Bethesda-chevy Chase High School - Bethesda, Maryland/MD

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Bethesda-chevy Chase High School

4301 East-west Hwy, Bethesda, MD, 20814 -

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Definition of Terms

Bethesda-chevy Chase High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Montgomery County, MD

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1691 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

91 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 400 students

Grade 10 - 439 students

Grade 11 - 443 students

Grade 12 - 409 students

This School

( MD ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:19

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( MD ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	6%	5%
% Hispanic	14%	8%
% Black	16%	40%
% White	63%	46%
% Unknown	1 %	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

( MD ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

23%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( MD ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Montgomery County Public s School District

This School's Agency

( MD ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	199	27
Number of Students Managed	141,639 students	16,524 students
District Total Revenue	$2,068,665,000	$159,214,000
District Expenditure	$2,003,474,000	$153,923,000
District Revenue / Student	$14,605	$9,539
District Expenditure / Student	$14,145	$9,315
District Graduation Rates	92%	86%

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School is a Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, public school named for two of the towns it serves along with Kensington and Silver Spring, Maryland. It is located at 4301 East-West Highway, in Bethesda, an unincorporated community in Montgomery County.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase is a part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
The school serves the Chevy Chase area and some areas considered to be "Bethesda." Several municipalities, including the towns of Chevy Chase, Chevy Chase View, Chevy Chase Village, and Somerset, and the villages of Chevy Chase Section Three, Chevy Chase Section Five, Martin's Additions, and North Chevy Chase.
In 2005 the school was ranked 29 in Newsweek Magazine's top 1000 High Schools in the U.S., and ranked 34th in the 2006 edition of the list.
Begun as a two-story, 14-room facility on Wilson Lane, B-CC High School opened in its current location on East-West Highway in 1935. New buildings or additions to existing buildings were constructed in 1937, 1952, 1959, 1966, 1970, and 1976.
Then, in the summer of 1994, parents, teachers, administrators, business people, and other supporters of B-CC High School formed the Community Coalition for Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School . Its charge was to re-engineer and refocus the high school in an increasingly urbanized and cosmopolitan area. CC-B-CC representatives were encouraged to think broadly and innovatively to create programs that would lead B-CC High School and Montgomery County Public Schools into the next century.
Because of this effort, in February 2002, B-CC High School re-opened its doors after a two-and-a-half year, multi-million dollar, comprehensive modernization that, among other things, combined the historic 1935 and 1937 structures into one building.
The school now boasts 70 classrooms (67 regular classrooms and 3 special or alternative education classrooms), a media center with 30 computer workstations and TV studio and media production facilities, a greenhouse, a music laboratory and choral room, 2 gymnasiums and a weight training room, a 900-seat auditorium, and a cafeteria that serves breakfast and lunch. B-CC also has two "firsts" among Montgomery County Public Schools — a Cyber Café, opened in March 2003, and a state-of-the-art Language Lab, installed in the summer of 2004.
The Cyber Café and the Language Lab resulted from two major initiatives launched by the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Educational Foundation. Founded in 1996 by a group of parents, alumni, teachers, and business and civic leaders in the B-CC community, the Foundation raises funds for projects that further the tradition of excellence for students at B-CC, now and in the future.
Notable alumni: Notable alumni of B-CC and those who attended the school for a time include:
Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Neal Potter, County Executive of Montgomery County, 1990-1994.
Pat Addabbo, Warren Wilson College Costume Contest Winner, 2006.
Daniel Stern, comic actor who played one of the burglars in Home Alone.
Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend.
Jonathan I. Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems.
Tommy Davidson, comedian and part of the cast of the TV show In Living Color.
Joe Haldeman, Author of "Forever War".
Academics: B-CC offers a variety of educational programs including the Advanced Placement Program and the International Baccalaureate Program to its students.
In the Class of 2005, over 10% of the student body matriculated at Top 25 schools, including every Ivy League college.
Theatre Department: B-CC is a GRAMMY foundation signature school. This past year Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School won the Maryland State Theatre Society's award for best musical for its production of Urinetown.
Fall Sports: Football; Girl's soccer; Boy's soccer; Girl's Field hockey (The girls' field hockey team won nine consecutive state championships starting in the mid-1990s, a national record.); Girl's Volleyball; Girl's Tennis; Cross Country; Cheerleading; Golf; Poms.
Winter Sports: Girl's Basketball, Boy's Basketball, Indoor Track and Field, Swimming and diving, Cheerleading, Wrestling, Chess Team (One of the top teams in the state).
Spring Sports: Girl's Lacrosse, Boy's Lacrosse, Boys Tennis, Girls Tennis, Baseball, Gymnastics, Outdoor Track and Field, Poms, Softball, Boy's Volleyball, Co-ed Volleyball.
Club Sports: Chess Club; Ice Hockey; Crew (Although only a club sport, the Crew team is the largest team by participation, with over 80 members.); Rugby; Ultimate Frisbee; Squash.
Feeder Schools: Westland Middle School (6-8), Bethesda ES (K-5), Chevy Chase ES (3-6), North Chevy Chase ES (3-6), Rock Creek Forest ES (PreK-5), Rosemary Hills ES (PreK-2), Somerset ES (K-5), Westbrook ES (K-5).
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About This Zip Code (20814)

School Zip (20814)

(MD) State Average

Population (Approximate)

25,269 people

5,071,990 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

78%

32%

Population Average Age

39 years old

36.0 years old

Average Household size

2.0 persons

2.5 persons

Median Household Income

$77,568

$52,064

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

4.8 rooms

6.0 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

44 years old

42 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

56% / 44%

65% / 35%

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