Summary Perspective
The Col. Zadok Magruder Cluster enrolled 5,380 students across nine schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The cluster contains one high school, two middle schools, and six elementary schools, none shared with any other MCPS cluster. Families residing within the cluster's attendance boundary are assigned to Col. Zadok Magruder High School by address. The cluster is not part of the Downcounty Consortium or the Northeast Consortium, so no lottery or choice process governs high school assignment.
The feeder chain divides at the middle school level into two branches. Cashell Elementary, Judith A. Resnik Elementary, and Sequoyah Elementary articulate to Redland Middle School. Candlewood Elementary, Flower Hill Elementary, and Mill Creek Towne Elementary articulate to Shady Grove Middle School. Both middle schools then feed Col. Zadok Magruder High School. A child who begins kindergarten at any of the six elementary schools and remains in the same attendance area will, in the ordinary course, progress through one of the two middle schools and on to Magruder High without needing to apply or lottery into a different school.
The capacity situation splits along this feeder divide. According to the MCPS FY2027 facilities plan reporting utilization for the 2025-2026 school year, four of the six elementary schools exceed their building capacity. Mill Creek Towne Elementary operates at 153.3 percent utilization, the highest in the cluster, with nine relocatable classrooms. Cashell Elementary operates at 130.1 percent utilization with four relocatable classrooms. Sequoyah Elementary operates at 115.5 percent utilization with two relocatable classrooms. Flower Hill Elementary operates at 106.3 percent utilization with three relocatable classrooms. Candlewood Elementary, in the Shady Grove feeder area, operates at 67.6 percent utilization and has seats available. Judith A. Resnik Elementary operates at 84.8 percent utilization. At the middle school level, Redland Middle operates at 80.5 percent utilization and Shady Grove Middle at 68 percent. Col. Zadok Magruder High School operates at 85.7 percent utilization against a program capacity of 1,868 seats.
This pattern produces an imbalance within the cluster. The Shady Grove Middle School feeder area contains both the most overcrowded elementary school, Mill Creek Towne, and the elementary school with the most available capacity, Candlewood. The Redland Middle School feeder area contains two over-capacity elementary schools, Cashell and Sequoyah, alongside Judith A. Resnik Elementary, which operates below capacity. Both middle schools have available seats. The high school has available seats. This imbalance is one of the conditions that a boundary study could address.
Several changes are scheduled. The Board of Education has authorized a Countywide Elementary and Middle School Boundary Study and Consolidation/Closure Study, with an intended implementation window of the 2029-2030 school year. All six Magruder-cluster elementary schools and both middle schools fall within the study's scope. No Magruder-cluster school has been specifically identified for closure as of July 2026, and no Magruder-specific boundary study is active. The Board of Education has adopted a regional programs model beginning in the 2027-28 school year, under which high schools will be organized into six regions and the consortium lottery will end. Because the Magruder cluster already assigns by address, this model does not change its fundamental assignment mechanism. A major capital project is planned for Col. Zadok Magruder High School at its existing site at 5939 Muncaster Mill Road in Rockville, described by MCPS as a building-condition and program renewal project rather than a capacity-addition project. MCPS also begins rollout of a math compression model in Grade 4 in the 2026-27 school year, with planned expansion to Grades 3 and 5 in 2027-28, a system-wide change that applies to elementary students in the cluster's feeder schools.
Col. Zadok Magruder High School hosts a full-time Aviation and Aerospace Program that begins in Grade 9, drawing students from outside the cluster through application while serving in-cluster students at their home school. Mill Creek Towne Elementary School hosts a Center for Enriched Studies, with placement by lottery among reviewed candidates following universal screening of all Grade 3 students. The Roberto W. Clemente Middle School Mathematics, Science and Computer Science Magnet and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Humanities and Communication Magnet are regional, criteria-based programs available to cluster students through application. These programs operate outside the cluster's geographic feeder chain.
System-wide fiscal and governance context for MCPS is described in the MCPS system overview.
Key takeaways for families
The cluster enrolled 5,380 students across nine schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to NCES. The cluster comprises one high school, two middle schools, and six elementary schools, none shared with other clusters.
Mill Creek Towne Elementary operates at 153.3 percent utilization with nine relocatable classrooms, the strongest overcrowding signal in the cluster, according to MCPS FY2027 facilities plan data for the 2025-2026 school year. Cashell Elementary operates at 130.1 percent, Sequoyah Elementary at 115.5 percent, and Flower Hill Elementary at 106.3 percent, each with relocatable classrooms.
Col. Zadok Magruder High School operates at 85.7 percent utilization against a program capacity of 1,868, according to the MCPS FY2027 facilities plan for 2025-2026. Both middle schools also operate below capacity: Redland Middle at 80.5 percent and Shady Grove Middle at 68 percent.
The Board of Education has authorized a Countywide Elementary and Middle School Boundary Study and Consolidation/Closure Study with an intended implementation window of the 2029-2030 school year. All six Magruder-cluster elementary schools and both middle schools fall within the study's scope. No Magruder-cluster school has been specifically identified for closure as of July 2026.
The Board of Education has adopted a regional programs model beginning in the 2027-28 school year. Because the Magruder cluster already assigns students to high school by address, the end of the consortium lottery does not change the assignment mechanism for families in this attendance area.
A major capital project is planned for Col. Zadok Magruder High School at 5939 Muncaster Mill Road in Rockville, under project identifier P652116. MCPS describes the project as a building-condition and program renewal rather than a capacity-addition project. No boundary relief is stated for the project.
Col. Zadok Magruder High School hosts a full-time Aviation and Aerospace Program beginning in Grade 9. Students assigned to the cluster by address attend the school where the program operates, while students from outside the cluster must apply to participate.
Mill Creek Towne Elementary School hosts a Center for Enriched Studies. MCPS conducts a universal review of all current Grade 3 students using multiple measures, with placement by lottery among reviewed candidates.
MCPS begins rollout of a math compression model in Grade 4 in the 2026-27 school year, with planned expansion to Grades 3 and 5 in 2027-28. This system-wide change applies to elementary students in the cluster's feeder schools.
The cluster's student population was 46.7 percent eligible for free or reduced-price meals in 2023-24, according to NCES. The racial and ethnic composition was 41.1 percent Hispanic, 21.4 percent white, 19.9 percent Black, 11.2 percent Asian, 6.0 percent two or more races, 0.1 percent American Indian, and 0.1 percent Pacific Islander.
MCPS reported a mean SAT total score of 1008 at Col. Zadok Magruder High School in the 2021-22 school year, with a participation rate of 68.8 percent. The College Board recognized the school with its AP School Honor Roll designation at the Silver level in 2023.
The most recent boundary action touching this cluster occurred on March 22, 2018, when the Board of Education voted on the Shady Grove Sector Plan area. The Board's resolution did not reassign any area into Magruder-cluster schools.
MCPS operates a dual enrollment partnership with Montgomery College that is available system-wide. According to MCPS and Montgomery College materials, tuition and textbooks are covered for dually enrolled MCPS students.
At a glance
The following table presents enrollment by school for the 2023-24 school year, as reported by the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2023-24.
The following table presents program capacity and utilization for the 2025-2026 school year, as reported by the MCPS FY2027 facilities plan.
Source: MCPS FY2027 facilities plan, reporting for the 2025-2026 school year.
Cluster-wide demographic composition for 2023-24, as reported by NCES:
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2023-24.
The cluster comprises nine schools with no schools shared with other MCPS clusters. Enrollment at individual schools ranges from 342 at Cashell Elementary to 1,622 at Col. Zadok Magruder High School. Utilization ranges from 67.6 percent at Candlewood Elementary to 153.3 percent at Mill Creek Towne Elementary. Four elementary schools exceed their program capacity. Both middle schools and the high school operate below capacity.
How to read Maryland accountability and star ratings
The Maryland State Department of Education publishes a school report card for every public school in the state. MSDE published the 2025 Maryland School Report Card, which followed the 2024 Maryland Report Card. According to MSDE's Report Card Overview, the system uses multiple indicators that roll up to two headline measures for each school: a star rating on a one-to-five scale and a percentile rank. The star rating summarizes a school's performance across the indicators MSDE has selected. The percentile rank places the school relative to all other schools in the state at the same level.
The indicators feeding the star rating differ by school level in a way that directly affects how the schools in this cluster are evaluated. MSDE's Student Growth Percentile measure applies to elementary and middle schools only. MSDE does not publish a high-school growth or value-added result for Col. Zadok Magruder High School, according to the state's own definitions. The Student Growth Percentile is one of the indicators that feeds into the star rating for elementary and middle schools. Its absence at the high school level means the accountability picture for Col. Zadok Magruder High School is built from a different set of indicators than the set used for the two middle schools and six elementary schools in the cluster. Star ratings at different school levels are not derived from identical indicator sets.
MSDE also publishes support designations, which are assigned based on the performance of specific student groups within a school rather than the school's overall results. These designations include Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI), Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI), and Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI). MSDE's TSI Schools Resource describes how these designations are triggered when student-group performance falls below thresholds the state has set. A school can hold a star rating and a support designation at the same time, because the two measures address different questions. The star rating answers a question about overall school performance. The support designation answers a question about whether specific student groups within the school need additional intervention. MCPS maintains a list of schools designated as ATSI on its Title I office page.
MSDE's report card website hosts the full report card for each school in the cluster, including the star rating, percentile rank, indicator scores, and any support designations for the most recent year available. The state's assessment timeline includes a gap in 2020, when Maryland cancelled state testing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. MSDE resumed testing in 2021 under modified administration conditions, and standard testing returned in 2022. MSDE's report card results for 2024 and 2025 reflect post-pandemic testing conditions.
How this cluster fits into MCPS
MCPS is a fiscally dependent, county-wide system: the Board of Education adopts a requested budget, the County Executive recommends a funding level, and the County Council appropriates, constrained by Maryland's Maintenance of Effort law. The full county budget process is described in the MCPS system overview.
The Col. Zadok Magruder Cluster enrolled 5,380 students across nine schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The cluster comprises one high school, two middle schools, and six elementary schools. No schools in this cluster are shared with any other cluster, and no enrollment in this cluster's schools is counted toward another cluster's total.
Students living within the cluster's attendance boundary are assigned to Col. Zadok Magruder High School by address. This cluster is not part of the Downcounty Consortium or the Northeast Consortium, the two areas of MCPS where high school assignment operates through a school choice lottery rather than geographic assignment. The Board of Education has adopted a regional programs model beginning in the 2027-28 school year, under which high schools will be organized into six regions and the consortium lottery will end. Because the Magruder cluster already assigns by address, the regional model does not change its fundamental assignment mechanism.
The cluster's schools are spread across three places in central Montgomery County. Five of the nine schools carry a Rockville mailing address: Col. Zadok Magruder High School, Redland Middle School, Candlewood Elementary, Mill Creek Towne Elementary, and Sequoyah Elementary. Sequoyah Elementary is listed in the community of Derwood, which is a census-designated place rather than an incorporated municipality, though it shares the 20855 ZIP code with several Rockville schools. Two schools, Judith A. Resnik Elementary and Flower Hill Elementary, are located in Gaithersburg. Shady Grove Middle School is also located in Gaithersburg. Rockville and Gaithersburg are both incorporated municipalities within Montgomery County, as listed in the Maryland State Archives manual.
The schools span four ZIP codes: 20853, 20855, 20877, and 20879. Enrollment at the individual schools ranges from 342 students at Cashell Elementary to 1,622 at Col. Zadok Magruder High School, according to NCES data for 2023-24. The two middle schools enrolled 583 and 513 students respectively. The six elementary schools enrolled between 342 and 542 students each.
The Board of Education that governs MCPS consists of seven members elected to four-year terms under a mixed election structure. The next Board of Education election is scheduled for June 23, 2026. The Board sets policy for all of MCPS, including the schools in this cluster. MCPS headquarters are located in Rockville, the same city where five of the cluster's nine schools are located.
Within MCPS, a high school cluster functions as an organizational unit for feeder pattern planning and community engagement. The six elementary schools in the Magruder cluster feed into two middle schools, Redland Middle and Shady Grove Middle, which in turn feed into Col. Zadok Magruder High School. This feeder structure means that a child who begins kindergarten at any of the six elementary schools in the cluster and remains in the same attendance area will, in the ordinary course, progress through one of the two middle schools and on to Magruder High without needing to apply or lottery into a different school. Attendance boundaries at the elementary level determine which middle school a student attends, and the middle school boundaries in turn determine high school assignment.
MCPS operates as a single county-wide system under Maryland Code, Education Article, Title III, Subtitle 9. The cluster is an attendance unit within that territory, not a separate legal entity. Under Maryland law, the county school system's geographic boundary can be changed only by an act of the Maryland General Assembly, and no mechanism exists for the school board or county alone to redraw district boundaries. A municipal boundary change, such as an annexation by the City of Rockville or the City of Gaithersburg, would not move the MCPS boundary or reassign students to a different school system.
The cluster's student population, as reported by NCES for 2023-24, was 46.7 percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The racial and ethnic composition was 41.1 percent Hispanic, 21.4 percent white, 19.9 percent Black, 11.2 percent Asian, 6.0 percent two or more races, 0.1 percent American Indian, and 0.1 percent Pacific Islander. These figures are aggregate across all nine schools in the cluster and reflect the combined enrollment of 5,380 students.
Academic outcomes at these schools
The Col. Zadok Magruder Cluster enrolled 5,380 students across nine schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data. The cluster includes one high school, Col. Zadok Magruder High School, two middle schools, and six elementary schools. NCES reports that no schools in this cluster are shared with other MCPS clusters, and that all 5,380 students attend schools exclusively within this cluster's boundaries. Montgomery County Public Schools is a single county-wide system. A family living in this cluster's attendance area is assigned to Col. Zadok Magruder High School by address rather than selecting through a choice process.
The same NCES dataset for 2023-24 reports that 46.7 percent of students in the cluster qualified for free or reduced-price meals. The demographic composition was 41.1 percent Hispanic, 21.4 percent white, 19.9 percent Black, 11.2 percent Asian, 6.0 percent two or more races, 0.1 percent American Indian, and 0.1 percent Pacific Islander. These figures describe who attends the schools. Maryland's accountability system uses student-group performance as part of its methodology, which is why these categories are collected and reported at the federal level. This publication draws no connection between demographic composition and school quality.
Maryland's school accountability system, administered by the Maryland State Department of Education, produces an annual report card for every public school in the state. MSDE published the 2025 Maryland School Report Card, which followed the 2024 Maryland Report Card. According to MSDE's Report Card Overview, the system uses multiple indicators that roll up to two headline measures for each school: a star rating on a one-to-five scale and a percentile rank. The star rating summarizes a school's performance across the indicators MSDE has selected. The percentile rank places the school relative to all other schools in the state at the same level. MSDE also publishes support designations, which are assigned based on the performance of specific student groups within a school rather than the school's overall results. These designations include Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI), Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI), and Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI). MSDE's TSI Schools Resource describes how these designations are triggered when student-group performance falls below thresholds the state has set.
A school can hold a star rating and a support designation at the same time, because the two measures address different questions. The star rating answers a question about overall school performance. The support designation answers a question about whether specific student groups within the school need additional intervention. A school with a high star rating can still carry a support designation if a particular student group's results fall below the state's threshold. A school with a lower star rating may not carry a support designation if no student group's performance triggers the threshold. MCPS maintains a list of schools designated as ATSI on its Title I office page.
The accountability framework treats school levels differently, and this difference has direct relevance to the Col. Zadok Magruder Cluster. MSDE's Student Growth Percentile measure applies to elementary and middle schools only. MSDE does not publish a high-school growth or value-added result for Col. Zadok Magruder High School, according to the state's own definitions. The Student Growth Percentile is one of the indicators that feeds into the star rating for elementary and middle schools. Its absence at the high school level means the accountability picture for Col. Zadok Magruder High School is built from a different set of indicators than the set used for the two middle schools and six elementary schools in the cluster. The star ratings at different school levels are not derived from identical indicator sets, because the growth measure applies only at the elementary and middle levels.
The state's assessment timeline includes a gap that affects any analysis of academic trajectory. Maryland cancelled state testing in spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No state assessment data exist for the 2019-20 school year. MSDE resumed testing in 2021 under modified administration conditions. Standard testing returned in 2022. Any comparison of results across years that spans the period from 2019 through 2024 must account for the missing 2020 data point and the modified 2021 administration. MSDE's report card results for 2024 and 2025 reflect post-pandemic testing conditions. Trajectory analysis spanning this period requires accounting for the gap and the modified administration.
MCPS supplements the state's accountability reporting with its own performance data, published through the district's Department of Shared Accountability. MCPS released 2024 Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exam enrollment, participation, and performance data in 2025. The department also released 2024 SAT and ACT participation and performance data in a separate 2025 report. These are system-wide documents that provide district-level context. Because MCPS is a single county-wide system, these district-level figures serve as the county comparison point for cluster-level and school-level results. MCPS publishes a school-at-a-glance profile for Col. Zadok Magruder High School through its regulatory accountability office. That document compiles enrollment, assessment, and program information for the school into a single profile.
MCPS announced AP Honor Roll recognition in October 2023. MCPS maintains a page specific to Advanced Placement at Col. Zadok Magruder High School on its website. The district's course bulletin lists courses available across MCPS high schools, including advanced coursework options. MCPS also published a 2024-2025 annual report covering system-wide academic programs, enrollment trends, and financial information.
MSDE's report card website hosts the full report card for each school in the cluster. The report card includes the star rating, percentile rank, indicator scores, and any support designations for the most recent year available. MCPS's school-at-a-glance documents and shared accountability reports provide additional school-level and district-level data. The NCES Common Core of Data provides the enrollment and demographic figures cited above for 2023-24.
Variation between the schools in this cluster
The Col. Zadok Magruder cluster comprises nine schools serving 5,380 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data. No schools in this cluster are shared with other MCPS clusters, which means every student enrolled in these nine schools feeds exclusively into Col. Zadok Magruder High School. The enrollment figures reveal measurable variation across the six elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school that constitute this attendance area.
Among the six elementary schools, enrollment ranges from 342 students at Cashell Elementary to 542 students at Judith A. Resnik Elementary, a spread of 200 students, according to NCES data for 2023-24. The remaining elementary enrollments fall between these points. Candlewood Elementary serves 368 students. Sequoyah Elementary serves 452. Flower Hill Elementary serves 461. Mill Creek Towne Elementary serves 497. These figures reflect the physical capacity and attendance boundaries of each building.
