Prince George's County Public Schools
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The Prince George's County Public Schools system (PGCPS) is a large school district
administered by the government of Prince George's County
, Maryland
, United States
and is overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education
. The school system is headquartered in Upper Marlboro
and the district serves Prince George's County.
With approximately 127,039 students enrolled for the 2011-2012 school year, the Prince George's County Public Schools system is the second largest school district in the state of Maryland; the third largest school district in both the Washington Metropolitan Area
and Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
, after Fairfax County Public Schools
in Virginia
and Montgomery County Public Schools
in Maryland
; and it's the 18th largest school district in the nation. PGCPS operates at total of 198 schools which includes: 128 elementary schools, 36 middle schools, and 24 high schools with 8 special centers, 2 vocational centers, and the Howard B. Owens Science Center, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten
through Grade 12. This total of 198 schools does not include public charter schools
within the county
. PGCPS is also home to the largest and second largest high schools (Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
and Northwestern High School
), in the state. The school system currently transports over 90,536 students, daily, by its fleet of 1,335 GPS-equipped school bus
es, on 5,616 bus routes. PGCPS employs approximately 18,000 staff members which includes approximately 9,000 teacher
s. The approved operating budget for FY2011–12 is approximately US$
1.6 billion with a per pupil expenditure of US$
12,267. Average teacher salary ranges from US$
55,689 for teachers with a Bachelor's Degree
to US$
80,009 for teachers with a Doctorate's Degree.
The district is headed by Superintendent
William R. Hite, Jr., Ed. D. Howard A. Burnett, the former chief human resources
officer of the school district, was interim replacement Superintendent through April, 2006. Dr. John E. Deasy (the previous Superintendent) took office on May 1, 2006, and was the former superintendent of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
. Dr. Deasy accepted a position with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and started full-time work at the foundation, in February 2009.
In terms of racial demographics
, African-Americans make up the majority of the systems students at 74.16%, followed by 17.38% Hispanic
, 5.10% Caucasian
, 2.93% Asian
, and 0.42% Native American
.
In June 2009, the PGCPS became one of the first school systems in America, to name one of their schools after current President
Barack Obama
. The new 792-student, Barack Obama Elementary School, in Upper Marlboro, opened in August 2010.
, and was named, Laurel High School.
This process of expanding opportunities for students began in June 2008. The Board of Education directed the school district to conduct a comprehensive review of school enrollments
in September 2008. Recognizing that some schools were significantly under-enrolled, the Board of Education sought to offer more educational opportunities in historically under-served areas of the county, relieve overcrowding where possible, and improve operating efficiencies. The Board of Education used constituent feedback to refine the proposal made by Interim Superintendent Dr. William R. Hite, Jr. earlier this year, and reduced the number of schools to be consolidated to eight (8) instead of 12. The plan still relieves overcrowded schools, identifies space for new academic choices, and expands successful programs. The school district’s next step will be to solicit public input on what new or expanded programs communities would like to see in their schools.
In January 2009, the Superintendent presented the Board with the first of four phases in a proposal. Phase I was approved with the following components for the 2009–2010
school year:
models by Blue Bird Corporation, IC Bus, and Thomas Built Buses
. Models include rear-engined and front-engined types, which all operate under diesel fuel. Special needs children are also provided with a bus that is accessible to them. All buses visibly display "Prince George's County Public Schools" on both sides of the bus. The transportation department operates from 13 bus lots, which in total operate over 1200 buses on over 5000 routes. The ridership varies annually, although at least 93,000 students ride buses provided by the department. All routes consist of three digit numbers, such as 001, and a letter-digit route, such as B12. In addition to transportation to and from schools, the school district runs buses for school field trips, athletic events, and other approved necessities for a bus in Maryland. Ridership of each bus is determined by the distance in which the student lives from their school, which includes but not limited to two miles for intermediate and secondary schools and one and half mile for primary schools. Each route is determined through a trapeze system, in which information regarding students is entered into a computer system and the outcome being their route number.
All high schools in Prince George's County operate with a "comprehensive"
model as their base. All students are assigned to a high school based on an "attendance area". Magnet Programs
operate as a "School-Within-A-School" model, where the magnet serves as an alternative program---in addition to the main comprehensive program---and students from outside the regular attendance area of the high school are enrolled and accepted into the magnet, either through continuity (automatic continuation from a middle school magnet program to the high school level equivalent) or more commonly, through a "Magnet Lottery", where students apply for a magnet program and are granted acceptance through a random drawing. Enrollment into the Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is through audition
only. Some high schools have also implemented a "Smaller Learning Community
" model, where they offer anywhere from two or more Academy Programs, which effectively breaks a school down into several smaller schools within the school, by allowing students to essentially declare a major
(such as a student attending a college
or university
) through career academies such as "Arts, Media, and Communication" or the "National Academy of Finance", for example. Larger high schools have more academy program offerings. All high schools in the PGCPS operate on a staggered school day schedule, where some high schools start as early as 7:45am and end as early as 2:25pm, and other high schools start as late as 9:30am and end as late as 4:10pm. All high schools operate on an alternating A/B-day block scheduling
system, where one group of classes are taken on "A-Days" and a different group of classes are taken on "B-Days", and the cycle repeats. Most high schools have between three and four lunch shifts, depending on enrollment and eating accommodations. The only exception is Eleanor Roosevelt High School, which has adopted a modified hybrid block schedule in which both traditional single period courses and double period (block schedule) courses, are integrated.
, and the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), some M-NCPPC community centers are physically connected to middle schools, throughout the district. The unique community park/school centers currently features shared use areas which include: a gymnasium; multi-purpose room; exercise/fitness room; dance room; arts and crafts room; computer lab; offices; storage areas; patio area; and restrooms. There are tennis courts and unlighted fields located, on-site, at select centers.
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!ATTENDANCE HOURS
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!NOTES & COMMENTS
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| 1.
| Buck Lodge Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Adelphi
| align="center"|7–8
| 775
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
|
|
|-
| 2.
| Charles Carroll Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|New Carrollton
| align="center"|6–8
| 821
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
|
|
|-
| 3.
| Stephen Decatur Middle School
and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Clinton
| align="center"|6–8
| 627
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
|
The Prince George's County Public Schools system (PGCPS) is a large school district
administered by the government of Prince George's County
, Maryland
, United States
and is overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education
. The school system is headquartered in Upper Marlboro
and the district serves Prince George's County.
With approximately 127,039 students enrolled for the 2011-2012 school year, the Prince George's County Public Schools system is the second largest school district in the state of Maryland; the third largest school district in both the Washington Metropolitan Area
and Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
, after Fairfax County Public Schools
in Virginia
and Montgomery County Public Schools
in Maryland
; and it's the 18th largest school district in the nation. PGCPS operates at total of 198 schools which includes: 128 elementary schools, 36 middle schools, and 24 high schools with 8 special centers, 2 vocational centers, and the Howard B. Owens Science Center, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten
through Grade 12. This total of 198 schools does not include public charter schools
within the county
. PGCPS is also home to the largest and second largest high schools (Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
and Northwestern High School
), in the state. The school system currently transports over 90,536 students, daily, by its fleet of 1,335 GPS-equipped school bus
es, on 5,616 bus routes. PGCPS employs approximately 18,000 staff members which includes approximately 9,000 teacher
s. The approved operating budget for FY2011–12 is approximately US$
1.6 billion with a per pupil expenditure of US$
12,267. Average teacher salary ranges from US$
55,689 for teachers with a Bachelor's Degree
to US$
80,009 for teachers with a Doctorate's Degree.
The district is headed by Superintendent
William R. Hite, Jr., Ed. D. Howard A. Burnett, the former chief human resources
officer of the school district, was interim replacement Superintendent through April, 2006. Dr. John E. Deasy (the previous Superintendent) took office on May 1, 2006, and was the former superintendent of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
. Dr. Deasy accepted a position with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and started full-time work at the foundation, in February 2009.
In terms of racial demographics
, African-Americans make up the majority of the systems students at 74.16%, followed by 17.38% Hispanic
, 5.10% Caucasian
, 2.93% Asian
, and 0.42% Native American
.
In June 2009, the PGCPS became one of the first school systems in America, to name one of their schools after current President
Barack Obama
. The new 792-student, Barack Obama Elementary School, in Upper Marlboro, opened in August 2010.
, and was named, Laurel High School.
This process of expanding opportunities for students began in June 2008. The Board of Education directed the school district to conduct a comprehensive review of school enrollments
in September 2008. Recognizing that some schools were significantly under-enrolled, the Board of Education sought to offer more educational opportunities in historically under-served areas of the county, relieve overcrowding where possible, and improve operating efficiencies. The Board of Education used constituent feedback to refine the proposal made by Interim Superintendent Dr. William R. Hite, Jr. earlier this year, and reduced the number of schools to be consolidated to eight (8) instead of 12. The plan still relieves overcrowded schools, identifies space for new academic choices, and expands successful programs. The school district’s next step will be to solicit public input on what new or expanded programs communities would like to see in their schools.
In January 2009, the Superintendent presented the Board with the first of four phases in a proposal. Phase I was approved with the following components for the 2009–2010
school year:
models by Blue Bird Corporation, IC Bus, and Thomas Built Buses
. Models include rear-engined and front-engined types, which all operate under diesel fuel. Special needs children are also provided with a bus that is accessible to them. All buses visibly display "Prince George's County Public Schools" on both sides of the bus. The transportation department operates from 13 bus lots, which in total operate over 1200 buses on over 5000 routes. The ridership varies annually, although at least 93,000 students ride buses provided by the department. All routes consist of three digit numbers, such as 001, and a letter-digit route, such as B12. In addition to transportation to and from schools, the school district runs buses for school field trips, athletic events, and other approved necessities for a bus in Maryland. Ridership of each bus is determined by the distance in which the student lives from their school, which includes but not limited to two miles for intermediate and secondary schools and one and half mile for primary schools. Each route is determined through a trapeze system, in which information regarding students is entered into a computer system and the outcome being their route number.
All high schools in Prince George's County operate with a "comprehensive"
model as their base. All students are assigned to a high school based on an "attendance area". Magnet Programs
operate as a "School-Within-A-School" model, where the magnet serves as an alternative program---in addition to the main comprehensive program---and students from outside the regular attendance area of the high school are enrolled and accepted into the magnet, either through continuity (automatic continuation from a middle school magnet program to the high school level equivalent) or more commonly, through a "Magnet Lottery", where students apply for a magnet program and are granted acceptance through a random drawing. Enrollment into the Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is through audition
only. Some high schools have also implemented a "Smaller Learning Community
" model, where they offer anywhere from two or more Academy Programs, which effectively breaks a school down into several smaller schools within the school, by allowing students to essentially declare a major
(such as a student attending a college
or university
) through career academies such as "Arts, Media, and Communication" or the "National Academy of Finance", for example. Larger high schools have more academy program offerings. All high schools in the PGCPS operate on a staggered school day schedule, where some high schools start as early as 7:45am and end as early as 2:25pm, and other high schools start as late as 9:30am and end as late as 4:10pm. All high schools operate on an alternating A/B-day block scheduling
system, where one group of classes are taken on "A-Days" and a different group of classes are taken on "B-Days", and the cycle repeats. Most high schools have between three and four lunch shifts, depending on enrollment and eating accommodations. The only exception is Eleanor Roosevelt High School, which has adopted a modified hybrid block schedule in which both traditional single period courses and double period (block schedule) courses, are integrated.
