July 22, 2002
Most households in Potomac feed into the Winston Churchill cluster; near the border between Potomac and Rockville or Gaithersburg, some Potomac households are in the Thomas S. Wootton cluster; near the Potomac/Bethesda border, some households feed into the Walt Whitman cluster.
<lst>Notes on school data:
Racial/ethnic composition percentages do not add up to 100 percent because only the top four ethnic groups have been listed.
ESOL: students for whom English is a second language
FARMS: students who receive free and reduced price meals
Schools where 2002-2003 enrollment is projected for more students that the school is designed for are marked with an asterisk (*).
Source: Montgomery County Public Schools www.mcps.k12.md.us
<ro>Winston Churchill Cluster
<bt>Winston Churchill High School
<lst>11300 Gainsborough Road
Potomac, MD 20854
301-469-1200
Grades: 9-12
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 1,928/2,003
Principal: Joan C. Benz
PTA President: Sharon Bourke
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 6.1%
Asian: 22.2%
Hispanic: 4.3%
White: 67.3%
% Receiving Spec. Ed: 9.3
% International Students: 11.7
% ESOL: 0.3
% FARMS: 1.8
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 13.45
Average Class Size (English): 25.0
<bt>Cabin John Middle School
<lst>10701 Gainsborough Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-469-1150
Grades: 6-8
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 955/960
Principal: Donna S. Hollingshead
PTA President: Vickie Soffer
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 9.0%
Asian: 27.2%
Hispanic: 4.1%
White: 59.6%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 10.1
% International Students: 13.1
% ESOL: 3.7
% FARMS: 7.0
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 12.90
Average Class Size (English): 24.5
<bt>Bells Mill Elementary School
<lst>8225 Bells Mill Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-469-1046
Grades: Pre K-5
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 449/392*
Principal: Jerri B. Oglesby
PTA President: Karen Kracov
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 15.2%
Asian: 20.7%
Hispanic: 5.1%
White: 58.5%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 8.9
% International Students: 9.1
% ESOL: 7.0
% FARMS: 15.2
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 11.54
Average Class Size (Grades 1-5): 24.1
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 22.0
<bt>Cold Spring Elementary School
<lst>9201 Falls Chapel Way
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-279-8480
Grades: K-5
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 369/439
Principal: Martin J. Barnett
PTA President: Abbey Bern
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 3.8%
Asian: 21.4%
Hispanic: 4.3%
White: 70.2%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 8.3
% International Students: 4.6
% ESOL: 0.5
% FARMS: 2.1
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 11.90
Average Class Size (Grades 1-5): 23.1
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 22.0
<bt>Seven Locks Elementary School
<lst>9500 Seven Locks Road
Bethesda, MD 20817
Phone: 301-469-1038
Grades: K-5
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 243/294
Principal: Rebecca T. Gordon
PTA President: Susan Eastman
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 3.1%
Asian: 11.1%
Hispanic: 5.4%
White: 80.1%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 5.7
% International Students: 9.6
% ESOL: 5.4
% FARMS: 1.1
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 11.90
Average Class Size (Grades 1-5): 22.5
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 18.0
<bt>Stone Mill Elementary School
<lst>14323 Stonebridge View Drive
Phone: 301-279-4975
Grades: K-5
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 780/748*
Principal: Kimberly A. Williams
PTA President: To be announced
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 8.7%
Asian: 37.0%
Hispanic: 3.9%
White: 49.8%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 8.7
% International Students: 7.3
% ESOL: 3.3
% FARMS: 7.1
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 13.54
Average Class Size (Grades 1-5): 24.3
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 17.8
<bt>Herbert Hoover Middle School
<lst>8810 Post Oak Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-469-1010
Grades: 6-8
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 1,061/981*
Principal: Caroline Kursman
PTA President: Joyce Schneider
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 3.8%
Asian: 23.%
Hispanic: 5.1%
White: 67.2%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 9.5
% International Students: 10.6
% ESOL: 2.5
% FARMS: 2.8
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 11.93
Average Class Size (English): 25.0
<bt>Beverly Farms Elementary School
<lst>8501 Post Oak Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-469-1050
Grades: K-5
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 518/527
Principal: Laura Siegelbaum
PTA President: Veronica Espinoza
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 4.2%
Asian: 20.2%
Hispanic: 8.1%
White: 66.0%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 10.1
% International Students: 13.4
% ESOL: 6.3
% FARMS: 2.2
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 12.22
Average Class Size (Grades 1-5): 26.1
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 18.0
<bt>Potomac Elementary School
<lst>10311 River Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-469-1042
Grades: K-5
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 623/488*
Principal: Kirk M. Wright
PTA President: Sandy Bonner
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 3.9%
