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Alternative Programs

Rockville · MD · Montgomery County Public Schools · Public · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Alternative Programs compares for families

What families should know about Alternative Programs.

  • LocallyMD sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Rockville High, Richard Montgomery High, Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
25.9%
Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
33.3%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +0.0%/year, projecting from 2022's 1 students:

2023
1
2025
1
2027
1

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Rockville High
Rockville
Public 0.6 1,550 +10.2%
Richard Montgomery High
Rockville
Public 1.7 2,366 +1.4%
Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy
Rockville
Private 1.9 583 -5.5%
She'Arim High School
Rockville
Private 1.9 20
Sheppard Pratt School-Rockville (Formerly Frost Sc
Rockville
Private 1.9 88 -13.7%
Col. Zadok Magruder High
Rockville
Public 2.5 1,671 +3.4%
Charles E Smith Jewish Day School
Rockville
Private 2.9 864 -7.4%
Washington Christian Academy
Olney
Private 3.4 262 -11.2%

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