Rosa Parks Middle School

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Rosa Parks Middle School
Established	1992
Type	Public Middle School
Principal	Sarah Pinkney-Murkey
Students	928
Grades	6-8
Location	Olney, Maryland, USA
District	Montgomery County Public Schools
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Teal and Gray
Mascot	Dolphin
Newspaper	The Wave
Website	Rosa Parks Home Page

Rosa Parks Middle School is a middle school (grades 6-8) located in Olney, an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Rosa Park is a part of the Montgomery County Public Schools district. The school's namesake is civil rights activist Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks 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.

[edit] 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/ethnical composition is 71.7% Caucasian, 11.2% African American, 9.2% Asian, 7.8% Hispanic, and 0.2% American Indian. ^[1]