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| 1.
| Academy of Health Sciences at Prince George's Community College
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Largo
| align="center"|9
| 100
| align="center"|Varies
| Academy of Health Sciences
| This is a brand new school in PGCPS ran in conjunction with the Prince George's Community College
with classes being held on the PGCC campus and is the State of Maryland's
first middle college. The school will be admitting the first class of 100 Freshman in Fall 2011. A new grade level will be added each year until a full, four year, grades 9-12 high school is operational. There will be a total of 400 students.
|-
| 2.
| Bladensburg High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bladensburg
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,926
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| Biomedical Magnet Program; Career and Technical Education Magnet Program; Academy of Hospitality and Tourism; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|Bladensburg received a state-of-the-art, replacement facility, in August 2004.
|-
| 3.
| Bowie High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,912
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| SUMMIT Scholar Signature Program
| Bowie High School has two physical campuses. 10th-12th grade attend classes at the main campus and 9th graders attend classes at the "Belair Annex" (a former middle school) a half mile away. Bowie was ranked #1,173 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 4.
| Central High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,057
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| French Immersion Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; Law, Education, and Public Service Academy; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| Central was ranked #1,429 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 5.
| Crossland High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,412
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Program (Non-Magnet); America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Global Studies; Crossland Evening High School
| Crossland was named an IB World School, in 2009.
|-
| 6.
| Frederick Douglass High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,133
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 7.
| DuVal High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Lanham
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,644
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Hospitality and Tourism; Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy; Foundations to Technology Academy
| DuVal received a state-of-the-art, $13.4 million USD, 65,995 sq. ft., 600-student classroom addition, in 2007. The addition added a music wing and two-story academic wing.
|-
| 8.
| Fairmont Heights High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
| align="center"|9–12
| 776
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Biotechnology Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 9.
| Charles Herbert Flowers High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Springdale
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,431
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; National Academy of Finance; Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy
| Flowers was ranked #1,445 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2009.
|-
| 10.
| Forestville Military Academy
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
| align="center"|9–12
| 797
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Military Academy; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 11.
| Friendly High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,457
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 12.
| Gwynn Park High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Brandywine
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,173
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 13.
| High Point High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Beltsville
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,218
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| High Point received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement, in 2004. High Point was ranked #1,361 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America, for 2010. U.S. News & World Report
named High Point a Silver Medal School, in 2010.
|-
| 14.
| Largo High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Largo
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,266
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Biotechnology Magnet Program; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Largo Evening High School
|
|-
| 15.
| Laurel High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,877
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Program (Non-Magnet); America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| Laurel completed a 600-student classroom addition, as well as a brand new auditorium, in the Spring of 2010. Laurel was also ranked #1,343 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 16.
| Northwestern High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,543
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program; School of Business Management and Finance (National Academy of Finance • Academy of Business Management); The Jim Henson School of Arts, Media, & Communications (Academy of Arts and Humanities • Academy of Instrumental Music • Academy of Visual Arts • Academy of Vocal Music); School of Human Resource Services (The International Studies Academy • NJROTC
Academy of Military Science); School of Manufacturing, Engineering, and Technology (Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy); Colours Performing Arts Program; Northwestern Evening High School; Northwestern Adult Evening High School; Northwestern Saturday Academy
| Northwestern received a state-of-the-art, $45 million replacement facility, which opened in August 2000. At 386,000sq. ft., it was (at the time) the largest high school in the state of Maryland in terms of total square footage. It was surpass in physical size by the new Dr. Henry Wise, Jr. HS (also in Prince George's County), in 2006. Northwestern is currently the second largest high school in Maryland. U.S. News & World Report
named Northwestern a Silver Medal School, in 2010.
|-
| 17.
| Oxon Hill High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,699
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; School of Arts, Media, and Communications (Academy of Dance • Academy of Music • Academy of Visual Arts); School of Business Management and Finance (Academy of Accounting and Finance • Academy of Business Administrative Services • Academy of Business Management); School of Consumer Services, Hospitality, and Tourism (Academy of Hospitality and Restaurant Management); School of Human Resources (Academy of Early Childhood • Academy of Military Sciences • Teacher Academy of Maryland)
| Oxon Hill was ranked #957 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 18.
| Parkdale High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Riverdale
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,205
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Global Studies; Capital One
Student Banking Program
| Parkdale received a state-of-the-art, 400-seat classroom addition, in November 2007. Parkdale was ranked #1,481 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 19.
| Potomac High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,216
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program; National Academy of Finance; School of Arts, Media, and Communications (Academy of the Arts-Dance • Academy of the Arts-Music • Academy of the Arts-Visual); School of Business Management and Finance (Academy of Finance • Academy of Business Management); School of Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism (Academy of Hospitality and Restaurant Management); School of Human Resource Services (Academy of Military Sciences • Law, Education, and Public Service Academy • Teacher Academy of Maryland); School of Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology (Project Lead the Way Pre-Engineering Academy)
| Potomac received a state-of-the-art, 600-seat classroom addition, in January 2008.
|-
| 20.
| Eleanor Roosevelt High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Greenbelt
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,669
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; Quality Education in Science and Technology (QUEST) Program/Academy of Information Technology (AOIT); Arts, Media, and Communications Academy; Academy of Business and Finance; Academy of Public Service; Technology Systems Academy; Academy of Health and Bio-Sciences; Gilder-Lehrman American History Program
| Eleanor Roosevelt has been twice recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence both in 1991 and 1998, as well as a Maryland Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1991 and 1998. It was also named a New American High School in 1999, and it received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in 2002. Roosevelt was also named a National School of Character in 2002. Roosevelt was ranked #409 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010. U.S. News & World Report
named Roosevelt a Silver Medal School, in 2008.
|-
| 21.
| Suitland High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,359
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Center for the Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; Technical Academy Magnet Program (The Jesse J. Warr Vocational Center); America's Choice School Design Signature Program;Navy Junior ROTC (NJROTC); School of Business and Finance (National Academy of Finance)
|Suitland High School has TWO physical campuses: the main campus and the "annex" (a former elementary school) located directly behind the main campus, which houses the majority of the schools "Center for the Visual and Performing Arts" magnet program. Suitland was named a 1989 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
|-
| 22.
| Surrattsville High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Clinton
| align="center"|9–12
| 857
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Law, Education, and Public Service Academy
|
|-
| 23.
| Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,651
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program
| At 434,600 sq. ft. and with a capacity of 2,600 students, Wise is currently the largest high school in the state of Maryland when measured by total square footage. It was completed in August 2006 and features a 5,000-seat professional gymnasium---the largest of any school in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
|}
, and the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), some M-NCPPC community centers are physically connected to middle schools, throughout the district. The unique community park/school centers currently features shared use areas which include: a gymnasium; multi-purpose room; exercise/fitness room; dance room; arts and crafts room; computer lab; offices; storage areas; patio area; and restrooms. There are tennis courts and unlighted fields located, on-site, at select centers.
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!ENROLLMENT
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!ATTENDANCE HOURS
(Start/End)
!width="350"|SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS
!NOTES & COMMENTS
|-
| 1.
| Buck Lodge Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Adelphi
| align="center"|7–8
| 775
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
|
|
|-
| 2.
| Charles Carroll Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|New Carrollton
| align="center"|6–8
| 821
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
|
|
|-
| 3.
| Stephen Decatur Middle School
and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Clinton
| align="center"|6–8
| 627
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
|
The Prince George's County Public Schools system (PGCPS) is a large school district
administered by the government of Prince George's County
, Maryland
, United States
and is overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education
. The school system is headquartered in Upper Marlboro
and the district serves Prince George's County.
With approximately 127,039 students enrolled for the 2011-2012 school year, the Prince George's County Public Schools system is the second largest school district in the state of Maryland; the third largest school district in both the Washington Metropolitan Area
and Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
, after Fairfax County Public Schools
in Virginia
and Montgomery County Public Schools
in Maryland
; and it's the 18th largest school district in the nation. PGCPS operates at total of 198 schools which includes: 128 elementary schools, 36 middle schools, and 24 high schools with 8 special centers, 2 vocational centers, and the Howard B. Owens Science Center, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten
through Grade 12. This total of 198 schools does not include public charter schools
within the county
. PGCPS is also home to the largest and second largest high schools (Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
and Northwestern High School
), in the state. The school system currently transports over 90,536 students, daily, by its fleet of 1,335 GPS-equipped school bus
es, on 5,616 bus routes. PGCPS employs approximately 18,000 staff members which includes approximately 9,000 teacher
s. The approved operating budget for FY2011–12 is approximately US$
1.6 billion with a per pupil expenditure of US$
12,267. Average teacher salary ranges from US$
55,689 for teachers with a Bachelor's Degree
to US$
80,009 for teachers with a Doctorate's Degree.
The district is headed by Superintendent
William R. Hite, Jr., Ed. D. Howard A. Burnett, the former chief human resources
officer of the school district, was interim replacement Superintendent through April, 2006. Dr. John E. Deasy (the previous Superintendent) took office on May 1, 2006, and was the former superintendent of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
. Dr. Deasy accepted a position with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and started full-time work at the foundation, in February 2009.
In terms of racial demographics
, African-Americans make up the majority of the systems students at 74.16%, followed by 17.38% Hispanic
, 5.10% Caucasian
, 2.93% Asian
, and 0.42% Native American
.
In June 2009, the PGCPS became one of the first school systems in America, to name one of their schools after current President
Barack Obama
. The new 792-student, Barack Obama Elementary School, in Upper Marlboro, opened in August 2010.
, and was named, Laurel High School.
This process of expanding opportunities for students began in June 2008. The Board of Education directed the school district to conduct a comprehensive review of school enrollments
in September 2008. Recognizing that some schools were significantly under-enrolled, the Board of Education sought to offer more educational opportunities in historically under-served areas of the county, relieve overcrowding where possible, and improve operating efficiencies. The Board of Education used constituent feedback to refine the proposal made by Interim Superintendent Dr. William R. Hite, Jr. earlier this year, and reduced the number of schools to be consolidated to eight (8) instead of 12. The plan still relieves overcrowded schools, identifies space for new academic choices, and expands successful programs. The school district’s next step will be to solicit public input on what new or expanded programs communities would like to see in their schools.
In January 2009, the Superintendent presented the Board with the first of four phases in a proposal. Phase I was approved with the following components for the 2009–2010
school year:
models by Blue Bird Corporation, IC Bus, and Thomas Built Buses
. Models include rear-engined and front-engined types, which all operate under diesel fuel. Special needs children are also provided with a bus that is accessible to them. All buses visibly display "Prince George's County Public Schools" on both sides of the bus. The transportation department operates from 13 bus lots, which in total operate over 1200 buses on over 5000 routes. The ridership varies annually, although at least 93,000 students ride buses provided by the department. All routes consist of three digit numbers, such as 001, and a letter-digit route, such as B12. In addition to transportation to and from schools, the school district runs buses for school field trips, athletic events, and other approved necessities for a bus in Maryland. Ridership of each bus is determined by the distance in which the student lives from their school, which includes but not limited to two miles for intermediate and secondary schools and one and half mile for primary schools. Each route is determined through a trapeze system, in which information regarding students is entered into a computer system and the outcome being their route number.
All high schools in Prince George's County operate with a "comprehensive"
model as their base. All students are assigned to a high school based on an "attendance area". Magnet Programs
operate as a "School-Within-A-School" model, where the magnet serves as an alternative program---in addition to the main comprehensive program---and students from outside the regular attendance area of the high school are enrolled and accepted into the magnet, either through continuity (automatic continuation from a middle school magnet program to the high school level equivalent) or more commonly, through a "Magnet Lottery", where students apply for a magnet program and are granted acceptance through a random drawing. Enrollment into the Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is through audition
only. Some high schools have also implemented a "Smaller Learning Community
" model, where they offer anywhere from two or more Academy Programs, which effectively breaks a school down into several smaller schools within the school, by allowing students to essentially declare a major
(such as a student attending a college
or university
) through career academies such as "Arts, Media, and Communication" or the "National Academy of Finance", for example. Larger high schools have more academy program offerings. All high schools in the PGCPS operate on a staggered school day schedule, where some high schools start as early as 7:45am and end as early as 2:25pm, and other high schools start as late as 9:30am and end as late as 4:10pm. All high schools operate on an alternating A/B-day block scheduling
system, where one group of classes are taken on "A-Days" and a different group of classes are taken on "B-Days", and the cycle repeats. Most high schools have between three and four lunch shifts, depending on enrollment and eating accommodations. The only exception is Eleanor Roosevelt High School, which has adopted a modified hybrid block schedule in which both traditional single period courses and double period (block schedule) courses, are integrated.
