Quince Orchard Named Among America's Best High Schools By Newsweek/The Daily Beast

Quince Orchard High School was named one of the best high schools in the country, according to Newsweek/The Daily Beast, Montgomery County Public Schools announced Monday.

The Gaithersburg high school—ranked 1,350th—was one of 17 Montgomery County high schools to make the list.

The list only includes the top 2,000 high schools—less than 10 percent of all the high schools in the United States. 

“The Newsweek rankings, and other such lists, demonstrate that our high schools are national leaders in preparing students for college and the workplace,” MCPS Superintendent Joshua Starr said. “While there is still work left to be done, our staff and community should be proud of how well we are serving our students.” 

Other county schools ranked among the best include: Poolesville (96), Winston Churchill (97), Walt Whitman (137), Walter Johnson (148), Bethesda-Chevy Chase (178), Thomas S. Wootton (209), Richard Montgomery (914), Sherwood (1140), Quince Orchard, Damascus (1454), Northwest (1541), James Hubert Blake (1663), Montgomery Blair (1672), Col. Zadok Magruder (1752), Paint Branch (1847), Rockville (1850), and Clarksburg (1,986). 

View the full 2013 America's Best High Schools report.