Grade configurations also vary at the elementary level. Five of the six elementary schools serve pre-kindergarten through grade five, according to NCES data for 2023-24. Candlewood Elementary serves kindergarten through grade five and does not include a pre-kindergarten program. This configuration difference means that the youngest students at Candlewood enter at kindergarten, while students at the other five elementary schools may begin in a pre-kindergarten classroom at age four.
At the middle school level, the two schools show a narrower enrollment gap. Redland Middle serves 583 students in grades six through eight, and Shady Grove Middle serves 513 students in the same grades, according to NCES data for 2023-24. The difference of 70 students between the two middle schools is smaller than the 200-student spread observed among the elementary schools. Both middle schools feed into Col. Zadok Magruder High School.
Col. Zadok Magruder High School serves 1,622 students in grades nine through twelve, according to NCES data for 2023-24. The high school's enrollment exceeds the combined enrollment of either middle school by a substantial margin. This structure is typical of MCPS clusters, where multiple middle and elementary schools consolidate into a single high school.
The cluster-wide demographic profile reported by NCES for 2023-24 shows a student population in which no single racial or ethnic group constitutes a majority. Hispanic students account for 41.1 percent of cluster enrollment, the largest single group. White students account for 21.4 percent. Black students account for 19.9 percent. Asian students account for 11.2 percent. Students of two or more races account for 6.0 percent. American Indian and Pacific Islander students each account for 0.1 percent. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals across the cluster is 46.7 percent. These figures are aggregate across all nine schools and describe the cluster as a whole rather than any individual school within it.
MCPS reports SAT performance data for Col. Zadok Magruder High School. The district's figures show a mean SAT total score of 1008 in the 2021-22 school year, with 513 in evidence-based reading and writing and 496 in mathematics. The participation rate was 68.8 percent, meaning approximately 31 percent of students at the high school did not take the SAT during that testing period. The participation rate is itself a factor in interpreting the score, because a lower participation rate can mean the testing pool is not representative of the full student body.
In 2023, the College Board recognized Col. Zadok Magruder High School with its AP School Honor Roll designation at the Silver level, according to MCPS. This recognition reflects Advanced Placement program participation and performance at the high school. Advanced Placement courses are offered at the high school level only, so this measure does not provide a basis for comparison with the elementary or middle schools in the cluster.
The enrollment data from NCES allows comparison across schools within the cluster on the dimension of size. The largest elementary school, Judith A. Resnik Elementary at 542 students, is approximately 58 percent larger than the smallest, Cashell Elementary at 342 students. At the middle school level, Redland Middle exceeds Shady Grove Middle by approximately 14 percent. The high school, at 1,622 students, is nearly three times the size of either middle school.
Advanced academics and pathway access
Col. Zadok Magruder High School hosts a full-time Aviation and Aerospace Program that begins in Grade 9. MCPS describes the program as designed for students interested in flight and aircraft systems. Students apply through the MCPS application process. The program is housed at Magruder, which means students assigned to the cluster by address attend the school where the program operates, while students from outside the cluster must apply to participate.
Magruder publishes Advanced Placement testing information for students and families on its school website. Magruder does not provide a complete, authoritative course-count list on those pages. MCPS maintains a system-wide catalog of AP courses available through its Department of Online Learning, which provides an additional pathway for students seeking courses not offered at their home school. MCPS was named to the AP Honor Roll in October 2023, a system-wide designation that the district announced.
MCPS operates a dual enrollment partnership with Montgomery College that is available system-wide. Students earn both high-school and college credit for approved courses. According to MCPS and Montgomery College materials, tuition and textbooks are covered for dually enrolled MCPS students. This arrangement allows Magruder students to accumulate college credit while enrolled in high school without paying tuition. The Northwest High School Middle College Program offers a more structured version of this pathway. MCPS states that the program is open to current Grade 8 students in specified clusters including Magruder. The program leads to both a high-school diploma and a Montgomery College associate degree. Students who participate leave their home cluster to attend Northwest full time.
Two middle school magnet programs serve students in the Magruder cluster's feeder pattern. The Roberto W. Clemente Middle School Mathematics, Science and Computer Science Magnet is a regional, criteria-based program. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Humanities and Communication Magnet is also a regional, criteria-based program. According to the MCPS 2025-2026 options booklet, both programs use central review of applicants and fill seats by lottery from the candidate pool. MCPS does not publish Magruder-specific odds or seat counts for either program. Applicants apply through the MCPS application process described in the options booklet.
At the elementary level, Mill Creek Towne Elementary School hosts a Center for Enriched Studies. MCPS conducts a universal review of all current Grade 3 students using multiple measures. Placement is by lottery among reviewed candidates. MCPS does not publish cluster-specific seat counts for this center.
The identification mechanism for enriched and gifted services begins system-wide in Grade 2. MCPS policy IOA provides for broad-based screening of all Grade 2 students, with rescreening in later elementary grades. In Grade 3, students undergo a universal review for Centers for Enriched Studies, followed by lottery-based placement. This screening applies to every student in the cluster, not only those whose parents request evaluation.
Magruder students may also apply to countywide criteria-based magnet programs outside the cluster. The Montgomery Blair High School Science, Mathematics and Computer Science Magnet and the Poolesville High School Global Ecology House are both countywide programs. According to the MCPS 2025-2026 options booklet, applicants apply via ParentVUE. Admission to these programs means attending a school outside the cluster.
The Montgomery County Board of Education has adopted a regional programs model that takes effect in the 2027-28 school year. Under this model, high schools are organized into six regions, and the consortium lottery that currently governs the Downcounty Consortium and the Northeast Consortium ends. Magruder is not part of either consortium. Its students are assigned by address. The regional model restructures how application and magnet programs are organized across the system. Bethesda Magazine reported on the model's adoption in February 2026 and on community correspondence about the regional structure in March 2026. Bethesda Magazine also reported on concerns about program changes in August 2025.
A separate pathway change affects elementary mathematics. The MCPS administration and the Board of Education adopted a math compression model that the Board discussed in a work session on May 7, 2026. The model begins rollout in Grade 4 in the 2026-27 school year, with planned expansion to Grades 3 and 5 in 2027-28. MCPS published a parent document on math groups in May 2026. The Banner reported on the compacted math change. This is a system-wide change that applies to elementary students in the Magruder cluster's feeder schools.
Enrollment, capacity, and boundaries
The Col. Zadok Magruder Cluster enrolled 5,380 students across nine schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The cluster comprises one high school, two middle schools, and six elementary schools. No schools in this cluster are shared with any other cluster. Students in this attendance area are assigned to Col. Zadok Magruder High School by address. This cluster is not part of a consortium. Families do not select a high school through a choice process or lottery. The residential address determines the assigned school at every level.
Feeder chain
The feeder chain operates as follows. Cashell Elementary, Judith A. Resnik Elementary, and Sequoyah Elementary currently articulate to Redland Middle School. Candlewood Elementary, Flower Hill Elementary, and Mill Creek Towne Elementary currently articulate to Shady Grove Middle School. Both Redland Middle and Shady Grove Middle currently articulate to Col. Zadok Magruder High School. MCPS publishes this articulation on its cluster administration page. The system notes that articulation reflects current boundaries and can change with program placements, approved transfers, or future Board of Education actions, according to the MCPS School Assignment Tool.
Enrollment by school
NCES reported the following enrollments for 2023-24. Col. Zadok Magruder High School enrolled 1,622 students in grades 9 through 12. Redland Middle School enrolled 583 students in grades 6 through 8. Shady Grove Middle School enrolled 513 students in grades 6 through 8. At the elementary level, Cashell Elementary enrolled 342 students in prekindergarten through grade 5. Judith A. Resnik Elementary enrolled 542 students in prekindergarten through grade 5. Sequoyah Elementary enrolled 452 students in prekindergarten through grade 5. Candlewood Elementary enrolled 368 students in kindergarten through grade 5. Flower Hill Elementary enrolled 461 students in prekindergarten through grade 5. Mill Creek Towne Elementary enrolled 497 students in prekindergarten through grade 5.
Capacity and utilization
MCPS reports capacity and utilization in its FY 2027 facilities plan, which covers the 2025-2026 school year. The cluster's elementary schools are collectively over capacity, with four of the six elementary schools exceeding 100 percent utilization. Mill Creek Towne Elementary operates 177 seats over capacity and uses nine relocatable classrooms, which MCPS identifies as the strongest oversubscription signal in the cluster. Cashell Elementary operates 85 seats over capacity and uses four relocatable classrooms. Sequoyah Elementary operates 74 seats over capacity and uses two relocatable classrooms. Flower Hill Elementary operates 26 seats over capacity and uses three relocatable classrooms, according to the FY 2027 facilities plan.
Candlewood Elementary has seats available according to the same facilities table. At the middle school level, Shady Grove Middle School has substantial available seats. Col. Zadok Magruder High School operates below 100 percent utilization, according to MCPS.
Assignment and transfers
MCPS assigns students to schools based on residential address through its neighborhood-zoned model. The system provides an online School Assignment Tool that families can use to verify which school corresponds to a given address. An address inside the Col. Zadok Magruder High School attendance area assigns the student to Magruder High School as the home high school.
Families who wish to request a school other than the address-assigned school may apply for a Change of School Assignment, known as a COSA. MCPS considers COSA requests under defined criteria, including sibling enrollment at the requested school and documented hardship. The system also considers school and grade-level capacity when deciding whether to approve a transfer. If a COSA is approved, transportation becomes the responsibility of the parent or guardian, according to the MCPS COSA booklet. MCPS does not publish the volume or approval rate of COSA requests in the materials reviewed.
MCPS does not offer unrestricted interdistrict open enrollment. Nonresident, tuition-paying enrollment may be requested only at schools deemed open by capacity, and it is application-based and excludes application programs. MCPS does not publish a general right to transfer to another school system. Remaining in MCPS after moving out of the county requires nonresident, tuition-paying approval by MCPS and availability at an open school, according to MCPS.
Residency enforcement
MCPS enforces residency requirements for enrollment. Homeowners must provide a current property tax bill. Renters must provide a current lease. Families in shared-housing arrangements must submit a notarized affidavit and multiple proofs of residence. MCPS may conduct a home visit when conventional proof is unavailable. The parent or guardian bears the burden of proof. MCPS may review documents, require reverification after a move, and conduct home visits through school staff or pupil personnel workers. If residency requirements are not met, MCPS may deny enrollment or withdraw the student. During an appeal, a 10 percent tuition deposit may be required for temporary nonresident enrollment, refundable if the decision is reversed, according to MCPS residency policy.
Active boundary studies
MCPS has an active boundary study that could affect schools in this cluster. In March 2026, MCPS announced the advancement of a Countywide Elementary and Middle School Boundary Study and Consolidation/Closure Study. The Board of Education authorized a countywide review of elementary and middle school boundaries, with a parallel consolidation and closure study for out-year implementation. The intended implementation window is the 2029-2030 school year. No Magruder-specific boundary option has been published yet.
The study affects countywide elementary school attendance areas, including Candlewood, Cashell, Flower Hill, Mill Creek Towne, Judith A. Resnik, and Sequoyah. It also affects countywide middle school attendance areas, including Redland and Shady Grove. No Magruder High School attendance-boundary proposal has been published, according to MCPS.
The same March 2026 announcement advanced a countywide consolidation and closure study. MCPS Regulation FAA-RA governs the criteria, which include utilization, recent boundary changes, and programmatic considerations. No closure moratorium has been identified in the reviewed official sources as of July 26, 2026. No Magruder-cluster school has been specifically identified for closure as of that date.
Boundary history
The most recent boundary action touching this cluster occurred in 2018. The Board of Education acted on March 22, 2018, on the Shady Grove Sector Plan area. The Board did not reassign the Shady Grove Sector Plan area from the Gaithersburg Cluster into Magruder-cluster schools. No boundary change was adopted, according to the Board resolution.
Grandfathering
MCPS has established a precedent for grandfathering in prior boundary processes. Rising grade 8 students at middle school and rising grades 11 and 12 at high school were allowed to remain at their current schools rather than move to a newly assigned school. Future grandfathering treatment will be set when a study-specific transition plan is adopted, according to MCPS. No such transition plan has been published for the current countywide study.
The 2027-28 regional model
The Board of Education has adopted a regional programs model beginning in the 2027-28 school year. Under this model, high schools are organized into six regions and the consortium lottery ends. This change directly affects the Downcounty Consortium and the Northeast Consortium, where students currently select among several high schools through a choice process. The Col. Zadok Magruder Cluster is not part of either consortium. Students in this cluster are assigned to Magruder High School by address, and the end of the consortium lottery does not alter that assignment mechanism. The regional model reorganizes how programs and choice operate across the system, but the address-based assignment that governs this cluster remains in effect.
Capital projects
MCPS has a major capital project planned for Col. Zadok Magruder High School at 5939 Muncaster Mill Road in Rockville, Maryland. This is a building-condition and program renewal project rather than a capacity-addition project. No boundary relief is stated as part of this project, according to MCPS. The funding source is capital.
Enrollment trends
Systemwide, MCPS projects enrollment decline. The system's projections attribute the decline primarily to fewer resident births and smaller entering cohorts moving through the grades, according to MCPS. MCPS also notes that added housing does not automatically increase enrollment, citing that recent years saw thousands of new housing units while MCPS enrollment declined, according to MCPS. The enrollment drop in 2020-2021 is attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, including shifts to homeschooling and private schools that offered in-person instruction.
Internal geography
The cluster has a formal substructure. The Col. Zadok Magruder High School service area serves as the umbrella for two middle-school feeder areas. The Redland Middle School feeder area comprises the Cashell, Judith A. Resnik, and Sequoyah elementary attendance areas. The Shady Grove Middle School feeder area comprises the Candlewood, Flower Hill, and Mill Creek Towne elementary attendance areas. Residents in both feeder areas currently have Magruder High School as their home high school, according to MCPS.
The fiscal picture for these schools
For FY2027, Montgomery County's adopted local contribution to MCPS was $2,457,319,156, exceeding the state Maintenance of Effort floor of $2,295,778,996 by $161,540,160, according to MCPS budget documents. The total adopted FY2027 operating budget was $3,724,289,307, a 3.6 percent year-over-year increase, with a published per-pupil amount of $22,660.
The 5,380 students enrolled across this cluster's nine schools in 2023-24 are funded through that system-wide budget. MCPS has no independent taxing authority and cannot issue bonded debt. Montgomery County issues general obligation bonds for school capital projects.
The Superintendent's FY2027-2032 capital plan described the backlog of critical infrastructure and school-replacement projects as "extensive" and proposed a $2.704 billion six-year Capital Improvements Program, according to the MCPS capital plan. The plan stated that even that level of investment did not address the full need. No single quantified deferred-maintenance or capital-backlog estimate was published in the reviewed MCPS plan.
The County's credit ratings support its borrowing capacity for capital projects. Moody's affirmed an Aaa rating on October 29, 2025, according to the County. S&P affirmed a AAA rating with a stable outlook on April 1, 2026, according to S&P. Fitch affirmed a AAA rating with a stable outlook on October 28, 2025, according to Fitch.
The adopted FY2027 budget is balanced as an appropriation but not fully balanced on a recurring basis, according to MCPS. It draws on a one-time $25 million OPEB Fund allocation to support the Employee Benefit Plan Fund. The budget identifies future planned lapse-and-turnover reductions of up to $30 million over three years and Employee Benefit Plan deficit-recovery amounts of $70 million in FY2028 and $40 million in FY2029. MCPS also projects enrollment down by 4,956 students for FY2027.
When federal ESSER grants ended, MCPS stated that it moved certain resources and services from the discontinued grant into the recurring operating budget, according to MCPS. The adopted FY2025 budget nevertheless required $30,592,295 of reductions, including 122.7 FTE from raising class-size guidelines, reduced staff-development allocations, central-office position cuts, elimination of the Montgomery Virtual Academy, delayed pre-K expansion, and contractual-service reductions.
MCPS reported an unassigned General Fund balance of $21,478,157 as of June 30, 2025, according to its ACFR. That balance rose over three audited years: $8.2 million in FY2023, $11.9 million in FY2024, and $21.478 million in FY2025. At June 30, 2025, the Board reported a net pension liability of $327,438,904 and a net OPEB liability of $1,780,817,031. These are MCPS obligations reported in its ACFR and are distinct from County general obligation debt.
MCPS reported FY2025 principal and interest debt-service expenditures of $35,363,050 and outstanding obligations of $332,195,754 as of June 30, 2025, according to its ACFR. These obligations consist of finance agreements, leases, and subscription liabilities rather than bonded debt.
For Levy Year 2026/FY2027, a standard Tax Class 1 property outside a municipality in Montgomery County carries county components totaling $1.0401 per $100 of assessed value, according to the County's tax rate schedule. That total includes a $0.0470 component labeled "General County Tax (MCPS Only)," but the County, not MCPS, levies this tax. Adding Maryland's $0.1120 state rate gives $1.1521 per $100 of assessed value. The comparable service-inclusive Montgomery County rate rose from $0.9905 in FY2022 to $1.0402 in FY2024, then eased to $1.0392 in FY2025 and FY2026 before reaching the current $1.0401.
Montgomery County Question A on the November 3, 2026 ballot would amend Charter Section 305 to require unanimous approval by all Councilmembers, rather than seven of eleven, when the County operating budget grows faster than the specified Washington-area CPI, according to the Maryland elections office. It is a county fiscal charter amendment, not an MCPS bond or independent school levy.
The municipal and land-use context
The Col. Zadok Magruder High School cluster is part of Montgomery County Public Schools, a county-wide system in which boundary changes move students between clusters rather than between districts. Development activity documented by the Cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg in the area of this cluster intersects with MCPS enrollment and facilities planning through several mechanisms.
The City of Rockville announced on March 31, 2025 that it is advancing a proposal to annex land near the Shady Grove Metro Station, filed under petition number ANX2023-00147. A consultant presented annexation plans to the Rockville Mayor and Council on April 30, 2025. The City noticed public hearings for March 9, March 23, and April 13, 2026. According to the City of Rockville's resolution descriptors, annexation petitions intersect with the City's Adequate Public Facilities school test. That test can require an MCPS determination on school adequacy before an annexation proceeds. The Shady Grove Metro annexation, if approved, could trigger an MCPS review of whether schools in the receiving area have sufficient capacity for the students the development would generate.
A second Rockville annexation petition, numbered 2026-234-ANX, concerns approximately 10.45 acres at 1000 Westmore Avenue. The petitioner is Interstate Westmore, LLC. The Rockville Mayor and Council introduced the proposal on February 2, 2026. City staff released a report on March 25, 2026. A public hearing resolution was issued in March 2026, and the City announced neighborhood meetings on April 9, 2026. This petition is also subject to the Adequate Public Facilities school test that applies to Rockville annexations.
The City of Gaithersburg has an approved annexation agreement concerning the Crown Farm High School site. The City of Gaithersburg states that, under the terms of the annexation agreement, it will transfer the Crown Farm High School site to MCPS once two years of construction funding have been secured. The City's project page, dated July 2026, documents this condition. The transfer to MCPS depends on a capital funding milestone that the County Council controls through its annual appropriations process. The Crown Farm site is designated for a future high school. Its eventual construction would add capacity to the MCPS high school inventory, but the timeline depends on when the County Council appropriates construction funding across two consecutive fiscal years.
Montgomery County funds school capacity expansion partly through development impact taxes on new residential construction. The Montgomery County Planning Department publishes student-generation rates that the county uses to set school impact taxes. These rates estimate how many students a given type and size of residential development will produce. The resulting tax revenue goes toward school construction. The Montgomery County Planning Department also maintains the county's growth and infrastructure policy for schools, which governs how the county assesses whether school capacity is adequate for new development. The Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services administers the impact tax. The Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs administers the Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit program, which requires developments with 20 or more units to set aside 12.5% to 15% of units as moderately priced. Projects with at least 25% MPDUs or Workforce Housing Units receive an exemption from the development impact tax. No official source quantifies the net fiscal impact on MCPS of the MPDU mandate or the impact tax exemption.
These land-use and fiscal mechanisms operate within a budget structure governed by Maryland's Maintenance of Effort law. State law requires Montgomery County to appropriate at least the prior year's per-pupil amount for MCPS. Funding above that floor is discretionary. The Board of Education prepares the MCPS budget request. The County Executive recommends a funding level. The County Council appropriates the final amount. The Board then adopts the spending plan within available revenues. For FY2027, MCPS reported that the County Council's appropriation left approximately a $36 million gap relative to the Board of Education's original request. The Board then adopted reductions affecting 415 positions. The FY2027 MCPS budget was adopted at $3.72 billion. County fiscal materials report AAA general-obligation bond ratings and reserve levels near policy targets, while FY2027 recommendations note revenue enhancements and cost pressures. MCPS is a fiscally dependent local education agency. It experiences county fiscal conditions through the County Council's annual appropriations to its operating and capital budgets, which in turn affect the pace of school construction projects like the Crown Farm High School site.
Real estate and the price of admission
The Col. Zadok Magruder Cluster draws students from portions of unincorporated Montgomery County that carry Rockville postal addresses, including the Derwood Policy Area. ZIP code boundaries and Montgomery County Public Schools attendance boundaries do not follow the same lines. A Rockville mailing address does not determine cluster assignment. MCPS maintains a geographic information system that maps individual street addresses to specific cluster schools, and that address-level lookup, not the ZIP code, governs enrollment eligibility.
Two residential subdivisions approved by the Montgomery County Planning Board fall within the Magruder cluster attendance area. The Muncaster Mill Road Property, Preliminary Plan No. 120250130, was approved by the Planning Board on July 31, 2025, with the resolution mailed August 5, 2025. The Planning Board staff report describes a 43-unit townhouse subdivision, including moderately priced dwelling units, on Muncaster Mill Road in Derwood. The official FY2026 school test conducted at review assigned these units to Sequoyah Elementary, Redland Middle, and Col. Zadok Magruder High School. The Olney Acres preliminary plan amendment, MCPB No. 25-064, permits three new single-family detached dwellings, with a fourth lot retaining an existing residential-care facility. Staff materials assign this project to Cashell Elementary, Redland Middle, and Col. Zadok Magruder High School.
New residential construction in Montgomery County is subject to school impact taxes and, in certain attendance areas, Utilization Premium Payments. These are charges layered onto the cost of development, and they flow to MCPS capacity projects. The county's Annual School Test determines whether a given school's enrollment exceeds a utilization threshold and, if so, what tier of payment applies. For the Muncaster Mill Road Property, a Tier 1 elementary-school Utilization Premium Payment applies at Sequoyah Elementary, as documented in the Planning Board staff report. The exact dollar amount is set by county policy in effect at the time of permitting. For Olney Acres, a Tier 2 elementary UPP applies at Cashell Elementary. The adopted resolution for Olney Acres notes no Utilization Premium Payment at the high school level for Magruder High School.
The Montgomery County Council approved Zoning Text Amendment 25-02 on July 22, 2025. This countywide legislation enables additional housing types on parcels in the R-40, R-60, R-90, and R-200 zones that have front lot lines abutting designated roadway corridors. The Planning Board's Annual State Land Use Report for Calendar Year 2025 describes this as a system-wide change. The amendment does not map eligibility by MCPS cluster, and no Magruder-specific unit count or enrollment forecast accompanies it. Projects developed under the new standards remain subject to school impact taxes and the Annual School Test.
Col. Zadok Magruder High School itself is in the MCPS Major Capital Project program under project identifier P652116. MCPS describes the project as a renewal of the high school. A document published by MCPS in March 2026 addresses the estimated timeline and cost. The county's capital project record notes that the timeline depends on funding and that fiscal constraints apply. The reviewed records provide no published change to the school's capacity or enrollment as part of this renewal.
The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development released the 2025 State Housing Needs Assessment, a statewide compilation of housing supply and demand data. Montgomery County's Department of Housing and Community Affairs conducts an annual rental survey of multifamily and single-unit rental properties. These publications operate at the county or state level. The Montgomery County Planning Department publishes student generation rates that estimate how many students per dwelling unit different housing types produce, which informs the enrollment projections used in the school test.
Choice and alternatives to the assigned school
Families residing in the Col. Zadok Magruder attendance area are assigned to Col. Zadok Magruder High School by address. This cluster does not participate in either of MCPS's two high school consortia. The Downcounty Consortium and the Northeast Consortium, located elsewhere in Montgomery County, allow students to select among several high schools through a ranked Choice lottery. Students in the Magruder attendance area do not participate in that process and are assigned to Magruder based on their home address.
The Board of Education has adopted a regional programs model beginning in the 2027-28 school year. Under this model, MCPS will organize high schools into six regions, and the consortium lottery will end. This restructuring changes how choice programs operate across the district. Address-based assignment to Magruder is not a consortium mechanism, so the direct effect on Magruder families concerns the broader menu of application programs rather than the assignment pathway to the home high school.
Countywide application programs are available to students regardless of their home cluster, as MCPS describes on its special programs admissions page. The district's K-12 offerings span elementary immersion and enrichment centers, middle school magnets and consortia, and high school application and signature programs. At the high school level, these include International Baccalaureate programs, STEM programs, the Visual Art Center at Albert Einstein High School, P-TECH pathways, and career academies. At the middle school level, MCPS offers magnet options including the creative and performing arts magnet at A. Mario Loiederman Middle School. These programs are sited at specific host schools across the county, not necessarily within the Magruder cluster, and admission depends on the program type.
Families apply through the ParentVUE portal during posted application windows. The entry mechanics differ by program. Consortia use ranked Choice lotteries. Criteria-based programs use defined admissions criteria. Language immersion programs use a lottery for entry grades when demand exceeds capacity. Transportation for these programs follows program-specific rules. Local and consortium routes use neighborhood stops. Regional and countywide programs may use central stops rather than door-to-door service, which can affect commute logistics for families whose children travel to programs outside the home cluster.
MCPS tracks home instruction, also known as homeschooling, for families who choose to educate their children at home rather than enrolling them in an MCPS school. The district's homeschooling page describes the registration and review process for families who elect this option.
The state of Maryland operates the BOOST program, which provides funding for certain students attending nonpublic schools. BOOST operated in 2025-2026 with an application window from March 9 through May 8, 2026, and priority for current recipients and siblings. A 2026 fiscal note from the Maryland General Assembly described program priorities and prospective funding. No MCPS-specific recipient count or current local fiscal effect has been published.
Under Maryland law and MCPS Policy CFB, the Montgomery County Board of Education serves as the primary local charter school authorizer and oversees approved charter schools. The Board voted 6-2 on April 30, 2026 to revoke the charter of one MCPS charter school, effective June 30, 2026, according to Bethesda Magazine. The revocation involved concerns about special-education compliance, student privacy, staffing, and financial matters. No later stay or appeal disposition had been issued through July 26, 2026.
Several independent private schools operate in the broader Montgomery County area. For 2026-2027, published tuition includes $60,535 at Holton-Arms School for grades 3-12 (girls), $53,500 for grades 3-5 and $59,000 for grades 6-12 at Landon School (boys), $47,610 to $61,345 in total tuition and fees at Bullis School for kindergarten through grade 12, $38,050 to $51,700 at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart for Pre-K through grade 12, and $47,450 for day students or $78,015 for resident students at Georgetown Preparatory School for grades 9-12 (boys, day and boarding). These schools operate independently of MCPS and maintain their own admissions processes.
At the high school level, MCPS offers career and technical education pathways that students can access alongside their regular coursework. A cybersecurity regional program allows students to pursue industry credentials including CompTIA Network+ and CompTIA Security+. MCPS also operates a dual enrollment partnership with Montgomery College, through which high school students can earn college credit. These pathways are available to students across the district, including those assigned to Magruder, and may involve application or registration through MCPS.
Programs, logistics, and special populations
The Col. Zadok Magruder cluster comprises nine schools serving 5,380 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data. The cluster includes one high school, two middle schools, and six elementary schools, with no schools shared with other clusters. NCES reports that 46.7 percent of students in the cluster qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2023-24. The demographic composition reported by NCES for that year was 41.1 percent Hispanic, 21.4 percent white, 19.9 percent Black, 11.2 percent Asian, 6.0 percent two or more races, 0.1 percent American Indian, and 0.1 percent Pacific Islander.
Special education
MCPS provides special education services through several program models across the district. These include the Home School Model, in which students receive services at their assigned school; LAD/Resource Services; Learning for Independence; School Community-Based Services; Autism services; Deaf and Hard of Hearing services; vision services; and the Preschool Education Program. These models represent the district's framework for serving students with disabilities across different levels of need. The specific services available at a given school depend on the student population and the individualized education program developed for each student.
MSDE has required corrective actions from MCPS in two recent special education complaints. In Complaint 26-390, MSDE issued an amended finding on April 30, 2026 regarding the provision of speech-language services and required corrective actions with completion documentation deadlines. In Complaint 26-361, MSDE issued findings on service-plan goals, progress measurement, and annual review timeliness and required determinations and staff guidance by June 18, 2026. These complaints address district-level compliance matters rather than conditions specific to the Magruder cluster.
English learner services
MCPS provides English Language Development services for students identified as English learners. The district also operates Spanish-English Two-Way Immersion programs using a 50/50 model at six elementary schools: Brown Station, Kemp Mill, Gaithersburg, Oakland Terrace, Rolling Terrace, and Washington Grove. These schools are located outside the Magruder cluster. MCPS additionally offers one-way world-language immersion programs in Chinese, French, and Spanish. MCPS indicates that English-multilingual-learner enrollment data are presented to the Board of Education. MCPS does not publish a single current districtwide English learner count or percentage on its English learner program web pages.
Bell times and transportation
MCPS operates a tiered bell schedule across its schools, with start and end times varying by school and level. Examples published by MCPS include Rockville High School at 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Kingsview Middle School at 8:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and Beall Elementary School at 9:00 a.m. to 3:25 p.m. These are district examples rather than Magruder cluster-specific schedules. MCPS posts school-specific bell-time sheets that are subject to change near the start of the school year. Families should confirm their school's current schedule through the MCPS website.
The traditional 2026-2027 student year runs from August 25, 2026 through June 11, 2027, according to the MCPS calendar. Two MCPS schools, Arcola Elementary and Roscoe Nix Elementary, operate on an Innovative extended calendar in 2026-2027. Neither is in the Magruder cluster.
Transportation eligibility depends on distance from school, according to MCPS transportation rules. MCPS provides bus service for students living more than 1.0 mile from their elementary school, more than 1.5 miles from their middle school, and more than 2.0 miles from their high school. Hazardous conditions and IEP-required transportation may override these distance thresholds. MCPS indicates that regular education bus schedules are available but some routes may experience delays. The district uploads updated route sheets daily by school, and route and stop information is available through posted route sheets on the MCPS transportation website.
Class size
MCPS publishes staffing guidelines for class sizes that the district describes as guidelines rather than hard caps. For the 2024-2025 school year, the guidelines set elementary kindergarten at 25 students, grades 1-2 at 26, grade 3 at 27, and grades 4-5 at 29. For Focus and Title I schools, the guidelines are lower: kindergarten through grade 2 at 19, grade 3 at 25, and grades 4-5 at 27. At the middle and high school levels, the guideline is 30 students for English classes and 33 for other courses. These are system-wide guidelines and apply to schools in the Magruder cluster as they do across MCPS.
Before and after care
Before and after school care at MCPS buildings is operated by external providers rather than by the district itself. Two providers listed by MCPS are Bar-T Kids Club and the Montgomery Child Care Association. Bar-T reports serving 33 MCPS schools, and MCCA lists specific elementary sites. Availability is provider- and site-specific, meaning that not every school building has a program and that programs may have different schedules, pricing, and subsidy eligibility. No districtwide pricing is published. Costs vary by school, schedule, and subsidy eligibility. Montgomery County's Working Parents Assistance program may offset costs for eligible families. No districtwide waitlist is published. Families are advised to apply directly with providers and inquire about current waitlists well before the school year. The MCPS childcare page lists providers and directs families to check the provider directory or contact the school for openings.
Pre-Kindergarten
MCPS operates a mixed model for pre-kindergarten that includes school-based and partner-delivered Pre-K and Head Start. The program is not universal. Eligibility depends on age, residency, income, and space availability. After families register through ParentVUE, eligible children are assigned to a school location based on space and eligibility rather than every neighborhood school offering a seat. MCPS does not publish a districtwide seat total or waitlist total on its pre-kindergarten web pages.
Career and technical education
At the high school level, MCPS offers career and technical education pathways. A cybersecurity regional program allows students to pursue industry credentials including CompTIA Network+ and CompTIA Security+. MCPS also operates a dual enrollment partnership with Montgomery College, through which high school students can earn college credit while completing their high school requirements. These pathways are available to students across the district, including those in the Magruder cluster.
Athletics and arts
MCPS operates a systemwide high school swimming and diving program governed by an MCPS handbook. The district also maintains a countywide Visual Art Center, a portfolio-preparation program located at Albert Einstein High School, which is outside the Magruder cluster. At the middle school level, MCPS offers magnet options in creative and performing arts, including the program at A. Mario Loiederman Middle School. These are application-based programs available to students district-wide.
Safety, climate, and community
MCPS publishes a School Safety and Security at a Glance report for each school. The most recent report for Col. Zadok Magruder High School covers the 2021-2022 school year. The document lists reported serious incidents by category and counts safety drills conducted during the year, including fire, evacuation, shelter-in-place, and lockdown drills. MCPS states that the report compiles reported serious incidents and related safety activity rather than every occurrence, and that figures should be interpreted within MCPS reporting criteria. The report does not publish a narrative account of individual events, and it does not include incidents that were not reported through the district's designated channels.
Security staffing at MCPS schools operates under the Community Engagement Officer model. Montgomery County police assign officers to clusters rather than stationing them full-time inside individual school buildings. Under this program, which replaced the earlier School Resource Officer model, school administrators request police assistance through dispatch when needed. The Montgomery County Police Department describes this arrangement in its published FAQ on the CEO program. The shift from SROs to CEOs was a system-wide change affecting all MCPS clusters, including Magruder. The CEO model has been the subject of public debate. Montgomery Perspective reported in February 2026 on calls for the return of School Resource Officers. MyMCMedia reported that debate around school police officers reignited following a shooting at Wootton High School. These discussions concern system-wide policy and are not specific to Magruder.
System-wide MCPS discipline policy, codified in the 2025-26 Student Code of Conduct, emphasizes rehabilitative, restorative, and educational responses to student misconduct. Consequences are intended to be proportional and developmentally appropriate. Exclusion from school is designated as a last resort. This policy applies across all MCPS schools, including Magruder High School. MCPS also administers a system-wide climate survey, with results published on the district's accountability website.
MCPS Regulation COG-RA governs student use of personal mobile devices and applies at Magruder. Under the regulation, high school students may use personal devices before and after school, on buses, during lunch, and between classes. Use during instructional time is not permitted. Documented exceptions exist for students with IEP or 504 plans, and for principal-authorized instructional use. Violations are addressed through progressive responses. Maryland state law will further restrict this framework. HB 525, signed on May 26, 2026 and effective July 1, 2026, directs each local board of education to implement bell-to-bell restrictions on student personal devices by the 2027-2028 school year. The bill is recorded on the Maryland General Assembly's legislative website.
A renaming process for Col. Zadok Magruder High School has been underway. A petition submitted in February 2023 sought a new name, citing concerns about the school's namesake. Others raised cost and tradition considerations in response. The Board of Education received a formal community engagement report on January 4, 2024. On February 4, 2025, the Board received a renaming report. Bethesda Magazine reported that the Board tabled the item. The FY2026 budget process removed $150,000 that had been identified for renaming implementation. No final name change has been adopted.
MCPS announced in February 2026 a pilot of the Volt AI safety system at three MCPS high schools, according to a district news release. The Board of Education provided an update on school safety in MCPS in April 2026.
Leadership and community
The Col. Zadok Magruder Cluster operates under the governance of Montgomery County Public Schools, a county-wide system with a single Board of Education and one superintendent. No separate district governance exists for this cluster. Decisions about curriculum, staffing, budget, and facilities for Magruder's schools are made at the system level and applied across all clusters.
Superintendent Thomas W. Taylor began a four-year term on July 1, 2024. His contract runs through June 30, 2028, with a starting annual salary of $360,000, according to the employment contract published by MCPS. Before joining MCPS, Taylor served as superintendent in Stafford County and Middlesex County, Virginia, and had more than twenty-five years of experience as a teacher, coach, principal, and district leader, according to MCPS.