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|+ High Schools
|- style="background:darkblue;"
!
!width="225"|SCHOOL
!WEBSITE
!LOCATION
!GRADES
!ENROLLMENT
(2009–10)
!width="80"|ATTENDANCE HOURS
(Start/End)
!SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS
!NOTES & COMMENTS
|-
| 1.
| Academy of Health Sciences at Prince George's Community College
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Largo
| align="center"|9
| 100
| align="center"|Varies
| Academy of Health Sciences
| This is a brand new school in PGCPS ran in conjunction with the Prince George's Community College
with classes being held on the PGCC campus and is the State of Maryland's
first middle college. The school will be admitting the first class of 100 Freshman in Fall 2011. A new grade level will be added each year until a full, four year, grades 9-12 high school is operational. There will be a total of 400 students.
|-
| 2.
| Bladensburg High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bladensburg
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,926
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| Biomedical Magnet Program; Career and Technical Education Magnet Program; Academy of Hospitality and Tourism; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|Bladensburg received a state-of-the-art, replacement facility, in August 2004.
|-
| 3.
| Bowie High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,912
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| SUMMIT Scholar Signature Program
| Bowie High School has two physical campuses. 10th-12th grade attend classes at the main campus and 9th graders attend classes at the "Belair Annex" (a former middle school) a half mile away. Bowie was ranked #1,173 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 4.
| Central High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,057
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| French Immersion Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; Law, Education, and Public Service Academy; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| Central was ranked #1,429 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 5.
| Crossland High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,412
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Program (Non-Magnet); America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Global Studies; Crossland Evening High School
| Crossland was named an IB World School, in 2009.
|-
| 6.
| Frederick Douglass High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,133
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 7.
| DuVal High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Lanham
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,644
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Hospitality and Tourism; Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy; Foundations to Technology Academy
| DuVal received a state-of-the-art, $13.4 million USD, 65,995 sq. ft., 600-student classroom addition, in 2007. The addition added a music wing and two-story academic wing.
|-
| 8.
| Fairmont Heights High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
| align="center"|9–12
| 776
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Biotechnology Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 9.
| Charles Herbert Flowers High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Springdale
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,431
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; National Academy of Finance; Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy
| Flowers was ranked #1,445 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2009.
|-
| 10.
| Forestville Military Academy
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
| align="center"|9–12
| 797
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Military Academy; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 11.
| Friendly High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,457
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 12.
| Gwynn Park High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Brandywine
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,173
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 13.
| High Point High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Beltsville
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,218
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| High Point received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement, in 2004. High Point was ranked #1,361 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America, for 2010. U.S. News & World Report
named High Point a Silver Medal School, in 2010.
|-
| 14.
| Largo High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Largo
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,266
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Biotechnology Magnet Program; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Largo Evening High School
|
|-
| 15.
| Laurel High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,877
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Program (Non-Magnet); America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| Laurel completed a 600-student classroom addition, as well as a brand new auditorium, in the Spring of 2010. Laurel was also ranked #1,343 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 16.
| Northwestern High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,543
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program; School of Business Management and Finance (National Academy of Finance • Academy of Business Management); The Jim Henson School of Arts, Media, & Communications (Academy of Arts and Humanities • Academy of Instrumental Music • Academy of Visual Arts • Academy of Vocal Music); School of Human Resource Services (The International Studies Academy • NJROTC
Academy of Military Science); School of Manufacturing, Engineering, and Technology (Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy); Colours Performing Arts Program; Northwestern Evening High School; Northwestern Adult Evening High School; Northwestern Saturday Academy
| Northwestern received a state-of-the-art, $45 million replacement facility, which opened in August 2000. At 386,000sq. ft., it was (at the time) the largest high school in the state of Maryland in terms of total square footage. It was surpass in physical size by the new Dr. Henry Wise, Jr. HS (also in Prince George's County), in 2006. Northwestern is currently the second largest high school in Maryland. U.S. News & World Report
named Northwestern a Silver Medal School, in 2010.
|-
| 17.
| Oxon Hill High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,699
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; School of Arts, Media, and Communications (Academy of Dance • Academy of Music • Academy of Visual Arts); School of Business Management and Finance (Academy of Accounting and Finance • Academy of Business Administrative Services • Academy of Business Management); School of Consumer Services, Hospitality, and Tourism (Academy of Hospitality and Restaurant Management); School of Human Resources (Academy of Early Childhood • Academy of Military Sciences • Teacher Academy of Maryland)
| Oxon Hill was ranked #957 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 18.
| Parkdale High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Riverdale
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,205
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Global Studies; Capital One
Student Banking Program
| Parkdale received a state-of-the-art, 400-seat classroom addition, in November 2007. Parkdale was ranked #1,481 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 19.
| Potomac High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,216
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program; National Academy of Finance; School of Arts, Media, and Communications (Academy of the Arts-Dance • Academy of the Arts-Music • Academy of the Arts-Visual); School of Business Management and Finance (Academy of Finance • Academy of Business Management); School of Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism (Academy of Hospitality and Restaurant Management); School of Human Resource Services (Academy of Military Sciences • Law, Education, and Public Service Academy • Teacher Academy of Maryland); School of Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology (Project Lead the Way Pre-Engineering Academy)
| Potomac received a state-of-the-art, 600-seat classroom addition, in January 2008.
|-
| 20.
| Eleanor Roosevelt High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Greenbelt
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,669
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; Quality Education in Science and Technology (QUEST) Program/Academy of Information Technology (AOIT); Arts, Media, and Communications Academy; Academy of Business and Finance; Academy of Public Service; Technology Systems Academy; Academy of Health and Bio-Sciences; Gilder-Lehrman American History Program
| Eleanor Roosevelt has been twice recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence both in 1991 and 1998, as well as a Maryland Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1991 and 1998. It was also named a New American High School in 1999, and it received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in 2002. Roosevelt was also named a National School of Character in 2002. Roosevelt was ranked #409 on Newsweek's
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010. U.S. News & World Report
named Roosevelt a Silver Medal School, in 2008.
|-
| 21.
| Suitland High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,359
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Center for the Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; Technical Academy Magnet Program (The Jesse J. Warr Vocational Center); America's Choice School Design Signature Program;Navy Junior ROTC (NJROTC); School of Business and Finance (National Academy of Finance)
|Suitland High School has TWO physical campuses: the main campus and the "annex" (a former elementary school) located directly behind the main campus, which houses the majority of the schools "Center for the Visual and Performing Arts" magnet program. Suitland was named a 1989 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
|-
| 22.
| Surrattsville High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Clinton
| align="center"|9–12
| 857
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Law, Education, and Public Service Academy
|
|-
| 23.
| Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,651
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program
| At 434,600 sq. ft. and with a capacity of 2,600 students, Wise is currently the largest high school in the state of Maryland when measured by total square footage. It was completed in August 2006 and features a 5,000-seat professional gymnasium---the largest of any school in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
|}
, and the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), some M-NCPPC community centers are physically connected to middle schools, throughout the district. The unique community park/school centers currently features shared use areas which include: a gymnasium; multi-purpose room; exercise/fitness room; dance room; arts and crafts room; computer lab; offices; storage areas; patio area; and restrooms. There are tennis courts and unlighted fields located, on-site, at select centers.
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|+ Middle Schools
|- bgcolor=#FDD017
!
!SCHOOL
!WEBSITE
!width="100"|LOCATION
!GRADES
!ENROLLMENT
(SY2009-10)
!ATTENDANCE HOURS
(Start/End)
!width="350"|SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS
!NOTES & COMMENTS
|-
| 1.
| Buck Lodge Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Adelphi
| align="center"|7–8
| 775
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
|
|
|-
| 2.
| Charles Carroll Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|New Carrollton
| align="center"|6–8
| 821
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
|
|
|-
| 3.
| Stephen Decatur Middle School
and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Clinton
| align="center"|6–8
| 627
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
|
|This school has a full Community/Recreation Center directly connected to the facility.
|-
| 4.
| Drew-Freeman Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Suitland
| align="center"|7–8
| 781
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
|
|
|-
| 5.
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
| align="center"|7–8
| 779
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
|
|
|-
| 6.
| Isaac J. Gourdine Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
| align="center"|6–8
| 619
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
|
|
|-
| 7.
| Greenbelt Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Greenbelt
| align="center"|6–8
| 732
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
|
| PGCPS is currently constructing a brand new 990-student, LEED certified Greenbelt Middle School, which is slated to open in August 2012.
|-
| 8.
| Gwynn Park Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Brandywine
| align="center"|6–8
| 616
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
|
|
|-
| 9.
| Hyattsville Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
| align="center"|7–8
| 663
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
|
| The magnet program at Hyattsville has a limited attendance-area, and is available to students in Regions 2 ann 5, only
|-
| 10.
| Thomas Johnson Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Lanham
| align="center"|6–8
| 932
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
|
|
|-
| 11.
| Dr. Ernest Everett Just Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Mitchellville
| align="center"|7–8
| 757
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
|
| This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
|-
| 12.
| Kenmoor Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
| align="center"|7–8
| 705
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
|
| 1989 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 1989 Maryland Blue Ribbon School
|-
| 13.
| Kettering Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|6–8
| 602
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
|
| 1993 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 1993 Maryland Blue Ribbon School
|-
| 14.
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Beltsville
| align="center"|6–8
| 687
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
|
| 1993 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 1993 Maryland Blue Ribbon School
|-
| 15.
| James Madison Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|7–8
| 927
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
|
|
|-
| 16.
| Thurgood G. Marshall Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
| align="center"|6–8
| 781
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
|
|
|-
| 17.
| Samuel Ogle Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
| align="center"|6–8
| 920
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
|
|
|-
| 18.
| Nicholas Orem Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
| align="center"|6–8
| 659
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
|
|
|-
| 19.
| Oxon Hill Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
| align="center"|7–8
| 608
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
|
|
|-
| 20.
| Benjamin Stoddert Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
| align="center"|6–8
| 655
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
|
|
|-
| 21.
| Benjamin Tasker Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
| align="center"|6–8
| 1,006
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
|
|
|-
| 22.
| Walker Mill Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
| align="center"|7–8
| 759
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
|
|
|-
| 23.
| William Wirt Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Riverdale
| align="center"|6–8
| 755
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
|
|
|}
) and South county (areas South of Central Avenue
). Currently, whole school, dedicated magnet programs are offered through the Creative and Performing Arts, French Immersion, and Montessori magnet programs. Students receive specialized instruction that varies from the typical comprehensive program, offered at most other schools. Students are selected for the magnet programs through Magnet Lottery for the French Immersion and Montessori programs and also for the Creative and Performing Arts program at the elementary school level, and acceptance into the Creative and Performing Arts program is through audition only at the middle school level.
{| class="toccolours sortable" border="1" cellpadding="6" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+ Dedicated Magnet Centers
|- bgcolor=#F62217
!
!width="200"|SCHOOL
!WEBSITE
!LOCATION
!width="75"|GRADES
!width="105"|ENROLLMENT
(SY2009-10)
!ATTENDANCE HOURS
(Start/End)
!width="355"|SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS
!NOTES & COMMENTS
|-
| 1.
| Benjamin D. Foulois Creative and Performing Arts Academy
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Suitland
| align="center"|ES K-5
MS 6–8
| 542
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| Creative and Performing Arts Magnet Program
| This magnet school serves all PGCPS students who live SOUTH of Central Avenue
. Benjamin Foulois is based on the Creative and Performing Arts magnet program found at Thomas G. Pullen.
|-
| 2.
| Robert Goddard French Immersion School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Seabrook
| align="center"|ES K-5
MS 6–8
| 585 of 1,136
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| French Immersion Magnet Program
| This magnet school serves all PGCPS students who live NORTH of Central Avenue
. Robert Goddard French Immersion occupies the same facility as Robert Goodard Montessori, however, each school operates as two separate schools, and each school has its own principal and staff.
|-
| 3.
| Robert Goddard Montessori School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Seabrook
| align="center"|ES PreK-5
MS 6–8
| 551 of 1,107
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| Montessori Magnet Program
| This magnet school serves all PGCPS students who live NORTH of Central Avenue
. Robert Goddard Montessori occupies the same facility as Robert Goodard French Immersion, however, each school operates as two separate schools, and each school has its own principal and staff.
|-
| 4.
| John Hanson French Immersion School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
| align="center"|ES K-5
MS 6–8
| 389 of 855
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| French Immersion Magnet Program
| This magnet school serves all PGCPS students who live SOUTH of Central Avenue
. John Hanson French Immersion occupies the same facility as John Hanson Montessori, however, each school operates as two separate schools, and each school has its own principal and staff.
|-
| 5.
| John Hanson Montessori School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
| align="center"|ES PreK-5
MS 6–8
| 466 of 855
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| Montessori Magnet Program
| This magnet school serves all PGCPS students who live SOUTH of Central Avenue
. John Hanson Montessori occupies the same facility as John Hanson French Immersion, however, each school operates as two separate schools, and each school has its own principal and staff.
|-
| 6.
| Thomas G. Pullen Creative and Performing Arts Magnet School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
| align="center"|ES K-5
MS 6–8
| 738
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| Creative & Performing Arts Magnet Program
| This magnet school serves all PGCPS students who live NORTH of Central Avenue
.
|}
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|+ PreK-8 Primary-Intermediate Schools
|- bgcolor=#FDD017
!
!width="250"|SCHOOL
!WEBSITE
!width="100"|LOCATION
!width="75"|GRADES
!ENROLLMENT
(SY2009-10)
!ATTENDANCE HOURS
(Start/End)
!width="330"|SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS
!NOTES & COMMENTS
|-
| 1.
|
The Accokeek Academy
| align="center"|Link
Link
| align="center"|Accokeek
| align="center"|ES K-5
MS 6–8
| 1,238
| align="center"|9:30a - 4:10p
|
|
|-
| 2.
| Beltsville Academy
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Beltsville
| align="center"|ES PreK-5
MS 6–8
| 1,028
| align="center"|8:30a - 3:10p
|
| Beltsville Academy operated as "Beltsville Elementary School" and prior to that, as "Beltsville Academic Center" (when Beltsville housed the now eliminated "Academic Center Magnet Program"), until the 2008-2009 school year, when it was converted to a kindergarten through 8th grade school.
|-
| 3.
| William W. Hall Academy
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
| align="center"|ES PreK-5
MS 6–8
| 530
| align="center"|7:45a - 2:25p
|
| This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility. William Hall was converted from a PreK-6 Elementary School to a PreK-8 Academy, for school year 2009-2010.
|-
| 4.
| Andrew Jackson Academy
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
| align="center"|ES K-5
MS 6–8
| 667
| align="center"|8:30a - 3:10p
|
| Andrew Jackson was converted from a 6-8 middle school to a PreK-8 Academy for the 2009-2010 school year.
|-
| 5.
| Samuel P. Massie Academy
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
| align="center"|ES PreK-5
MS 6–8
| 660
| align="center"|7:45a - 2:25p
|
| This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility. Samuel Massie was converted from a PreK-5 Elementary School to a PreK-8 Academy, for school year 2009-2010.
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| 6.
|
Cora L. Rice Elementary School
G. James Gholson Middle School
| align="center"|Link
Link
| align="center"|Landover
| align="center"|ES PreK-6
MS 7–8
| ES 623
MS 735
Total: 1,358
| align="center"|7:45a – 1:55p
9:30a – 4:10p
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| Both schools are housed in ONE state-of-the-art educational complex.
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!width="330"|SCHOOL
!WEBSITE
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!LOWEST GRADE
!HIGHEST GRADE
!ENROLLMENT
!width="330"|SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS
!NOTES & COMMENTS
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| Adelphi Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Adelphi
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 391
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Allenwood Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 444
|
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| Apple Grove Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 504
|
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| Ardmore Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Springdale
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 543
|
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| Arrowhead Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 520
|
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| Avalon Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 346
|
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| Baden Elementary School and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Brandywine
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 258
|
|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
|-
| Barnaby Manor Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 543
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| John H. Bayne Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 485
|
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| Beacon Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Riverdale
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 482
| 2004 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 2004 Maryland Blue Ribbon School
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| William Beanes Elementary School and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Suitland
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 480
|
|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
|-
| Berwyn Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Berwyn Heights
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 473
| Music and Technology Magnet Program
|
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| Bladensburg Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bladensburg
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 665
|
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| Bond Mill Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 451
|
| Maryland Blue Ribbon School
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| Bradbury Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 560
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Brandywine Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Brandywine
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 522
|
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| Doswell E. Brooks Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Suitland
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 308
|
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| Calverton Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Beltsville
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 777
|
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| Capitol Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 221
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
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| Carmody Hills Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 382
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Carole Highlands Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Takoma Park
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 674
|
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| Carrollton Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|New Carrollton
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 766
|
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| Samuel Chase
Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 330
|
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| César Chávez
Spanish Immersion Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 234
| Spanish Immersion Signature Program
|
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| Cherokee Lane Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Adelphi
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 434
|
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| Chillum Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Chillum
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 313
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Thomas Claggett Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|District Heights
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 260
|
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| Clinton Grove Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Clinton
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 388
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Columbia Park Elementary School and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 454
|
|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility. Columbia Park was named a 1988 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
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| Concord Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|District Heights
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 372
|
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| Cool Spring Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Adelphi
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 503
|
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| Cooper Lane Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover Hills
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 490
|
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| Deerfield Run Elementary School and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 549
|
|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
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| J. Frank Dent Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 226
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| District Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|District Heights
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 469
|
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| Dodge Park Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 495
|
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| Francis T. Evans Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Clinton
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 540
|
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| Flintstone Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 380
|
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| Forest Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forest Heights
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 226
|
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| Fort Foote Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 386
|
| 2001 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
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| Fort Washington Forest Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 350
|
|
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| Robert Frost Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|New Carrollton
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 285
|
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| Gaywood Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Seabrook
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 491
|
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| Glassmanor Elementary School and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Glassmanor
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 326
|
|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
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| Glenarden Woods Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Glenarden
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 460
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
| 2005-06 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 2005-06 Maryland Blue Ribbon School
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| Glenn Dale Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Glenn Dale
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 567
|
|
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| Glenridge Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover Hills
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 685
|
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| Robert R. Gray Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 387
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Greenbelt Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Greenbelt
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 600
|
| 1991-92 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence; 1991-92 Maryland Blue Ribbon School; Greenbelt Elementary School is sometimes credited as "Greenbelt Center Elementary School". The latter name was used as the official school name from the year the school first opened until the early part of the 21st century, until "Center" was dropped.
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| James H. Harrison Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 292
|
|
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| Heather Hills Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 336
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
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| High Bridge Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 427
|
|
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| Highland Park Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Seat Pleasant
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 189
|
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| Hillcrest Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 504
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Hollywood Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|College Park
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 444
|
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| Hyattsville Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 508
|
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| Indian Queen Elementary School and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 359
|
|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
|-
| Mary Harris "Mother" Jones Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Adelphi
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 736
|
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| Kenilworth Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 395
|
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| Kenmoor Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 369
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
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| Kettering Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Kettering
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 412
|
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| Francis Scott Key
Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|District Heights
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 626
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Kingsford Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Mitchellville
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 776
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
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| Lake Arbor Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Mitchellville
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 874
|
|
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| Lamont Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|New Carrollton
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 655
|
|
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| Langley Park-McCormick Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 461
|
|
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| Laurel Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 551
|
|
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| Lewisdale Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 565
|
|
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| Longfields Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 387
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
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| Magnolia Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Lanham
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 451
|
|
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| Marlton Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 550
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
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| Mattaponi Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 465
|
|
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| James McHenry
Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Lanham
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 683
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Melwood Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 775
|
|
|-
| Montpelier Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 611
|
|
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| Mount Rainier Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Mount Rainier
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 337
|
|
|-
| North Forestville Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 355
|
|
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| Northview Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 870
|
|
|-
| Oakcrest Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 351
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
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| Oaklands Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 401
|
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| Barack Obama
Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 725
|
| Facility opens in August 2010; 2nd LEED
certified facility built in the county.
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| Overlook Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 326
|
|
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| Oxon Hill Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 321
|
|
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| William Paca
Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 462
|
|
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| Paint Branch Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|College Park
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 341
|
|
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| Panorama Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 428
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Rosa L. Parks Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 784
|
|
|-
| Patuxent Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 575
|
|
|-
| Perrywood Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Largo
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 706
|
|
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| Pointer Ridge Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 453
|
|
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| Port Towns Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bladensburg
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 790
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Potomac Landing Elementary School
and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 471
|
|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
|-
| Princeton Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Suitland
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 356
|
|
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| James Ryder Randall
Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Clinton
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 452
|
|
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| Catherine T. Reed Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Lanham
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 426
|
|
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| Ridgecrest Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 578
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| Riverdale Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Riverdale
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 660
|
|
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| Rockledge Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 527
|
| Maryland Blue Ribbon School
|-
| Rogers Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bladensburg
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 649
|
|
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| Rosaryville Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 596
|
|
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| Rose Valley Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 392
|
|
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| Scotchtown Hills Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 680
|
|
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| Seabrook Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Seabrook
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 380
|
|
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| Seat Pleasant Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Seat Pleasant
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 303
|
|-
| Skyline Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Suitland
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 221
| Autism Program
|
|-
| Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Cheverly
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 410
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Springhill Lake Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Greenbelt
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 471
|
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| Thomas S. Stone
Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Mount Rainier
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 614
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Suitland Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Suitland
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 538
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Tayac Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 422
|
|
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| Templeton Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Riverdale
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 546
|
| 1999 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 1999 Maryland Blue Ribbon School
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| Tulip Grove Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 292
|
|
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| University Park Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 558
|
|
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| Valley View Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 493
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
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| Vansville Elementary School and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Beltsville
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 862
|
| This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
|-
| Waldon Woods Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Clinton
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 642
|
|
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| Whitehall Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 431
|
|
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| Phyllis E. Williams Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 416
|
|
|-
| Woodmore Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Mitchellville
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 482
|
|
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| Woodridge Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 422
|
|
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| Judge Sylvania W. Woods, Sr. Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Glenarden
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 353
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Yorktown Elementary School
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annual list of the top 1600 high schools in the nation. This is up from five county high schools which made the list from the previous year. The schools that made the 2010 list include: Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt (#409), Oxon Hill High School
in Oxon Hill (#957), Bowie High School
in Bowie (#1,173), Laurel High School
in Laurel (#1,343), High Point High School
in Beltsville (#1,361), Central High School
in Capitol Heights (#1,429), and Parkdale High School
in Riverdale (#1,481). The schools are ranked on the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students in a school in 2009, divided by the number of graduating seniors, called the "Challenge Index". The schools represent the top six percent of all public high schools in America. In June 2009, five PGCPS high schools were named in the best high schools list. It included Bowie High School
in Bowie, Charles Herbert Flowers High School
in Springdale, High Point High School
in Beltsville, Oxon Hill High School
in Oxon Hill, and Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt. Eleanor Roosevelt ranked the highest out of county schools at 372nd on the nationwide list, Oxon Hill ranked 918th, High Point ranked 961st, Bowie ranked 1,370th, and Charles Herbert Flowers ranked 1,445th.
has ranked high schools in PGCPS amongst the Best High Schools in America. High Point High School
, Northwestern High School
, and Eleanor Roosevelt High School
, have all been recognized as Silver Medal Schools.
.
School district
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administered by the government of Prince George's County
Prince George's County, Maryland
Prince George's County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, immediately north, east, and south of Washington, DC. As of 2010, it has a population of 863,420 and is the wealthiest African-American majority county in the nation....
, Maryland
Maryland
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, United States
United States
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and is overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education
Maryland State Department of Education
Maryland State Department of Education is a division of the state government of Maryland in the United States. The agency oversees public school districts. The agency is headquartered at 200 West Baltimore Street in Baltimore...
. The school system is headquartered in Upper Marlboro
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Upper Marlboro is a town in and the county seat of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The live-in population of the town core proper was only 648 at the 2000 census, although Greater Upper Marlboro is many times larger....
and the district serves Prince George's County.
With approximately 127,039 students enrolled for the 2011-2012 school year, the Prince George's County Public Schools system is the second largest school district in the state of Maryland; the third largest school district in both the Washington Metropolitan Area
Washington Metropolitan Area
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and Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
The Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area is a combined statistical area consisting of the overlapping labor market region of the cities of Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C.. The region includes Central Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Jefferson County in the Eastern Panhandle of West...
, after Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax County Public Schools
The Fairfax County Public Schools system is a branch of the Fairfax County government which administers public schools in Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax...
in Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
and Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools ' is a school district that serves Montgomery County, Maryland, USA. It is the largest school district in Maryland. As of the 2009–2010 school year, the district had 11,500 FTE teachers serving 141,777 students at 200 schools.Students in the district score among the...
in Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
; and it's the 18th largest school district in the nation. PGCPS operates at total of 198 schools which includes: 128 elementary schools, 36 middle schools, and 24 high schools with 8 special centers, 2 vocational centers, and the Howard B. Owens Science Center, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-kindergarten refers to the first formal academic classroom-based learning environment that a child customarily attends in the United States. It begins between the ages of 3-5 depending on the length of the program...
through Grade 12. This total of 198 schools does not include public charter schools
Charter school
Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...
within the county
County (United States)
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. PGCPS is also home to the largest and second largest high schools (Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School is a public high school which opened its doors to students for the very first time in the Fall of 2006. Wise was constructed to relieve overcrowding in several Southern-area high schools, mainly Frederick Douglass High School...
and Northwestern High School
Northwestern High School (Hyattsville, Maryland)
Northwestern High School , established in 1951, is a public comprehensive secondary school located in Hyattsville, Maryland in Prince George's County, less than a mile from the internationally known University of Maryland, College Park. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system...
), in the state. The school system currently transports over 90,536 students, daily, by its fleet of 1,335 GPS-equipped school bus
School bus
A school bus is a type of bus designed and manufactured for student transport: carrying children and teenagers to and from school and school events...
es, on 5,616 bus routes. PGCPS employs approximately 18,000 staff members which includes approximately 9,000 teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
s. The approved operating budget for FY2011–12 is approximately US$
United States dollar
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1.6 billion with a per pupil expenditure of US$
United States dollar
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12,267. Average teacher salary ranges from US$
United States dollar
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55,689 for teachers with a Bachelor's Degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
to US$
United States dollar
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80,009 for teachers with a Doctorate's Degree.
The district is headed by Superintendent
Superintendent (education)
In education in the United States, a superintendent is an individual who has executive oversight and administration rights, usually within an educational entity or organization....
William R. Hite, Jr., Ed. D. Howard A. Burnett, the former chief human resources
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...
officer of the school district, was interim replacement Superintendent through April, 2006. Dr. John E. Deasy (the previous Superintendent) took office on May 1, 2006, and was the former superintendent of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States. The district serves the cities of Santa Monica and Malibu...
. Dr. Deasy accepted a position with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and started full-time work at the foundation, in February 2009.
In terms of racial demographics
Demographics
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, African-Americans make up the majority of the systems students at 74.16%, followed by 17.38% Hispanic
Hispanic
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, 5.10% Caucasian
Caucasian race
The term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia , Central Asia and South Asia...
, 2.93% Asian
Asian people
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, and 0.42% Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
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.
In June 2009, the PGCPS became one of the first school systems in America, to name one of their schools after current President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
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. The new 792-student, Barack Obama Elementary School, in Upper Marlboro, opened in August 2010.
Early schools in Prince George's County
In 1899, the first High School was built in Prince George's County, at the northeast corner of Montgomery and Eighth Streets in Laurel, MarylandLaurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
, and was named, Laurel High School.
Desegregation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desegregation_busing_in_the_United_States#Prince_George.27s_County.2C_MarylandSchool consolidation (SY2009–2010)
On March 26, 2009, the Prince George's County Public Schools Board of Education voted to consolidate eight under-enrolled schools in the county and expand magnet program offerings within the school system. This decision was made after a series of community briefings, public hearings, more than 2,500 survey responses, and additional public input.This process of expanding opportunities for students began in June 2008. The Board of Education directed the school district to conduct a comprehensive review of school enrollments
in September 2008. Recognizing that some schools were significantly under-enrolled, the Board of Education sought to offer more educational opportunities in historically under-served areas of the county, relieve overcrowding where possible, and improve operating efficiencies. The Board of Education used constituent feedback to refine the proposal made by Interim Superintendent Dr. William R. Hite, Jr. earlier this year, and reduced the number of schools to be consolidated to eight (8) instead of 12. The plan still relieves overcrowded schools, identifies space for new academic choices, and expands successful programs. The school district’s next step will be to solicit public input on what new or expanded programs communities would like to see in their schools.
In January 2009, the Superintendent presented the Board with the first of four phases in a proposal. Phase I was approved with the following components for the 2009–2010
school year:
- No high schools were affected by Phase I.
- Eight (8) schools were consolidated and students were reassigned for the 2009–2010 school year. The following schools were closed (permanently) starting with the 2009–2010 school year: Berkshire Elementary, John Carroll Elementary, John E. Howard Elementary, Matthew Henson Elementary, Middleton Valley Elementary, Morningside Elementary, Owens Road Elementary, and G. Gardner Shugart Middle School.
- Five (5) schools were converted to Kindergarten through Grade 8 (K-8) programs: Andrew Jackson Middle School, Samuel P. Massie Elementary School, and William W. Hall Elementary School, whom of which enroll students in grades K-8, while Henry G. Ferguson Elementary School and Eugene Burroughs Middle School, were combined to create The Accokeek Academy PreK-8 school with the Talented & Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program from Henry Ferguson carrying over to the newly combined school and expanding to include grades 7 & 8.
- Benjamin D. Foulois Elementary School was converted to a K-8 Creative & Performing Arts magnet center for the southern end of the county, replicating the current program at Thomas G. Pullen Arts Magnet School.
- Concord, Dodge Park, District Heights, and Oakcrest elementary schools were removed from the list of potential schools to be closed/consolidated.
- Twenty-nine (29) temporary classrooms will no longer be in use at the affected schools.
- Communities will make recommendations on what new magnet programs they want for their schools (i.e. Foreign Language Immersion, Montessori, etc.).
Transportation
Prince George's County Public Schools offers students transportation to and from school with its own transportation system. The system runs a fleet of various school busSchool bus
A school bus is a type of bus designed and manufactured for student transport: carrying children and teenagers to and from school and school events...
models by Blue Bird Corporation, IC Bus, and Thomas Built Buses
Thomas Built Buses
Thomas Built Buses, Inc. is a bus manufacturer based in High Point, North Carolina, United States and a subsidiary of the German Daimler AG. Thomas produces school buses, activity buses/MFSAB , and commercial buses; both small and full-size buses are produced.Thomas traces its roots to 1916, when...
. Models include rear-engined and front-engined types, which all operate under diesel fuel. Special needs children are also provided with a bus that is accessible to them. All buses visibly display "Prince George's County Public Schools" on both sides of the bus. The transportation department operates from 13 bus lots, which in total operate over 1200 buses on over 5000 routes. The ridership varies annually, although at least 93,000 students ride buses provided by the department. All routes consist of three digit numbers, such as 001, and a letter-digit route, such as B12. In addition to transportation to and from schools, the school district runs buses for school field trips, athletic events, and other approved necessities for a bus in Maryland. Ridership of each bus is determined by the distance in which the student lives from their school, which includes but not limited to two miles for intermediate and secondary schools and one and half mile for primary schools. Each route is determined through a trapeze system, in which information regarding students is entered into a computer system and the outcome being their route number.
High schools
Comprehensive high school
Comprehensive high schools are the most common form of public high schools in the United States and are meant to serve the needs of all students, as compared to the common practice in other nations in which examinations are used to sort students into different high schools for different populations...
model as their base. All students are assigned to a high school based on an "attendance area". Magnet Programs
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
operate as a "School-Within-A-School" model, where the magnet serves as an alternative program---in addition to the main comprehensive program---and students from outside the regular attendance area of the high school are enrolled and accepted into the magnet, either through continuity (automatic continuation from a middle school magnet program to the high school level equivalent) or more commonly, through a "Magnet Lottery", where students apply for a magnet program and are granted acceptance through a random drawing. Enrollment into the Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is through audition
Audition
An audition is a sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer or other performing artist.Audition may also refer to:* The sense of hearing* Adobe Audition, audio editing software...
only. Some high schools have also implemented a "Smaller Learning Community
Small Learning Community
A Small Learning Community , also referred to as a School-Within-A-School, is a form of school structure that is increasingly common in secondary schools to subdivide large school populations into smaller, autonomous groups of students and teachers....
" model, where they offer anywhere from two or more Academy Programs, which effectively breaks a school down into several smaller schools within the school, by allowing students to essentially declare a major
Academic major
In the United States and Canada, an academic major or major concentration is the academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits....
(such as a student attending a college
College
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or university
University
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) through career academies such as "Arts, Media, and Communication" or the "National Academy of Finance", for example. Larger high schools have more academy program offerings. All high schools in the PGCPS operate on a staggered school day schedule, where some high schools start as early as 7:45am and end as early as 2:25pm, and other high schools start as late as 9:30am and end as late as 4:10pm. All high schools operate on an alternating A/B-day block scheduling
Block scheduling
Block scheduling is a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day but each class is scheduled for a longer period of time . A student might be taking 7 different classes, but only 4 per day, and the specific daily classes would rotate through a changing daily cycle...
system, where one group of classes are taken on "A-Days" and a different group of classes are taken on "B-Days", and the cycle repeats. Most high schools have between three and four lunch shifts, depending on enrollment and eating accommodations. The only exception is Eleanor Roosevelt High School, which has adopted a modified hybrid block schedule in which both traditional single period courses and double period (block schedule) courses, are integrated.
