |
