📍 651 Saybrooke Oaks Blvd, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, 20877
Forest Oak Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County. The school has 922 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 63.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Forest Oak Middle enrolls 922 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 63.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Hispanic or Latino, 23% Black or African American and 7.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 551 | 60% |
| Black or African American | 212 | 23% |
| White | 72 | 7.8% |
| Asian | 60 | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 2.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
690 of the school's 922 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 606 qualify for free lunch and 84 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Forest Oak Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-60, state senate district 17, state house district 17.
Forest Oak Middle is one of 210 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools, based in Rockville, Maryland. The district serves 159,181 students district-wide and employs 11,578 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 922 students, Forest Oak Middle is larger than the district average of about 758 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small