LEADING FOR EQUITY2010A College-Ready Trajectory for All Students

Montgomery County Public SchoolsJerry D. Weast, Superintendent of Schools

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MCPS Class of 2010 Sets New Records

• An average of 1653 on SAT, an all-time record

• 51 percent scored 1650 or higher on SAT

• Earned more than $234 million in scholarships

• 62 National Merit Scholarship Awards

• 238 Ivy League acceptances

• 7 high schools in Newsweek’s Top 100

• 90 percent graduation rate

• Graduation rate improvements in 24 of 25 high schools

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1970

1990

1980

2000

2010

50,000

100,000

140,000

37.1% White

23.4% African American

15.8% Asian American

23.4% Hispanic

33,765

22,771

33,818

53,656

Changing Demographics

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A Tale of Two Districts

MCPS Free and Reduced-Price Meals

1998

28,768

June 2010

45,196

57.2

PERCENT

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A Tale of Two Districts

MCPS ESOLEnglish for Speakers of Other Languages

1998

8,689

2010

18,793

116PERCENT

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Nation Maryland MCPS0%

40%

80%

28.3%

43.4%

66.1%

Public School Students, Class of 2010

Nation Maryland MCPS0%

40%

80%

16.9%26.4%

50.0%

Percent Taking an AP Exam

Percent of AP Exams with Score of 3 or

Higher

Public School Students, Class of 2010

AP Participation and PerformanceNational, Maryland, and MCPS Class of 2010

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Percentage of AP Exams Scoring 3 or Higher

All Students - 2010

56%

25%

65%

41%

62%60%

28%

72%

52%

67%72%

46%

77%

55%

78%

0%

30%

60%

90%

All African American

Asian American

Hispanic White

Nation Maryland MCPS

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11.7 12.4

16.919.2

23.726.2

29.227.4

34.237.6

41.044.2

8.3 9.1 10.5 10.713.4

16.5 17.215.8

18.2 19.6 20.9 22.6

0

45

MCPS AA Participation

MCPS AA Performance (3 or Higher)

Per

cent

AP Participation and PerformanceMCPS African American Graduates

2010 National

Performance All Students

16.9%2010 National

Performance African

American Students

4.5%

2010 National

Participation All Students

28.3%

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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100

45

10.3 9.912.5

14.5 15.617.2

22.820.1

29.0 30.0

35.5

39.7

7.0 7.5 8.1 8.7 8.811.5

14.712.0

16.0 15.118.3

20.2

MCPS AA ParticipationMCPS AA Performance (3 or Higher)

Perc

en

t

2010 National Performance

African American Students

4.5%

AP Participation and PerformanceMCPS African American Male Graduates

2010 National Performance All Students

16.9%

2010 National

Participation All

Students 28.3%

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16.7 18.821.4

25.9 28.432.5

38.241.5

47.4 46.351.4 52.3

15.4 17.4 17.5 19.123.0

25.5

32.8 32.7 34.1 32.2 35.1 35.6

0

30

60

MCPS H Participation MCPS H Performance (3 or Higher)

AP Participation and PerformanceMCPS Hispanic Graduates

2010 National

Performance

All Students 16.9%

Hispanic Students

14.7%

2010 National

Participation All Students

28.3%

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30

60

13.715.2

17.0

22.7

20.9

27.5

31.1

35.4

42.038.6

43.545.6

12.514.1 14.0

17.716.5

22.0

26.2 27.229.8

26.0

30.6 31.1

MCPS HM ParticipationMCPS HM Performance (3 or Higher)

2010 National

Performance

All Students

16.9%

Hispanic Students

14.7%

AP Participation and PerformanceMCPS Hispanic Male Graduates

2010 National

Participation All

Students 28.3%

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RANK SCHOOL CITY STATE

33 RICHARD MONTGOMERY

ROCKVILLE MD

59 POOLESVILLE POOLESVILLE MD

63 BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE

BETHESDA MD

75 WINSTON CHURCHILL POTOMAC MD

83 WOOTTON ROCKVILLE MD

85 WALT WHITMAN BETHESDA MD

95 WALTER JOHNSON BETHESDA MD

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The Montgomery County Public Schools Story

Harvard Education Press 2009

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MCPS

Recipient of 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

This is the highest honor an American organization can receive for performance excellence through innovation, improvement, and visionary leadership