Thomas Wootton High School
| Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School | |
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| Address | |
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2100 Wootton Parkway Rockville, Maryland 20850 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°04′36″N 77°11′02″W / 39.07661°N 77.18376°WCoordinates: 39°04′36″N 77°11′02″W / 39.07661°N 77.18376°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public Secondary |
| Established | 1970 |
| School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |
| Principal | Kimberly Boldon |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Co-Educational |
| Enrollment | 2414 (2009-2010) |
| • Grade 9 | 571 |
| • Grade 10 | 590 |
| • Grade 11 | 605 |
| • Grade 12 | 648 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.7 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) |
red, white and blue |
| Team name | Patriots |
| Rival | Winston Churchill High School |
| Newspaper | Common Sense |
| Feeder schools |
Robert Frost Middle School Cabin John Middle School |
| Website | Home Page |
Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School or Wootton High School (WHS) is a public high school in Rockville, Maryland. Its namesake is Thomas Sprigg Wootton, the founder of Montgomery County. The school was founded in 1970 and is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system. Robert Frost Middle School along with half of Cabin John Middle School feeds into Wootton. The principal from July 2003 to August 2015 was Michael Doran. The Wootton class of 2009 was the largest class ever to graduate the school, with 664 students.
In 2005, Wootton was named the 17th best high school in the United States by Newsweek. The only school from Montgomery County to beat it was Richard Montgomery High School, which placed 11th. However, the rankings have come into question because of the controversial method used to evaluate schools. "Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2004 divided by the number of graduating seniors." This method completely disregards the scores on the test, i.e., the school ranked number one could have the lowest scores on tests in the country as long as that school takes the most tests. In addition to the usual selection of Advanced Placement and Honors-level classes and the unique College Institute program, which allows senior students to take classes through Montgomery College, Wootton also offers three signature programs: the Humanities and Arts Program, the STARS Program, and the AOIT Program.
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