Taylor's appointment followed a period of leadership turnover. Jack R. Smith retired as superintendent on June 1, 2021, according to MCPS. Monifa B. McKnight served from June 1, 2021, until February 2, 2024, when she departed under a separation agreement that paid $1.3 million, according to WUSA9 and MyMCMedia. Monique Felder served as interim superintendent from February 6, 2024, until Taylor's start date, according to MCPS.
The Board of Education sets policy for all MCPS schools. Seven voting members sit on the Board: three at-large members and four district members, each elected county-wide. According to MCPS, Grace Rivera-Oven, first elected in 2022 to represent District 1, serves as President; her term expires in 2026. Brenda Wolff, first elected in 2018 to represent District 5, serves as Vice President; her term also expires in 2026. At-large members include Karla Silvestre (first elected 2018, term expires 2026) and Rita Montoya (first elected 2024, term expires 2028). District members include Julie Yang (District 3, elected 2022, term expires 2026), Laura Stewart (District 4, elected 2024, term expires 2028), and Natalie Zimmerman (District 2, elected 2024, term expires 2028). A student member elected in 2026 serves a one-year term expiring in 2027.
The 2026 primary on June 23, 2026, produced contested races for the At Large seat and the District 3 seat. Brenda M. Diaz and Omar Lazo advanced in the At Large race. Sally A. McCarthy and Cassandra Sung advanced in the District 3 race, according to the Maryland State Board of Elections. The general election remained pending as of July 26, 2026.
Taylor's cabinet includes eleven chief officers, each overseeing a functional area across all clusters. According to the MCPS organizational leadership directory, Essie McGuire serves as Chief of Staff. Marcus G. Jones serves as Chief Safety Officer. Kimberly Fields serves as Chief Technology Officer. Niki Porter serves as Chief Academic Officer. Nyah Hamlett serves as Chief Equity and Development Officer. Adnan Mamoon serves as Chief Operations Officer. Robyn Seabrook serves as Chief of Legal Services. Peter O. Moran serves as Chief School Leadership Officer. Ivon Alfonso-Windsor serves as Chief Financial Officer. Margaret Cage serves as Chief Student Support Officer. Renee McCall serves as Chief Talent Management Officer.
Three labor unions represent employees who staff Magruder's schools. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) represents approximately 14,000 members under a contract expiring June 30, 2027, according to MCEA. SEIU Local 500 represents support professionals; MCPS continues to post an agreement that ended June 30, 2026, and no successor agreement was located as of July 26, 2026, according to MCPS. The Montgomery County Association of Administrators and Principals / Montgomery County Business and Operations Administrators (MCAAP/MCBOA) operates under a 2025-2028 agreement. MCEA publicly describes 2026 as an active bargaining year, according to MCEA. The only recorded work stoppage in MCPS history occurred in 1968, when employees struck for ten days from February 2 through February 11, 1968, according to the Montgomery County Historical Society.
MCPS publishes class-size planning guidelines rather than statutory caps. For 2024-2025, according to MCPS, the guidelines set general elementary targets at 25 students for kindergarten, 26 for grades 1-2, 27 for grade 3, and 29 for grades 4-5. Focus and Title I schools carry lower targets: 19 for K-2, 25 for grade 3, and 27 for grades 4-5. Secondary guidelines set 30 for required English courses and 33 for other courses. Review is triggered when three or more classes in a grade exceed a guideline, but extra staffing is not guaranteed.
The Board of Education also operates under a consent judgment in the civil-rights case Mahmoud v. Taylor. The parties signed the settlement on February 19, 2026, following the U.S. Supreme Court's June 27, 2025 decision holding 6-3 that the parents were entitled to a preliminary injunction, according to the Supreme Court. The settlement requires MCPS to give advance notice when covered or similar storybooks will be used, permit affected families to opt out, and make a reported $1.5 million payment, according to Maryland Matters and K-12 Dive. The federal court retains compliance jurisdiction.
The cluster's name itself became a subject of community engagement. On February 4, 2025, the Board of Education received the superintendent's discussion report on a petition to rename Col. Zadok Magruder High School, according to Board records. The tentatively adopted FY2026 budget separately eliminated $150,000 that had been identified for the renaming, according to MCPS budget documents. No final name change is documented in the official records reviewed. Bethesda Magazine reported in February 2025 that the Board tabled the renaming.
Risks and watch items: the forward calendar
Capital project: Magruder rebuild
On October 21, 2025, Magruder announced a virtual community meeting to discuss a proposal to rebuild the high school and a related program analysis. The proposal included examining Crown High School as a holding location during construction. This was an engagement step, not an approved construction schedule.
On March 18, 2026, an official Board of Education follow-up document stated that Magruder is slated as the next high school major capital project after Damascus High School, according to MCPS. This status is contingent on funding, and the project scope is affected by holding-school availability. The Montgomery County capital project page confirms the Magruder entry in the county's capital improvements program. MCPS is fiscally dependent: the Board of Education adopts a requested capital budget, the County Executive recommends, and the County Council appropriates. Voters do not approve a school capital budget in Maryland. The Board and the Council jointly determine whether and when the Magruder project advances through the CIP process.
Cell phone policy: state mandate
Maryland enacted HB 525 on May 26, 2026, establishing statewide bell-to-bell student personal-device restrictions, according to the Maryland General Assembly. Local boards must implement compliant policies by the 2027-2028 school year. The law takes effect July 1, 2026, according to the Governor's office. Current MCPS high-school rules, revised in Regulation COG-RA for 2025-26, prohibit personal devices during instructional time but allow them at lunch and passing periods. A conforming update to bell-to-bell restrictions is therefore expected before the 2027-2028 school year. The MCPS Board of Education decides the local policy.
Regional model: 2027-28 transition
The Board of Education has adopted a regional programs model beginning in the 2027-28 school year. Under this model, high schools are organized into six regions, and the consortium lottery that currently governs the Downcounty Consortium and the Northeast Consortium ends. Magruder is not in either consortium. Students in this cluster are assigned to Col. Zadok Magruder High School by address. The regional model's specific effect on Magruder's programs and attendance boundaries has not been detailed in the documents reviewed. The Board of Education decides implementation.
Labor contracts
The MCEA contract expires June 30, 2027. MCEA publicly describes 2026 as an active bargaining year, according to MCEA. SEIU Local 500's agreement ended June 30, 2026, and no successor agreement was located as of July 26, 2026, according to MCPS. The MCAAP/MCBOA agreement runs through June 30, 2028. The Board of Education negotiates with each union. Labor agreements affect staffing levels and working conditions across all clusters, including Magruder.
State oversight
MSDE issued a final special-education complaint finding (#26-361) on April 17, 2026, and required corrective-action documentation by June 18, 2026, according to MSDE. The public record does not confirm that MSDE closed the corrective action. Separately, the Maryland Office of Legislative Audits issued a financial-management audit on September 29, 2022, with thirteen findings, according to the Department of Legislative Services. MCPS agreed with the recommendations and listed implementation dates through August 2024. MSDE and the Office of Legislative Audits are the deciding bodies for these oversight matters.
Board elections
The 2026 general election, pending as of July 26, 2026, will determine the At Large and District 3 seats. Brenda M. Diaz and Omar Lazo advanced in the At Large race. Sally A. McCarthy and Cassandra Sung advanced in the District 3 race, according to the Maryland State Board of Elections. Terms for the At Large seat held by Karla Silvestre, the District 1 seat held by Grace Rivera-Oven, the District 3 seat held by Julie Yang, and the District 5 seat held by Brenda Wolff all expire in 2026. Montgomery County voters decide these seats.
Renaming
The Board of Education received the superintendent's discussion report on the Magruder renaming petition on February 4, 2025, according to Board records. The tentatively adopted FY2026 budget eliminated $150,000 identified for the renaming, according to MCPS budget documents. No final name change is documented. The Board of Education decides whether to proceed.
Best fit: who this cluster serves well
The Col. Zadok Magruder cluster contains a full-time Aviation and Aerospace Program at the high school, according to MCPS. Students assigned to the cluster by address attend the school where the program operates. They do not apply to access it. This is a structural feature of address-based assignment in a cluster where a career pathway program is sited. Students living outside the cluster must apply through the MCPS process to participate. The program begins in Grade 9 and is described as designed for students interested in flight and aircraft systems.
The cluster provides access to Advanced Placement coursework at the high school level. The College Board recognized Col. Zadok Magruder High School with its AP School Honor Roll designation at the Silver level in 2023, according to MCPS. MCPS maintains a page specific to Advanced Placement at Magruder on its website. MCPS does not publish a complete course-count list on those pages. The system-wide AP course catalog, maintained through MCPS's Department of Online Learning, provides an additional pathway for courses not offered at the home school. Students seeking AP coursework can access it through on-site courses, online learning, or both.
Dual enrollment with Montgomery College is available system-wide, according to MCPS and Montgomery College materials. Tuition and textbooks are covered for dually enrolled MCPS students. This pathway allows Magruder students to accumulate college credit while in high school. The more structured Middle College Program at Northwest High School offers a pathway to both a high-school diploma and a Montgomery College associate degree. MCPS states that the program is open to current Grade 8 students in specified clusters including Magruder. Students who participate leave the cluster to attend Northwest full time.
