Catoctin High School
Thurmont, MD 21788
Phone: (227) 203-3150
District: Frederick County Public Schools
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades 9,10,11,12 • 810 students
Catoctin High School, a public school located in Thurmont, MD, serves grades 9-12 in the Frederick County Public Schools.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 6 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
Catoctin High School is a public school located in Thurmont, MD. 810 students attend Catoctin High School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 6/10 | The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program data from Maryland State Department of Education, and using 2025 Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program End-Of-Course data from Maryland State Department of Education. |
| College Readiness | 6/10 | The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2025 4-year high school graduation rate data from Maryland State Department of Education, using 2025 Average SAT score data from Maryland State Department of Education, and using 2026 demographic data from Maryland State Department of Education. |
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Catoctin High School has many problems with violence and the principals have failed to step in to do anything against the issue. The school also has students and other outside individuals in the area involved in MS-13. Stay away from this school.
Posted: July 9, 2018
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Posted: July 9, 2018
Catoctin has been incredibly...average. Some teachers are really wonderful (the best teachers usually end up leaving) and some are really awful. If you have the means to send your children somewhere else, do it. The arts are extremely underfunded, the athletic director favors male sports, and the administrators are not as effective as they should be.
Posted: July 9, 2018
Posted: February 13, 2018
This school has no money and hires terrible teachers.....!????!!!!!!!
Posted: February 13, 2018
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Posted: January 25, 2014
Its ok, but the teachers pick favorites all the time, there's not a whole lot of diversity, and the staff members dont know how to stay out of peoples business. Catoctin needs several changes to their school system.
Posted: June 7, 2010
Catoctin high shcool is the absolute best school there is!!!!! i have so many friends there and everyday is a party . i dont understand why anyone wouldn't like catoctin high school but its a loss of them.
Posted: May 2, 2010
I had two children graduate from Catoctin with Honors. We chose this area specifically because of the school when we moved with the Air Force. My kids excelled in their classes and had many great caring teachers, with an exception here and there... They have an excellent sports program as well.
Posted: March 13, 2010
Catoctin is not that good of a school, teachers just let everybody slide. Although the sports the okay doesn't mean that the teaching is okay or any good!
Posted: September 10, 2009
Reviews provided by GreatSchools™
| # | Name | Type | City | State | Overall Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterside | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Frederick | MD | 12.8 mi | |
| 2 | Galyn Manor | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Brunswick | MD | 24.2 mi | |
| 3 | Water's Landing | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Germantown | MD | 31.6 mi | |
| 4 | Lakelands | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Gaithersburg | MD | 37.2 mi | |
| 5 | Norwood | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Olney | MD | 40.9 mi | |
| 6 | Fox Farm | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Great Falls | VA | 42.8 mi | |
| 7 | Old Farm | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Rockville | MD | 42.9 mi | |
| 8 | Maple Lawn | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Fulton | MD | 43.1 mi | |
| 9 | North Ridge II | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Carlisle | PA | 43.5 mi | |
| 10 | The Greens at Locust Chapel | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Ellicott City | MD | 43.7 mi | |
| 11 | White Flint | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Rockville | MD | 44.2 mi | |
| 12 | Landing | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Elkridge | MD | 45.9 mi | |
| 13 | Iverly | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Silver Spring | MD | 46.1 mi | |
| 14 | DuMont Oaks | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Silver Spring | MD | 46.7 mi | |
| 15 | Forest Knolls | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Silver Spring | MD | 47 mi | |
| 16 | Good Hope Farms South | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Mechanicsburg | PA | 47.8 mi | |
| 17 | Hillandale | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Silver Spring | MD | 47.9 mi | |
| 18 | Fox Mill Estates | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Herndon | VA | 49.1 mi |
| # | Name | City | State | Overall Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentlands | Gaithersburg | MD | 36.9 mi | |
| 2 | Ashburn | Ashburn | VA | 41.3 mi | |
| 3 | Hammond Hills | Laurel | MD | 44 mi | |
| 4 | Laurel | Laurel | MD | 47.7 mi | |
| 5 | White Oak | Silver Spring | MD | 47.9 mi | |
| 6 | Baltimore | Baltimore | MD | 48.2 mi | |
| 7 | Silver Spring | Silver Spring | MD | 49.2 mi |
| Base | Distance |
|---|---|
| Fort Detrick | 13.9 mi. |
| Letterkenny Army Depot | 31 mi. |
| Shepherd Field | 34.5 mi. |
| Carlisle Barracks | 41.2 mi. |
| NSA Mechanicsburg | 47 mi. |
| Walter Reed Medical Center | 47.1 mi. |
| New Cumberland Army Depot | 49.4 mi. |
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