School Clusters

Cluster Articulation for 2026–2027 School Year

School clusters are groups of geographically defined attendance areas.  They include elementary and middle schools that feed into particular high schools and consortium schools.

See the list below to find schools by cluster, or download the .pdf version.

• Bethesda Chevy-Chase
• Winston Churchill
• Clarksburg
• Damascus
• Downcounty Consortium (includes: Montgomery Blair HS, Albert Einstein HS, John F. Kennedy HS, Northwood HS, and Wheaton HS)
• Gaithersburg
• Walter Johnson
• Col. Zadok Magruder
• Richard Montgomery
• Northeast Consortium (includes: James H. Blake HS, Paint Branch HS, and Springbrook HS)
• Northwest
• Poolesville
• Quince Orchard
• Rockville
• Seneca Valley
• Sherwood
• Walt Whitman
• Watkins Mill
• Thomas S. Wootton
• Other Educational Facilities