Subdivision Staging Policy
Results of School Test for FY 2016
Reflects County Council Adopted FY 2016 Capital Budget and Amendments to the FY 20152020 Capital Improvements Program (CIP)
Effective July 1, 2015
Cluster Outcomes by Level
School Test Level
Clusters over 105% utilization
Description
Elementary Inadequate
Middle Inadequate
High Inadequate
5-year test
Clarksburg (113.8%)
Gaithersburg (109.4%)
Northwood (105.5%)
Quince Orchard (115.3%)
Blair (117.1%)
Damascus (109.3%)
Gaithersburg (106.0%)
Kennedy (115.6%)
Northwood (119.6%)
Rockville (109.6%)
Wheaton (114.2%)
Whitman (111.9%)
Blair (110.0%)
Churchill (106.4%)
Clarksburg (113.8%)
Einstein (113.7%)
Walter Johnson (119.8%)
Kennedy (107.7%)
Richard Montgomery (110.8%)
Northwest (113.3%)
Northwood (112.6%)
Paint Branch (106.1%
Quince Orchard (108.7%)
Wheaton (108.8%)
Whitman (114.0%)
Effective July 1, 2015
School facility payment required in
inadequate clusters to proceed.
Clusters over 120% utilization **
Test year 2020-21
5-year test
Effective July 1, 2015
Moratorium requred in clusters
that are inadequate.
Test year 2020-21
Capacities in clusters include the following placeholder capital projects:
Ten elementary school classrooms in the Gaithersburg Cluster.
Four middle school classrooms in the Wheaton Cluster.
Six high school classrooms in the Einstein Cluster.
Ten high school classrooms in the Northwood Cluster
In addition to placeholder capacity projects, the Clarksburg Cluster high school capacity includes eight classrooms associated with the
Seneca Valley HS revitalization/expansion that will be utilized through boundary changes between Clarksburg and Seneca Valley high schools in the future.
Subdivision Staging Policy FY 2016 School Test: Cluster Utilizations in 2020-21
Reflects County Council Adopted FY 2016 Capital Budget and Amendments to the FY 20152020 Capital Improvements Program (CIP)
Effective July 1, 2015
Elementary School Test: Percent Utilization >105% School Facility Payment and >120% Moratorium
Cluster Area
Projected
August 2020
Enrollment
100% MCPS Program
Capacity With
County Council Adopted
Amended FY1520 CIP
Cluster
Percent Utilization
in 2020
Bethesda-Chevy Chase
3,526
3,861
91.3%
Montgomery Blair
4,505
4,335
103.9%
James Hubert Blake
2,557
2,555
100.1%
Winston Churchill
2,571
2,913
88.3%
Clarksburg
4,390
3,857
113.8%
Damascus
1,983
2,193
90.4%
Albert Einstein
3,062
3,056
100.2%
Gaithersburg*
4,549
4,160
109.4%
Walter Johnson
4,277
4,630
92.4%
John F. Kennedy
3,035
3,199
94.9%
Col. Zadok Magruder
2,661
2,877
92.5%
Richard Montgomery
2,724
2,884
94.5%
Northwest
4,146
4,530
91.5%
Northwood
3,778
3,582
105.5%
Paint Branch
2,533
2,493
101.6%
Poolesville
583
758
76.9%
Quince Orchard
3,194
2,770
115.3%
Rockville
2,554
2,643
96.6%
Seneca Valley
2,344
2,494
94.0%
Sherwood
1,986
2,410
82.4%
Springbrook
3,307
3,328
99.4%
Watkins Mill
2,799
2,871
97.5%
Wheaton
3,181
3,805
83.6%
Walt Whitman
2,439
2,571
94.9%
Thomas S. Wootton
2,686
3,224
83.3%
* Gaithersburg Cluster elementary school capacity includes 10 classroom addition in placeholder capital project.
School
Test Result
Capacity is:
Cluster is?
Adequate
Adequate
Adequate
Adequate
Inadequate
Adequate
Adequate
Inadequate
Adequate
Adequate
Adequate
Adequate
Adequate
Inadequate
Adequate
Adequate
Inadequate
Adequate
Adequate
Adequate
Adequate
Adequate
Adequate
Adequate
Adequate
Open
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School
Test Result
Capacity is:
Cluster is?