| SCHOOL | WEBSITE | LOCATION | GRADES | ENROLLMENT (2009–10) |
ATTENDANCE HOURS (Start/End) |
SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS | NOTES & COMMENTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Academy of Health Sciences at Prince George's Community College | Link | Largo Largo, Maryland Largo is an unincorporated area and census designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. The population was 8,408 at the 2000 census.... |
9 | 100 | Varies | Academy of Health Sciences | This is a brand new school in PGCPS ran in conjunction with the Prince George's Community College Prince George's Community College Prince George's Community College is a community college located in the unincorporated community of Largo in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States... with classes being held on the PGCC campus and is the State of Maryland's Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east... first middle college. The school will be admitting the first class of 100 Freshman in Fall 2011. A new grade level will be added each year until a full, four year, grades 9-12 high school is operational. There will be a total of 400 students. |
| 2. | Bladensburg High School Bladensburg High School Bladensburg High School is a secondary school located in Bladensburg, Maryland.The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools district.... |
Link | Bladensburg Bladensburg, Maryland Bladensburg is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 7,661 at the 2000 census.Bladensburg is from central Washington, DC... |
9–12 | 1,926 | 9:30a – 4:10p | Biomedical Magnet Program; Career and Technical Education Magnet Program; Academy of Hospitality and Tourism; America's Choice School Design Signature Program | Bladensburg received a state-of-the-art, replacement facility, in August 2004. |
| 3. | Bowie High School Bowie High School (Maryland) Bowie High School is a public high school in Bowie, Maryland. It is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.-Academics:Bowie High School has the second highest student SAT average in Prince George's County, and is rated second on The Washington Post's Advanced Placement Challenge Index.... |
Link | Bowie Bowie, Maryland Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of... |
9–12 | 2,912 | 7:45a – 2:25p | SUMMIT Scholar Signature Program | Bowie High School has two physical campuses. 10th-12th grade attend classes at the main campus and 9th graders attend classes at the "Belair Annex" (a former middle school) a half mile away. Bowie was ranked #1,173 on Newsweek's Newsweek Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence... Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010. |
| 4. | Central High School | Link | Capitol Heights Capitol Heights, Maryland Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,138 at the 2000 census. Development around the Capitol Heights Metro station has medical facilities and eateries to support the community... |
9–12 | 1,057 | 7:45a – 2:25p | French Immersion Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; Law, Education, and Public Service Academy; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program | Central was ranked #1,429 on Newsweek's Newsweek Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence... Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010. |
| 5. | Crossland High School Crossland High School Crossland High School is a public secondary school located in Temple Hills, Maryland. The school serves about 2,000 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Crossland is named after a prominent early Maryland family... |
Link | Temple Hills Temple Hills, Maryland Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The greater Temple Hills mailing address includes not just the tiny red area on this map, but also the area... |
9–12 | 1,412 | 7:45a – 2:25p | Technical Academy Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Program (Non-Magnet); America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Global Studies; Crossland Evening High School | Crossland was named an IB World School, in 2009. |
| 6. | Frederick Douglass High School Frederick Douglass High School (Prince George's County, Maryland) Frederick Douglass High School, established in 1934 as Marlboro High School and renamed Frederick Douglass High School in 1935, is a public high school located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland; is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system; and is named after the famous abolitionist,... |
Link | Upper Marlboro Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat... |
9–12 | 1,133 | 8:30a – 3:10p | International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme; America's Choice School Design Signature Program | |
| 7. | DuVal High School DuVal High School DuVal Senior High School , is named in honor of Gabreil DuVal, a U.S. Representative from the second district of Maryland from November 11, 1794, to March 28, 1796, Chief Justice of the General Court of Maryland from 1796 to 1802, and First Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury from 1802 through 1811... |
Link | Lanham Lanham, Maryland Lanham is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place consisting of Lanham and the... |
9–12 | 1,644 | 8:30a – 3:10p | America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Hospitality and Tourism; Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy; Foundations to Technology Academy | DuVal received a state-of-the-art, $13.4 million USD, 65,995 sq. ft., 600-student classroom addition, in 2007. The addition added a music wing and two-story academic wing. |
| 8. | Fairmont Heights High School | Link | Capitol Heights Capitol Heights, Maryland Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,138 at the 2000 census. Development around the Capitol Heights Metro station has medical facilities and eateries to support the community... |
9–12 | 776 | 8:30a – 3:10p | Biotechnology Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program | |
| 9. | Charles Herbert Flowers High School Charles Herbert Flowers High School Charles Herbert Flowers High School is located in Springdale of Prince George's County, Maryland. United States. The principal is Ms. Helena Nobles-Jones.Flowers High School's motto is "Mecca of Excellence."-History:... |
Link | Springdale Springdale, Maryland Springdale is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,645 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Springdale is located at .... |
9–12 | 2,431 | 9:30a – 4:10p | Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; National Academy of Finance; Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy | Flowers was ranked #1,445 on Newsweek's Newsweek Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence... Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2009. |
| 10. | Forestville Military Academy Forestville Military Academy Forestville Military Academy is a military high school located in Forestville, a section of unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.... |
Link | Forestville Forestville, Maryland Forestville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,707 at the 2000 census... |
9–12 | 797 | 8:30a – 3:10p | Military Academy; America's Choice School Design Signature Program | |
| 11. | Friendly High School Friendly High School Friendly High School is a public high school in unincorporated Friendly, Maryland in Prince George's County, a county in the state of Maryland in the United States of America... |
Link | Fort Washington Fort Washington, Maryland Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority... |
9–12 | 1,457 | 7:45a – 2:25p | America's Choice School Design Signature Program | |
| 12. | Gwynn Park High School Gwynn Park High School Gwynn Park High School is in Prince George's County, Maryland, a suburban area near the United States capital of Washington D.C..- Sports :The school has won state championships in boys basketball in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1988; girls basketball in 1974, 2002, 2003,... |
Link | Brandywine Brandywine, Maryland Brandywine is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, although the postal delivery area includes part of Charles County as well near Malcolm.... |
9–12 | 1,173 | 7:45a – 2:25p | Technical Academy Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program | |
| 13. | High Point High School High Point High School High Point High School is a high school located in Beltsville, an unincorporated section of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America, and built on the highest point in Prince George's County.... |
Link | Beltsville Beltsville, Maryland Beltsville is a census-designated place in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,691 at the 2000 census. Beltsville includes the unincorporated community of Vansville.-Geography:... |
9–12 | 2,218 | 7:45a – 2:25p | AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program | High Point received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement, in 2004. High Point was ranked #1,361 on Newsweek's Newsweek Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence... Top 1500 Public High Schools in America, for 2010. U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories... named High Point a Silver Medal School, in 2010. |
| 14. | Largo High School Largo High School (Maryland) Largo High School or LHS is located near Largo in the unincorporated Largo section of Prince George's County, Maryland. It is operated by the Prince George's County Public Schools system.... |
Link | Largo Largo, Maryland Largo is an unincorporated area and census designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. The population was 8,408 at the 2000 census.... |
9–12 | 1,266 | 8:30a – 3:10p | Biotechnology Magnet Program; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Largo Evening High School | |
| 15. | Laurel High School Laurel High School (Laurel, Maryland) Laurel High School is a public high school located in Laurel, Maryland, and is the oldest school in the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Founded in 1899 with an enrollment of 59 students and four teachers, the original school building is now the Phelps Community Center in Laurel... |
Link | Laurel Laurel, Maryland Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street... |
9–12 | 1,877 | 7:45a – 2:25p | Technical Academy Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Program (Non-Magnet); America's Choice School Design Signature Program | Laurel completed a 600-student classroom addition, as well as a brand new auditorium, in the Spring of 2010. Laurel was also ranked #1,343 on Newsweek's Newsweek Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence... Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010. |
| 16. | Northwestern High School Northwestern High School (Hyattsville, Maryland) Northwestern High School , established in 1951, is a public comprehensive secondary school located in Hyattsville, Maryland in Prince George's County, less than a mile from the internationally known University of Maryland, College Park. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system... |
Link | Hyattsville Hyattsville, Maryland Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845... |
9–12 | 2,543 | 9:30a – 4:10p | America's Choice School Design Signature Program; School of Business Management and Finance (National Academy of Finance • Academy of Business Management); The Jim Henson School of Arts, Media, & Communications (Academy of Arts and Humanities • Academy of Instrumental Music • Academy of Visual Arts • Academy of Vocal Music); School of Human Resource Services (The International Studies Academy • NJROTC Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States... Academy of Military Science); School of Manufacturing, Engineering, and Technology (Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy); Colours Performing Arts Program; Northwestern Evening High School; Northwestern Adult Evening High School; Northwestern Saturday Academy |
Northwestern received a state-of-the-art, $45 million replacement facility, which opened in August 2000. At 386,000sq. ft., it was (at the time) the largest high school in the state of Maryland in terms of total square footage. It was surpass in physical size by the new Dr. Henry Wise, Jr. HS (also in Prince George's County), in 2006. Northwestern is currently the second largest high school in Maryland. U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories... named Northwestern a Silver Medal School, in 2010. |
| 17. | Oxon Hill High School Oxon Hill High School Oxon Hill High School is a public senior high school located in Oxon Hill, an unincorporated area in Prince George's County, Maryland, and a suburb of Washington, D.C... |
Link | Oxon Hill Oxon Hill, Maryland Oxon Hill is part of the Oxon Hill-Glassmanor census-designated place in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Oxon Hill is a suburb of Washington, DC located southeast of the downtown district and east of Alexandria, Virginia... |
9–12 | 1,699 | 9:30a – 4:10p | Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; School of Arts, Media, and Communications (Academy of Dance • Academy of Music • Academy of Visual Arts); School of Business Management and Finance (Academy of Accounting and Finance • Academy of Business Administrative Services • Academy of Business Management); School of Consumer Services, Hospitality, and Tourism (Academy of Hospitality and Restaurant Management); School of Human Resources (Academy of Early Childhood • Academy of Military Sciences • Teacher Academy of Maryland) | Oxon Hill was ranked #957 on Newsweek's Newsweek Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence... Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010. |
| 18. | Parkdale High School Parkdale High School Parkdale High School or PHS is a public magnet high school located at 6001 Good Luck Road, Riverdale, Maryland 20737. The principal is Mrs. Cheryl Logan. The September 2009 enrollment is approximately 2,172-students in grades nine through twelve. Parkdale's schools hours are from 7:45am until... |
Link | Riverdale Riverdale Park, Maryland Riverdale Park is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Riverdale Park is located at .... |
9–12 | 2,205 | 7:45a – 2:25p | International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Global Studies; Capital One Capital One Capital One Financial Corp. is a U.S.-based bank holding company specializing in credit cards, home loans, auto loans, banking and savings products... Student Banking Program |
Parkdale received a state-of-the-art, 400-seat classroom addition, in November 2007. Parkdale was ranked #1,481 on Newsweek's Newsweek Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence... Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010. |
| 19. | Potomac High School Potomac High School (Maryland) Potomac High School is a public high school located at 5211 Boydell Avenue, Oxon Hill, Maryland 20745. The principal is Robynne W. Prince. The approximate enrollment as of August 2010 stands at 1,216-students in grades nine through twelve. The school hours are from 7:45am to 2:25pm, and Potomac... |
Link | Temple Hills Temple Hills, Maryland Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The greater Temple Hills mailing address includes not just the tiny red area on this map, but also the area... |
9–12 | 1,216 | 7:45a – 2:25p | America's Choice School Design Signature Program; National Academy of Finance; School of Arts, Media, and Communications (Academy of the Arts-Dance • Academy of the Arts-Music • Academy of the Arts-Visual); School of Business Management and Finance (Academy of Finance • Academy of Business Management); School of Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism (Academy of Hospitality and Restaurant Management); School of Human Resource Services (Academy of Military Sciences • Law, Education, and Public Service Academy • Teacher Academy of Maryland); School of Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology (Project Lead the Way Pre-Engineering Academy) | Potomac received a state-of-the-art, 600-seat classroom addition, in January 2008. |
| 20. | Eleanor Roosevelt High School Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, Maryland) Eleanor Roosevelt High School , is a Maryland public magnet high school specializing in science, mathematics, technology, and engineering. The school was established in 1978 at its current location in Greenbelt, Maryland and is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system... |
Link | Greenbelt Greenbelt, Maryland Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designated as the Greenbelt Historic District... |
