Rosa M. Parks Middle School is a public school for students in grades 6, 7 and 8 located in Olney

Olney, Maryland

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, an unincorporated area in Montgomery County

Montgomery County, Maryland

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, Maryland

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Rosa Parks Middle School is a part of the Montgomery County Public Schools

Montgomery County Public Schools

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 district. The school's namesake

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 Rosa Parks

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. RPMS is one of the two middle schools in the Sherwood Cluster where students, after graduating, attend Sherwood High School. Rosa Parks draws students from Belmont, Greenwood and Olney Elementary Schools.

Rosa Parks has been voted Best Middle School by Montgomery County for 14 consecutive years. Rosa Parks also has a award-winning softball team, basketball team, soccer team & poms squad.

Student body

The student body of Rosa Parks Middle School, as of 2005–2006, consists of 49.6% female and 50.4% male. The racial and ethnic composition is 71.7% white, 11.2% African American, 9.2% Asian, 7.8% Hispanic, and 0.2% American Indian.

External links

• Rosa Parks Middle School
• Rosa Marks statistics from MCPS