Quince Orchard High School - Gaithersburg, Maryland/MD

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Quince Orchard High School

15800 Quince Orchard Rd, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878-3442 -

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Definition of Terms

Quince Orchard High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Montgomery County, MD

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1910 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

111 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 473 students

Grade 10 - 479 students

Grade 11 - 485 students

Grade 12 - 473 students

This School

( MD ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:17

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( MD ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	16%	5%
% Hispanic	15%	8%
% Black	18%	40%
% White	51%	46%

Additional Student Information

This School

( MD ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

10%

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%

Quince Orchard High School is a secondary school located on Quince Orchard Road near Gaithersburg in unincorporated Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Quince Orchard�s incoming freshmen come from Kingsview, Lakelands Park and Ridgeview Middle Schools. Small portions of the city of Gaithersburg are assigned to Quince Orchard.
Academics: According to materials from the school, Quince Orchard "encourages advanced studies in both the arts and academics." To this end, 24 Advanced Placement courses are offered, ranging from the Arts to World History. The school also boasts higher-than-average SAT (544 verbal, 558 math, 1102 total) and ACT (22 composite) scores, and requires 60 hours of community service for graduation.
The school sent 82% of its 2005 graduating class to two- and four-year universities.
In 2006, Quince Orchard High School was listed in the Newsweek Magazine's top 1200 High Schools in the U.S., as the 362nd highest-rated school in the country.
Arts: Quince Orchard is highly regarded as having one of the finest arts programs in Maryland. An award-winning theatre and music department differentiate Quince Orchard from many other high schools, and the programs are often lauded for attempting difficult pieces and succeeding with apparent ease.
In addition, The Prowler newspaper is regarded as one of the best high school newspapers in the state, winning local, state and national awards year after year.
Also, the QOHS Yearbook, Tracks, is one of the best yearbooks in the state of Maryland. Tracks has won multiple awards from the Maryland Scholastic Press Association and Walsworth Publishing Company including a Gallery of Excellence Selection for the 2006 book. The QOHS yearbook staff includes most of the hardest working individuals in the school and will soon break through onto the national stage as a CSPA Gold Crown recipient.
Sports: In recent years, the girls field hockey and lacrosse teams have enjoyed success, and the boys baseball team won the state championship in 2005. The football team, which won the state championship in 1991, had fallen on lean years recently but has enjoyed a resurgence lately and has had winning years in 2004 and 2005 for the first time in several years. It has also started to pick up its football record in 2006, winning against rival team Damascus High School in Damascus, MD, for the first time.
In 2006 the boys cross-country team and the girls field hockey team won the State Championships on November 11 and November 14. Finishing the regular season 9-1, the football team will go on to playoffs with their first game against Damascus on Friday, November 17, 2006, with the support of the Red Army.
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About This Zip Code (20878)

School Zip (20878)

(MD) State Average

Population (Approximate)

55,177 people

5,071,990 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

68%

32%

Population Average Age

35 years old

36.0 years old

Average Household size

2.9 persons

2.5 persons

Median Household Income

$84,330

$52,064

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

6.9 rooms

6.0 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

24 years old

42 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

72% / 28%

65% / 35%

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