9–12 | 2,669 | 8:30a – 3:10p | Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; Quality Education in Science and Technology (QUEST) Program/Academy of Information Technology (AOIT); Arts, Media, and Communications Academy; Academy of Business and Finance; Academy of Public Service; Technology Systems Academy; Academy of Health and Bio-Sciences; Gilder-Lehrman American History Program | Eleanor Roosevelt has been twice recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence both in 1991 and 1998, as well as a Maryland Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1991 and 1998. It was also named a New American High School in 1999, and it received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in 2002. Roosevelt was also named a National School of Character in 2002. Roosevelt was ranked #409 on Newsweek's Newsweek Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence... Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010. U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories... named Roosevelt a Silver Medal School, in 2008. |
| 21. | Suitland High School Suitland High School Suitland High School is a public magnet high school located at 5200 Silver Hill Road, Forestville, Maryland 20747, long regarded for its Visual and Performing Arts magnet program... |
Link | Forestville Forestville, Maryland Forestville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,707 at the 2000 census... |
9–12 | 2,359 | 8:30a – 3:10p | Center for the Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; Technical Academy Magnet Program (The Jesse J. Warr Vocational Center); America's Choice School Design Signature Program;Navy Junior ROTC (NJROTC); School of Business and Finance (National Academy of Finance) | Suitland High School has TWO physical campuses: the main campus and the "annex" (a former elementary school) located directly behind the main campus, which houses the majority of the schools "Center for the Visual and Performing Arts" magnet program. Suitland was named a 1989 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. |
| 22. | Surrattsville High School Surrattsville High School Surrattsville High School or SHS is a public high school located in Clinton, Maryland and is a part of the Prince George's County Public School System in Prince George's County, Maryland. The school educates about 1,100 children and teenagers in grades 9 through 12... |
Link | Clinton Clinton, Maryland Clinton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the American Civil War. The population of Clinton was 26,064 at the 2000 census. However, as of 2007, there is an... |
9–12 | 857 | 7:45a – 2:25p | AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Law, Education, and Public Service Academy | |
| 23. | Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School is a public high school which opened its doors to students for the very first time in the Fall of 2006. Wise was constructed to relieve overcrowding in several Southern-area high schools, mainly Frederick Douglass High School... |
Link | Upper Marlboro Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat... |
9–12 | 2,651 | 9:00a – 3:40p | Technical Academy Magnet Program | At 434,600 sq. ft. and with a capacity of 2,600 students, Wise is currently the largest high school in the state of Maryland when measured by total square footage. It was completed in August 2006 and features a 5,000-seat professional gymnasium---the largest of any school in the Washington Metropolitan Area. |
Middle schools
Intermediate schools are referred to as "Middle Schools" in the PGCPS system, and operate as either Grades 6–8 middle schools or Grades 7–8 middle schools. Grades 7–9 Junior High Schools were phased out in the mid-1980s. Recent efforts have been made to convert most middle schools to the more popular Grades 6–8 model. Issues in the past such as over-enrollment, lack of classroom space, and funding, had made it hard to convert all middle schools to a Grades 6–8 configuration, but with increased funding and the addition of new middle schools, the transitions is slowly being made. As of SY2010–2011, more than half of the PGCPS middle schools, have gained the sixth grade. Most middle schools in Prince George's County operate with a "comprehensive" model, as their base. Most students are assigned to a middle school based on an "attendance area". Most magnet programs operate as a "School-Within-A-School" model, where the magnet serves as an alternative program---in addition to the main comprehensive program---and students from outside the regular attendance area of the middle school are enrolled and accepted into the magnet, either through continuity (automatic continuation from an elementary school magnet program to the middle school level equivalent) or more commonly, through a Magnet Lottery, where students apply for a magnet program and are granted acceptance through a random drawing. Almost all middle schools have a whole-school "Signature Program" that includes a specialized program of instruction which is the foundation of the schools comprehensive program. All middle schools in the PGCPS operate on a staggered school day schedule, where some middle schools start as early as 7:45am and the end as early as 2:25pm, and other middle schools start as late as 9:30am and end as late as 4:10pm. All middle schools operate on a modified block scheduling system, where some classes meet for as long as 70-minutes, daily. In a cooperative effort of the county government, Board of EducationBoard of education
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, and the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), some M-NCPPC community centers are physically connected to middle schools, throughout the district. The unique community park/school centers currently features shared use areas which include: a gymnasium; multi-purpose room; exercise/fitness room; dance room; arts and crafts room; computer lab; offices; storage areas; patio area; and restrooms. There are tennis courts and unlighted fields located, on-site, at select centers.
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Adelphi, Maryland
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New Carrollton, Maryland
New Carrollton is a city located in central Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, population was 12,589.New Carrollton is 12.11 miles from central Washington, DC....
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Stephen Decatur Middle School
Stephen Decatur Middle School is a Talented and Gifted magnet middle school located in Clinton, Maryland and is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system in the USA. It contains approximately 974 students in grades 6 through 8...
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Clinton, Maryland
Clinton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the American Civil War. The population of Clinton was 26,064 at the 2000 census. However, as of 2007, there is an...
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The Prince George's County Public Schools system (PGCPS) is a large school district
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
administered by the government of Prince George's County
Prince George's County, Maryland
Prince George's County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, immediately north, east, and south of Washington, DC. As of 2010, it has a population of 863,420 and is the wealthiest African-American majority county in the nation....
, Maryland
Maryland
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, United States
United States
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and is overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education
Maryland State Department of Education
Maryland State Department of Education is a division of the state government of Maryland in the United States. The agency oversees public school districts. The agency is headquartered at 200 West Baltimore Street in Baltimore...
. The school system is headquartered in Upper Marlboro
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Upper Marlboro is a town in and the county seat of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The live-in population of the town core proper was only 648 at the 2000 census, although Greater Upper Marlboro is many times larger....
and the district serves Prince George's County.
With approximately 127,039 students enrolled for the 2011-2012 school year, the Prince George's County Public Schools system is the second largest school district in the state of Maryland; the third largest school district in both the Washington Metropolitan Area
Washington Metropolitan Area
The Washington Metropolitan Area is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The area includes all of the federal district and parts of the U.S...
and Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
The Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area is a combined statistical area consisting of the overlapping labor market region of the cities of Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C.. The region includes Central Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Jefferson County in the Eastern Panhandle of West...
, after Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax County Public Schools
The Fairfax County Public Schools system is a branch of the Fairfax County government which administers public schools in Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax...
in Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
and Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools ' is a school district that serves Montgomery County, Maryland, USA. It is the largest school district in Maryland. As of the 2009–2010 school year, the district had 11,500 FTE teachers serving 141,777 students at 200 schools.Students in the district score among the...
in Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
; and it's the 18th largest school district in the nation. PGCPS operates at total of 198 schools which includes: 128 elementary schools, 36 middle schools, and 24 high schools with 8 special centers, 2 vocational centers, and the Howard B. Owens Science Center, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-kindergarten refers to the first formal academic classroom-based learning environment that a child customarily attends in the United States. It begins between the ages of 3-5 depending on the length of the program...
through Grade 12. This total of 198 schools does not include public charter schools
Charter school
Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...
within the county
County (United States)
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. PGCPS is also home to the largest and second largest high schools (Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School is a public high school which opened its doors to students for the very first time in the Fall of 2006. Wise was constructed to relieve overcrowding in several Southern-area high schools, mainly Frederick Douglass High School...
and Northwestern High School
Northwestern High School (Hyattsville, Maryland)
Northwestern High School , established in 1951, is a public comprehensive secondary school located in Hyattsville, Maryland in Prince George's County, less than a mile from the internationally known University of Maryland, College Park. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system...
), in the state. The school system currently transports over 90,536 students, daily, by its fleet of 1,335 GPS-equipped school bus
School bus
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es, on 5,616 bus routes. PGCPS employs approximately 18,000 staff members which includes approximately 9,000 teacher
Teacher
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s. The approved operating budget for FY2011–12 is approximately US$
United States dollar
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1.6 billion with a per pupil expenditure of US$
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12,267. Average teacher salary ranges from US$
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55,689 for teachers with a Bachelor's Degree
Bachelor's degree
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to US$
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80,009 for teachers with a Doctorate's Degree.
The district is headed by Superintendent
Superintendent (education)
In education in the United States, a superintendent is an individual who has executive oversight and administration rights, usually within an educational entity or organization....
William R. Hite, Jr., Ed. D. Howard A. Burnett, the former chief human resources
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...
officer of the school district, was interim replacement Superintendent through April, 2006. Dr. John E. Deasy (the previous Superintendent) took office on May 1, 2006, and was the former superintendent of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States. The district serves the cities of Santa Monica and Malibu...
. Dr. Deasy accepted a position with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and started full-time work at the foundation, in February 2009.
In terms of racial demographics
Demographics
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, African-Americans make up the majority of the systems students at 74.16%, followed by 17.38% Hispanic
Hispanic
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, 5.10% Caucasian
Caucasian race
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, 2.93% Asian
Asian people
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, and 0.42% Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
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.
In June 2009, the PGCPS became one of the first school systems in America, to name one of their schools after current President
President of the United States
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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
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. The new 792-student, Barack Obama Elementary School, in Upper Marlboro, opened in August 2010.
Early schools in Prince George's County
In 1899, the first High School was built in Prince George's County, at the northeast corner of Montgomery and Eighth Streets in Laurel, MarylandLaurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
, and was named, Laurel High School.
Desegregation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desegregation_busing_in_the_United_States#Prince_George.27s_County.2C_MarylandSchool consolidation (SY2009–2010)
On March 26, 2009, the Prince George's County Public Schools Board of Education voted to consolidate eight under-enrolled schools in the county and expand magnet program offerings within the school system. This decision was made after a series of community briefings, public hearings, more than 2,500 survey responses, and additional public input.This process of expanding opportunities for students began in June 2008. The Board of Education directed the school district to conduct a comprehensive review of school enrollments
in September 2008. Recognizing that some schools were significantly under-enrolled, the Board of Education sought to offer more educational opportunities in historically under-served areas of the county, relieve overcrowding where possible, and improve operating efficiencies. The Board of Education used constituent feedback to refine the proposal made by Interim Superintendent Dr. William R. Hite, Jr. earlier this year, and reduced the number of schools to be consolidated to eight (8) instead of 12. The plan still relieves overcrowded schools, identifies space for new academic choices, and expands successful programs. The school district’s next step will be to solicit public input on what new or expanded programs communities would like to see in their schools.
In January 2009, the Superintendent presented the Board with the first of four phases in a proposal. Phase I was approved with the following components for the 2009–2010
school year:
- No high schools were affected by Phase I.
- Eight (8) schools were consolidated and students were reassigned for the 2009–2010 school year. The following schools were closed (permanently) starting with the 2009–2010 school year: Berkshire Elementary, John Carroll Elementary, John E. Howard Elementary, Matthew Henson Elementary, Middleton Valley Elementary, Morningside Elementary, Owens Road Elementary, and G. Gardner Shugart Middle School.
- Five (5) schools were converted to Kindergarten through Grade 8 (K-8) programs: Andrew Jackson Middle School, Samuel P. Massie Elementary School, and William W. Hall Elementary School, whom of which enroll students in grades K-8, while Henry G. Ferguson Elementary School and Eugene Burroughs Middle School, were combined to create The Accokeek Academy PreK-8 school with the Talented & Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program from Henry Ferguson carrying over to the newly combined school and expanding to include grades 7 & 8.
- Benjamin D. Foulois Elementary School was converted to a K-8 Creative & Performing Arts magnet center for the southern end of the county, replicating the current program at Thomas G. Pullen Arts Magnet School.
- Concord, Dodge Park, District Heights, and Oakcrest elementary schools were removed from the list of potential schools to be closed/consolidated.
- Twenty-nine (29) temporary classrooms will no longer be in use at the affected schools.
- Communities will make recommendations on what new magnet programs they want for their schools (i.e. Foreign Language Immersion, Montessori, etc.).
