Quince Orchard High School
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15800 Quince Orchard Road Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°6′56″N 77°15′15″W / 39.11556°N 77.25417°WCoordinates: 39°6′56″N 77°15′15″W / 39.11556°N 77.25417°W |
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| Type | Public Secondary |
| Established | 1988 |
| School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |
| Principal | Carole Working |
| Number of students | 1, 926 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Red, Black and White |
| Mascot | Cougars |
| Newspaper | The Prowler |
| Yearbook | Tracks |
| Website | www |
Quince Orchard High School (QOHS), also known as Q.O. High School, is a secondary school located on Quince Orchard Road in an unincorporated area of Gaithersburg in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Quince Orchard's incoming freshmen come from Lakelands Park and Ridgeview Middle School as well as Roberto Clemente Middle School magnet program. Until the end of the 2007 school year Quince Orchard also took in freshman from Kingsview Middle School. Parts of Gaithersburg and North Potomac assigned to Quince Orchard. Quince Orchard High won 4 state championships in 2007-2008, in boys cross country running, girls soccer, American football, boys indoor track.
Starting in 2010, QOHS will also take in freshmen from Parkland Middle School or anyone who attended Parkland. According to materials from the school, Quince Orchard "encourages advanced studies in both the arts and books." To this end, 31 Advanced Placement courses are offered, ranging from the arts to world history to science and math. The school also boasts higher-than-average SAT (544 verbal, 558 math, 1102 total) and ACT (22 composite) scores, and requires 75 hours of community service for graduation.
In 2006, Quince Orchard High School was listed in the Newsweek Magazine's top 1,300 High Schools in the U.S., as the 456th highest-rated school in the country.
In 2014, Quince Orchard High School was ranked at #176 by US News on their Best High School list and sixth in the state of Maryland.
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