Thomas S. Wootton High School
Public secondary school in Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas S. Wootton High School or Wootton High School (WHS) is a public high school in Rockville, Maryland. Its namesake is Thomas S. 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 (Lakewood ES, DuFief ES, Fallsmead ES, & Travilah ES) along with half of Cabin John Middle School (Bells Mill ES, Cold Spring ES, Seven Locks ES, &Stone Mill ES) feed into the school. In 2019, Newsweek ranked Wootton's STEM program #160 in a nationwide survey of US high schools.[6] In 2022, U.S. News & World Report ranked Wootton #167 nationally amongst high school.[3]
Thomas S. Wootton High School | |
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Address | |
2100 Wootton Parkway , , Maryland 20850-3037 United States | |
Coordinates | 39.07661°N 77.18376°W / 39.07661; -77.18376 |
Information | |
Type | Public secondary |
Established | 1970; 54 years ago (1970) |
School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |
NCES District ID | 2400480[1] |
Educational authority | Maryland Department of Education |
School code | MD-15-150234 |
CEEB code | 210909 |
NCES School ID | 240048000934[2] |
Principal | Douglas Nelson |
Faculty | 111.80 (on an FTE basis)[2] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Enrollment | 1,943[2] (2021-2022) |
• Grade 9 | 493 |
• Grade 10 | 445 |
• Grade 11 | 509 |
• Grade 12 | 496 |
Student to teacher ratio | 17.38:1[2] |
Campus type | Small city[2] |
Color(s) | Red, white and blue |
Nickname | Patriots |
Rival | Winston Churchill High School |
USNWR ranking | 167[3] |
Newspaper | Common Sense[4] |
Yearbook | Fife & Drum[5] |
Website | montgomeryschoolsmd |