At the elementary level, Mill Creek Towne Elementary School hosts a Center for Enriched Studies, according to MCPS. MCPS conducts universal review of all current Grade 3 students using multiple measures, with placement by lottery among reviewed candidates. This center is sited within the cluster, which means eligible students can access enriched instruction without leaving their attendance area. The identification mechanism begins system-wide in Grade 2 under MCPS policy IOA, with broad-based screening of all students. This screening applies to every student in the cluster, not only those whose parents request evaluation.
The cluster is not structurally positioned to absorb additional elementary enrollment without strain. Four of six elementary schools exceed their building capacity, according to MCPS FY 2027 facilities plan data for the 2025-2026 school year. Mill Creek Towne Elementary operates at 153.3 percent utilization. Cashell Elementary operates at 130.1 percent. Sequoyah Elementary operates at 115.5 percent. Flower Hill Elementary operates at 106.3 percent. The cluster uses relocatable classrooms at four elementary schools to manage this overflow. Available capacity exists at Candlewood Elementary, which operates at 67.6 percent utilization, and at Shady Grove Middle School, which operates at 68 percent. The high school operates at 85.7 percent utilization, below capacity.
The cluster does not provide in-cluster access to countywide criteria-based magnet programs. The Montgomery Blair High School Science, Mathematics and Computer Science Magnet and the Poolesville High School Global Ecology House are countywide programs that require students to leave the cluster, according to the MCPS 2025-2026 options booklet. Two middle school magnet programs, at Roberto W. Clemente Middle School and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, serve students in the Magruder feeder pattern through regional, criteria-based admission. These programs are housed at schools outside the cluster, and admission means attending a school outside the attendance area.
The major capital project planned for Col. Zadok Magruder High School addresses building condition rather than capacity, according to MCPS. The project does not add seats to the high school and does not address elementary overcrowding. Boundary relief through the countywide Elementary and Middle School Boundary Study is targeted for the 2029-2030 school year. The current capacity configuration at the elementary level is likely to persist for several more years.
Surprising insights
The capacity spread within this cluster is wider than many parents would expect between schools feeding into the same high school. Mill Creek Towne Elementary operates at 153.3 percent utilization against a program capacity of 336, while Candlewood Elementary, in the same cluster, operates at 67.6 percent utilization against a program capacity of 521, according to MCPS FY 2027 facilities plan data for the 2025-2026 school year. Both schools feed into Shady Grove Middle School and then Col. Zadok Magruder High School. The gap between these two schools, 85.7 percentage points, means that severe overcrowding and substantial underutilization coexist within the same feeder chain. MCPS has not published a plan to redistribute enrollment between these two schools before the countywide boundary study's 2029-2030 implementation window.
The largest capital project in the cluster does not address the cluster's most acute capacity problem. MCPS describes the Col. Zadok Magruder High School renewal as a building-condition and program renewal project, according to a Board follow-up document dated March 18, 2026. The high school operates at 85.7 percent utilization, below capacity. The four elementary schools operating above capacity are not part of this capital project. A parent seeing a major capital investment at the high school might assume it addresses enrollment pressure, but the investment targets the physical building, not seat count.
MCPS projects system-wide enrollment decline even as housing is added. The district states that added housing does not automatically increase enrollment, noting that recent years saw thousands of new housing units while systemwide enrollment declined, according to MCPS FY 2027 CIP planning documents. This runs counter to the common assumption that new residential construction fills schools. MCPS attributes the decline to fewer resident births and smaller entering cohorts, not to a lack of housing construction.
The Aviation and Aerospace Program at Magruder creates an access pattern that inverts the usual magnet model. Students assigned to the cluster by address attend the school where the program operates without applying, according to MCPS. Students from outside the cluster must apply through the MCPS process. In most specialized programs across MCPS, all participants apply regardless of residence. Here, address-based assignment gives cluster students automatic access to a program that out-of-cluster students must compete for. A family's housing location, rather than an application, determines whether their child can enroll in the Aviation and Aerospace pathway.
The countywide boundary study announced by MCPS in March 2026 encompasses all six Magruder-cluster elementary schools and both middle schools. The intended implementation window is the 2029-2030 school year. No Magruder-cluster-specific boundary proposal has been published. No Magruder-cluster school has been specifically identified for closure as of July 2026. This means that even as four elementary schools operate above capacity, any boundary change that could redistribute enrollment is at least three years away.
Questions parents should ask
Questions for the school administration at Col. Zadok Magruder High School:
- How many Advanced Placement courses are offered on-site at Magruder during the current school year, and what were the participation and pass rates for the most recent testing cycle? The school's AP information page does not publish a complete course count.
- What is the selection process for the Aviation and Aerospace Program, and how many students from outside the cluster are currently enrolled?
- What is the current bell schedule, and how does it affect instructional time for core subjects?
- What supports are available for students who are not participating in the Aviation program or AP coursework?
Questions for the MCPS Department of Facilities Management and Planning:
- How many relocatable classrooms are currently in use at each elementary school in the Magruder cluster, and what is the projected count for the 2026-2027 school year? The FY 2027 cluster facilities document reports current counts.
- When will the countywide Elementary and Middle School Boundary Study produce specific attendance-boundary proposals for Magruder-cluster schools?
- What is the current estimated timeline and cost for the Col. Zadok Magruder High School capital renewal project, and has the timeline changed since the March 2026 Board follow-up document?
- Does the capital renewal project at Magruder include any change to the school's program capacity?
Questions for the MCPS Office of Curriculum and Instructional Programs:
- When will the math compression model reach my child's grade level, and how will it affect their pathway to advanced mathematics in middle and high school?
- What enriched studies options are available at the elementary level beyond the Center for Enriched Studies at Mill Creek Towne?
- How does the universal screening process in Grade 2 work under MCPS policy IOA, and what measures are used in the review?
Questions for the MCPS Division of Student and Family Services:
- What is the current Change of School Assignment policy, and what criteria are used to approve or deny transfer requests within the cluster?
- What transportation is provided for students who receive an approved transfer to a school outside their assigned attendance area?
- What is the residency verification process, and what documentation is required for families in shared-housing arrangements?
Questions for the Montgomery County Planning Board:
- What school impact taxes and Utilization Premium Payments apply to new residential development in the Magruder cluster attendance area?
- What is the status of the Shady Grove Metro Station annexation by the City of Rockville, and how would annexation affect school assignment for affected properties? MCPS maintains a Shady Grove planning page with related information.
- How many new residential units are currently in the development pipeline within the Magruder cluster boundaries?
Questions for the MCPS Board of Education:
- What criteria will the Board use to evaluate consolidation and closure recommendations from the countywide study when they are presented?
- What grandfathering provisions will apply to students currently enrolled in Magruder-cluster schools if boundary changes are adopted for the 2029-2030 school year?
- How will the regional programs model adopted for the 2027-2028 school year affect application program access for students assigned to the Magruder cluster by address?
Scope, method, and sourcing notes
This report covers the Col. Zadok Magruder Cluster of Montgomery County Public Schools for the 2023-24 school year, with fiscal and planning information extending through FY2027. It describes enrollment, capacity, academic programs, boundary processes, fiscal conditions, and land-use context for the nine schools in this attendance area. It does not cover individual teacher quality, classroom-level instruction, extracurricular activities, athletic programs, or transportation routing. It does not rate, rank, or compare schools or clusters.
Enrollment and demographic figures come from the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data for the 2023-24 school year. NCES is a federal statistical agency within the U.S. Department of Education. These figures represent a point-in-time federal collection. Capacity and utilization figures come from MCPS FY 2027 facilities planning documents, which report utilization for the 2025-2026 school year. Where NCES enrollment figures and MCPS facilities-plan enrollment figures differ, the difference reflects different collection years and counting methodologies. MCPS facilities-plan figures are more recent and supersede the NCES collection for the same measure where both address enrollment at a specific school.
Academic accountability data comes from the Maryland State Department of Education, which publishes the Maryland School Report Card annually. MSDE published the 2025 Maryland School Report Card, following the 2024 Maryland Report Card. Star ratings, percentile ranks, and support designations are products of MSDE's accountability framework. MCPS supplements state reporting with its own performance data published through the district's Department of Shared Accountability, including Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, SAT, and ACT reports released in 2025.
Fiscal figures come from MCPS budget documents for FY2027 and MCPS Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for FY2025. The MCPS operating budget is adopted through a process in which the Board of Education requests, the County Executive recommends, and the County Council appropriates, constrained by Maryland's Maintenance of Effort law. Capital project information comes from MCPS FY 2027 Capital Improvements Program documents and Montgomery County capital project records. Credit rating information comes from Moody's, S&P Global Ratings, and Fitch Ratings, each of which published separate affirmations of Montgomery County's general obligation bond rating in late 2025 and early 2026.
Land-use and development information comes from the Montgomery County Planning Board, which approves preliminary plans and conducts the Annual School Test. Housing and enrollment projection methodology comes from MCPS planning documents and the Montgomery County Planning Department. The Montgomery County Council approved zoning legislation and appropriates the county budget that funds MCPS.
Every figure in this report carries the year of its publication. More recent official revisions by MSDE, MCPS, the Montgomery County Council, or the County Executive supersede older federal collections of the same measure where both exist. This report does not predict future enrollment, future budget outcomes, future boundary decisions, or future capital project timelines beyond what the publishing bodies have themselves stated. Program availability, attendance boundaries, and fiscal figures are subject to change by the bodies that govern them.
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