Asian: 16.0%
Hispanic: 3.3%
White: 76.8%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 5.3
% International Students: 3.3
% ESOL: 2.3
% FARMS: 1.7
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 14.40
Average Class Size (Grades 1-5): 24.0
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 21.0
<bt>Wayside Elementary School
<lst>10011 Glen Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-279-8484
Grades: K-5
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 626/613*
Principal: Suzette M. Chagnon
PTA Presidents: Shahnaz Batten, Lois Pena
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 6.8%
Asian: 33.0%
Hispanic: 2.5%
White: 57.5%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 5.8
% International Students: 4.1
% ESOL: 4.4
% FARMS: 3.3
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 14.72
Average Class Size (Grades 1-5): 23.9
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 21.0
<ro>Walt Whitman Cluster
<bt>Walt Whitman High School
<lst>7100 Whittier Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20817
Phone: 301-320-6600
Grades: 9-12
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 1,847/1,775*
Principal: Jerome M. Marco
PTA Presidents: Lafe Solomon, Anne Hutchens
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 3.4%
Asian: 13.9%
Hispanic: 4.7%
White: 77.9%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 7.1
% International Students: 13.0
% ESOL: 6.3
% FARMS: 1.0
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 12.53
Average Class Size (English): 23.6
<bt>Thomas W. Pyle Middle School
<lst>6311 Wilson Lane
Bethesda, MD 20817
Phone: 301-320-6540
Grades: 6-8
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 1,262/1,139*
Principal: Michael Doran
PTA Presidents: Kathie Weinberg, Ann Sablosky
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 2.2%
Asian: 10.9%
Hispanic: 4.7%
White: 82.1%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 9.8
% International Students: 10.7
% ESOL: 2.9
% FARMS: 2.1
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 13.19
Average Class Size (English): 23.0
<bt>Carderock Springs Elementary School
<lst>7401 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD 20817
Phone: 301-469-1034
Grades: K-5
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 310/319
Principal: Linda Jackson Jones
PTA Presidents: Paula Laboy and Liz Sobrino
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 2.6%
Asian: 13.2%
Hispanic: 5.2%
White: 78.7%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 7.7
% International Students: 5.5
% ESOL: 2.9
% FARMS: 1.3
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 11.41
Average Class Size (Grades 1-5): 20.8
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 20.0
<ro>Thomas S. Wootton Cluster
<bt>Thomas S. Wootton High School
2100 Wootton Parkway
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301-279-8550
Grades: 9-12
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 2,045/2,107
Principal: Rebecca K. Newman
PTA President: Karen Askin
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 4.0%
Asian: 30.0%
Hispanic: 4.5%
White: 61.3%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 7.9
% International Students: 14.3
% ESOL: 0.2
% FARMS: 2.5
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 14.59
Average Class Size (English): 25.4
<bt>Robert Frost Middle School
<lst>9201 Scott Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301-279-3949
Grades: 6-8
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 1,121/828*
Principal: To be announced
PTA Presidents: Maureen Austin, Bob Mills
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 4.0%
Asian: 28.8%
Hispanic: 4.3%
White: 62.6%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 9.0
% International Students: 13.1
% ESOL: 2.6
% FARMS: 4.8
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 13.97
Average Class Size (English): 25.0
<bt>Fallsmead Elementary School
<lst>1800 Greenplace Terrace
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 301-279-4984
Grades: K-5
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 501/449*
Principal: Dennis Nelson
PTA President: Karen Bernstein, Helene Ambrosino
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 3.9%
Asian: 24.1%
Hispanic: 8.3%
White: 63.7%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 13.4
% International Students: 12.2
% ESOL: 4.9
% FARMS: 6.3
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 12.83
Average Class Size (Grades 1-5): 26.0
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 21.3
<bt>Lakewood Elementary School
<lst>15101 Bauer Drive
Rockville, MD 20853
Phone: 301-279-8465
Grades: K-5
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 543/452*
Principal: Anne G. Barlow
PTA Presidents: Lori Steinman and Lisa Rotelo
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 4.7%
Asian: 28.5%
Hispanic: 3.8%
White: 63.0%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 11.6
% International Students: 6.7
% ESOL: 4.9
% FARMS: 1.6
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 12.50
Average Class Size (Grades 1-5): 24.4
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 23.7
<bt>Travilah Elementary School
<lst>13801 DuFief Mill Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Phone: 301-840-7153
Grades: K-5
Projected Enrollment/Capacity: 505/413*
Principal: Eileen B. Lorenz
PTA President: Linda Mayo
Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American: 3.4%
Asian: 30.4%
Hispanic: 4.0%
White: 62.2%
% Receiving Spec. Ed.: 7.2
% International Students: 7.0
% ESOL: 2.6
% FARMS: 4.5
Student/Instructional Staff Ratio: 13.93
Average Class Size (Grades 1-5): 24.3
Average Class Size (Kindergarten): 23.7