Adequate
Inadequate
Adequate
Adequate
Adequate
Inadequate
Adequate
Inadequate
Adequate
Inadequate
Adequate
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Adequate
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Adequate
Adequate
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Adequate
Adequate
Adequate
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Inadequate
Adequate
Open
School Payment
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Middle School Test: Percent Utilization >105% School Facility Payment and >120% Moratorium
Cluster Area
Projected
August 2020
Enrollment
100% MCPS Program
Capacity With
County Council Adopted
Amended FY1520 CIP
Cluster
Percent Utilization
in 2020
Bethesda-Chevy Chase
1,765
2,019
87.4%
Montgomery Blair
2,756
2,354
117.1%
James Hubert Blake
1,263
1,345
93.9%
Winston Churchill
1,422
1,696
83.8%
Clarksburg*
2,164
2,322
93.2%
Damascus
919
841
109.3%
Albert Einstein*
1,269
1,420
89.4%
Gaithersburg
1,994
1,882
106.0%
Walter Johnson
2,212
2,408
91.9%
John F. Kennedy
1,775
1,536
115.6%
Col. Zadok Magruder
1,278
1,624
78.7%
Richard Montgomery
1,351
1,445
93.5%
Northwest
2,220
2,229
99.6%
Northwood*
1,854
1,550
119.6%
Paint Branch
1,404
1,401
100.2%
Poolesville
300
468
64.1%
Quince Orchard
1,503
1,636
91.9%
Rockville
1,053
961
109.6%
Seneca Valley
1,242
1,397
88.9%
Sherwood
1,118
1,429
78.2%
Springbrook
1,251
1,250
100.1%
Watkins Mill
1,346
1,339
100.5%
Wheaton*
1,771
1,551
114.2%
Walt Whitman
1,443
1,289
111.9%
Thomas S. Wootton
1,443
1,632
88.4%
* Wheation Cluster middle school capacity includes 4 classroom addition in placeholder capital project.
Subdivision Staging Policy FY 2016 School Test: Cluster Utilizations in 2020-2021
Reflects County Council Adopted FY 2016 Capital Budget and Amendments to the FY 20152020 Capital Improvements Program (CIP)
Effective July 1, 2015
High School Test: Percent Utilization >105% School Facility Payment and >120% Moratorium
Cluster Area
Projected
August 2020
Enrollment
100% MCPS Program
Capacity With
County Council Adopted
Amended FY1520 CIP
Cluster
Percent Utilization
in 2020
School
Test Result
Capacity is:
Cluster is?
Bethesda-Chevy Chase
2,367
2,399
98.7%
Adequate
Open
Montgomery Blair
3,212
2,921
110.0%
Inadequate
School Payment
James Hubert Blake
1,781
1,743
102.2%
Adequate
Open
Winston Churchill
2,142
2,013
106.4%
Inadequate
School Payment
Clarksburg*
2,458
2,160
113.8%
Inadequate
School Payment
Damascus
1,467
1,551
94.6%
Adequate
Open
Albert Einstein**
1,978
1,739
113.7%
Inadequate
School Payment
Gaithersburg
2,451
2,407
101.8%
Adequate
Open
Walter Johnson
2,798
2,335
119.8%
Inadequate
School Payment
John F. Kennedy
1,975
1,833
107.7%
Inadequate
School Payment
Col. Zadok Magruder
1,686
1,941
86.9%
Adequate
Open
Richard Montgomery
2,479
2,237
110.8%
Inadequate
School Payment
Northwest
2,540
2,241
113.3%
Inadequate
School Payment
Northwood**
1,963
1,744
112.6%
Inadequate
School Payment
Paint Branch
2,158
2,034
106.1%
Inadequate
School Payment
Poolesville
1,208
1,170
103.2%
Adequate
Open
Quince Orchard
2,019
1,857
108.7%
Inadequate
School Payment
Rockville
1,536
1,571
97.8%
Adequate
Open
Seneca Valley
1,395
2,400
58.1%
Adequate
Open
Sherwood
1,772
2,166
81.8%
Adequate
Open
Springbrook
1,976
2,162
91.4%
Adequate
Open
Watkins Mill
1,779
1,906
93.3%
Adequate
Open
Wheaton
1,737
1,596
108.8%
Inadequate
School Payment
Walt Whitman
2,155
1,891
114.0%
Inadequate
School Payment
Wootton
2,188
2,167
101.0%
Adequate
Open
* Clarksburg high school capacity includes 8 classrooms that are part of Seneca Valley HS revitalization/expansion.
** Einstein capacity includes 6 classrooms in a placehoder capital project and Northwood capacity includes 10 classrooms in a placeholder capital project.