Transportation
Prince George's County Public Schools offers students transportation to and from school with its own transportation system. The system runs a fleet of various school busSchool bus
A school bus is a type of bus designed and manufactured for student transport: carrying children and teenagers to and from school and school events...
models by Blue Bird Corporation, IC Bus, and Thomas Built Buses
Thomas Built Buses
Thomas Built Buses, Inc. is a bus manufacturer based in High Point, North Carolina, United States and a subsidiary of the German Daimler AG. Thomas produces school buses, activity buses/MFSAB , and commercial buses; both small and full-size buses are produced.Thomas traces its roots to 1916, when...
. Models include rear-engined and front-engined types, which all operate under diesel fuel. Special needs children are also provided with a bus that is accessible to them. All buses visibly display "Prince George's County Public Schools" on both sides of the bus. The transportation department operates from 13 bus lots, which in total operate over 1200 buses on over 5000 routes. The ridership varies annually, although at least 93,000 students ride buses provided by the department. All routes consist of three digit numbers, such as 001, and a letter-digit route, such as B12. In addition to transportation to and from schools, the school district runs buses for school field trips, athletic events, and other approved necessities for a bus in Maryland. Ridership of each bus is determined by the distance in which the student lives from their school, which includes but not limited to two miles for intermediate and secondary schools and one and half mile for primary schools. Each route is determined through a trapeze system, in which information regarding students is entered into a computer system and the outcome being their route number.
High schools
Comprehensive high school
Comprehensive high schools are the most common form of public high schools in the United States and are meant to serve the needs of all students, as compared to the common practice in other nations in which examinations are used to sort students into different high schools for different populations...
model as their base. All students are assigned to a high school based on an "attendance area". Magnet Programs
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
operate as a "School-Within-A-School" model, where the magnet serves as an alternative program---in addition to the main comprehensive program---and students from outside the regular attendance area of the high school are enrolled and accepted into the magnet, either through continuity (automatic continuation from a middle school magnet program to the high school level equivalent) or more commonly, through a "Magnet Lottery", where students apply for a magnet program and are granted acceptance through a random drawing. Enrollment into the Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is through audition
Audition
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only. Some high schools have also implemented a "Smaller Learning Community
Small Learning Community
A Small Learning Community , also referred to as a School-Within-A-School, is a form of school structure that is increasingly common in secondary schools to subdivide large school populations into smaller, autonomous groups of students and teachers....
" model, where they offer anywhere from two or more Academy Programs, which effectively breaks a school down into several smaller schools within the school, by allowing students to essentially declare a major
Academic major
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(such as a student attending a college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
or university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
) through career academies such as "Arts, Media, and Communication" or the "National Academy of Finance", for example. Larger high schools have more academy program offerings. All high schools in the PGCPS operate on a staggered school day schedule, where some high schools start as early as 7:45am and end as early as 2:25pm, and other high schools start as late as 9:30am and end as late as 4:10pm. All high schools operate on an alternating A/B-day block scheduling
Block scheduling
Block scheduling is a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day but each class is scheduled for a longer period of time . A student might be taking 7 different classes, but only 4 per day, and the specific daily classes would rotate through a changing daily cycle...
system, where one group of classes are taken on "A-Days" and a different group of classes are taken on "B-Days", and the cycle repeats. Most high schools have between three and four lunch shifts, depending on enrollment and eating accommodations. The only exception is Eleanor Roosevelt High School, which has adopted a modified hybrid block schedule in which both traditional single period courses and double period (block schedule) courses, are integrated.
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|- style="background:darkblue;"
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!WEBSITE
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!NOTES & COMMENTS
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| 1.
| Academy of Health Sciences at Prince George's Community College
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Largo
Largo, Maryland
Largo is an unincorporated area and census designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. The population was 8,408 at the 2000 census....
| align="center"|9
| 100
| align="center"|Varies
| Academy of Health Sciences
| This is a brand new school in PGCPS ran in conjunction with the Prince George's Community College
Prince George's Community College
Prince George's Community College is a community college located in the unincorporated community of Largo in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States...
with classes being held on the PGCC campus and is the State of Maryland's
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
first middle college. The school will be admitting the first class of 100 Freshman in Fall 2011. A new grade level will be added each year until a full, four year, grades 9-12 high school is operational. There will be a total of 400 students.
|-
| 2.
| Bladensburg High School
Bladensburg High School
Bladensburg High School is a secondary school located in Bladensburg, Maryland.The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools district....
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bladensburg
Bladensburg, Maryland
Bladensburg is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 7,661 at the 2000 census.Bladensburg is from central Washington, DC...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,926
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| Biomedical Magnet Program; Career and Technical Education Magnet Program; Academy of Hospitality and Tourism; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|Bladensburg received a state-of-the-art, replacement facility, in August 2004.
|-
| 3.
| Bowie High School
Bowie High School (Maryland)
Bowie High School is a public high school in Bowie, Maryland. It is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.-Academics:Bowie High School has the second highest student SAT average in Prince George's County, and is rated second on The Washington Post's Advanced Placement Challenge Index....
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,912
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| SUMMIT Scholar Signature Program
| Bowie High School has two physical campuses. 10th-12th grade attend classes at the main campus and 9th graders attend classes at the "Belair Annex" (a former middle school) a half mile away. Bowie was ranked #1,173 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 4.
| Central High School
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| align="center"|Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights, Maryland
Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,138 at the 2000 census. Development around the Capitol Heights Metro station has medical facilities and eateries to support the community...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,057
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| French Immersion Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; Law, Education, and Public Service Academy; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| Central was ranked #1,429 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 5.
| Crossland High School
Crossland High School
Crossland High School is a public secondary school located in Temple Hills, Maryland. The school serves about 2,000 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Crossland is named after a prominent early Maryland family...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
Temple Hills, Maryland
Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The greater Temple Hills mailing address includes not just the tiny red area on this map, but also the area...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,412
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Program (Non-Magnet); America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Global Studies; Crossland Evening High School
| Crossland was named an IB World School, in 2009.
|-
| 6.
| Frederick Douglass High School
Frederick Douglass High School (Prince George's County, Maryland)
Frederick Douglass High School, established in 1934 as Marlboro High School and renamed Frederick Douglass High School in 1935, is a public high school located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland; is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system; and is named after the famous abolitionist,...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,133
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 7.
| DuVal High School
DuVal High School
DuVal Senior High School , is named in honor of Gabreil DuVal, a U.S. Representative from the second district of Maryland from November 11, 1794, to March 28, 1796, Chief Justice of the General Court of Maryland from 1796 to 1802, and First Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury from 1802 through 1811...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Lanham
Lanham, Maryland
Lanham is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place consisting of Lanham and the...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,644
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Hospitality and Tourism; Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy; Foundations to Technology Academy
| DuVal received a state-of-the-art, $13.4 million USD, 65,995 sq. ft., 600-student classroom addition, in 2007. The addition added a music wing and two-story academic wing.
|-
| 8.
| Fairmont Heights High School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights, Maryland
Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,138 at the 2000 census. Development around the Capitol Heights Metro station has medical facilities and eateries to support the community...
| align="center"|9–12
| 776
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Biotechnology Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 9.
| Charles Herbert Flowers High School
Charles Herbert Flowers High School
Charles Herbert Flowers High School is located in Springdale of Prince George's County, Maryland. United States. The principal is Ms. Helena Nobles-Jones.Flowers High School's motto is "Mecca of Excellence."-History:...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Springdale
Springdale, Maryland
Springdale is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,645 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Springdale is located at ....
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,431
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; National Academy of Finance; Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy
| Flowers was ranked #1,445 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2009.
|-
| 10.
| Forestville Military Academy
Forestville Military Academy
Forestville Military Academy is a military high school located in Forestville, a section of unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States....
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
Forestville, Maryland
Forestville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,707 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|9–12
| 797
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Military Academy; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 11.
| Friendly High School
Friendly High School
Friendly High School is a public high school in unincorporated Friendly, Maryland in Prince George's County, a county in the state of Maryland in the United States of America...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,457
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 12.
| Gwynn Park High School
Gwynn Park High School
Gwynn Park High School is in Prince George's County, Maryland, a suburban area near the United States capital of Washington D.C..- Sports :The school has won state championships in boys basketball in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1988; girls basketball in 1974, 2002, 2003,...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Brandywine
Brandywine, Maryland
Brandywine is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, although the postal delivery area includes part of Charles County as well near Malcolm....
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,173
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| 13.
| High Point High School
High Point High School
High Point High School is a high school located in Beltsville, an unincorporated section of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America, and built on the highest point in Prince George's County....
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Beltsville
Beltsville, Maryland
Beltsville is a census-designated place in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,691 at the 2000 census. Beltsville includes the unincorporated community of Vansville.-Geography:...
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,218
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| High Point received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement, in 2004. High Point was ranked #1,361 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America, for 2010. U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
named High Point a Silver Medal School, in 2010.
|-
| 14.
| Largo High School
Largo High School (Maryland)
Largo High School or LHS is located near Largo in the unincorporated Largo section of Prince George's County, Maryland. It is operated by the Prince George's County Public Schools system....
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Largo
Largo, Maryland
Largo is an unincorporated area and census designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. The population was 8,408 at the 2000 census....
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,266
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Biotechnology Magnet Program; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Largo Evening High School
|
|-
| 15.
| Laurel High School
Laurel High School (Laurel, Maryland)
Laurel High School is a public high school located in Laurel, Maryland, and is the oldest school in the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Founded in 1899 with an enrollment of 59 students and four teachers, the original school building is now the Phelps Community Center in Laurel...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,877
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Program (Non-Magnet); America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| Laurel completed a 600-student classroom addition, as well as a brand new auditorium, in the Spring of 2010. Laurel was also ranked #1,343 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 16.
| Northwestern High School
Northwestern High School (Hyattsville, Maryland)
Northwestern High School , established in 1951, is a public comprehensive secondary school located in Hyattsville, Maryland in Prince George's County, less than a mile from the internationally known University of Maryland, College Park. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,543
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program; School of Business Management and Finance (National Academy of Finance • Academy of Business Management); The Jim Henson School of Arts, Media, & Communications (Academy of Arts and Humanities • Academy of Instrumental Music • Academy of Visual Arts • Academy of Vocal Music); School of Human Resource Services (The International Studies Academy • NJROTC
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...
Academy of Military Science); School of Manufacturing, Engineering, and Technology (Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy); Colours Performing Arts Program; Northwestern Evening High School; Northwestern Adult Evening High School; Northwestern Saturday Academy
| Northwestern received a state-of-the-art, $45 million replacement facility, which opened in August 2000. At 386,000sq. ft., it was (at the time) the largest high school in the state of Maryland in terms of total square footage. It was surpass in physical size by the new Dr. Henry Wise, Jr. HS (also in Prince George's County), in 2006. Northwestern is currently the second largest high school in Maryland. U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
named Northwestern a Silver Medal School, in 2010.
|-
| 17.
| Oxon Hill High School
Oxon Hill High School
Oxon Hill High School is a public senior high school located in Oxon Hill, an unincorporated area in Prince George's County, Maryland, and a suburb of Washington, D.C...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
Oxon Hill, Maryland
Oxon Hill is part of the Oxon Hill-Glassmanor census-designated place in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Oxon Hill is a suburb of Washington, DC located southeast of the downtown district and east of Alexandria, Virginia...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,699
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; School of Arts, Media, and Communications (Academy of Dance • Academy of Music • Academy of Visual Arts); School of Business Management and Finance (Academy of Accounting and Finance • Academy of Business Administrative Services • Academy of Business Management); School of Consumer Services, Hospitality, and Tourism (Academy of Hospitality and Restaurant Management); School of Human Resources (Academy of Early Childhood • Academy of Military Sciences • Teacher Academy of Maryland)
| Oxon Hill was ranked #957 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 18.
| Parkdale High School
Parkdale High School
Parkdale High School or PHS is a public magnet high school located at 6001 Good Luck Road, Riverdale, Maryland 20737. The principal is Mrs. Cheryl Logan. The September 2009 enrollment is approximately 2,172-students in grades nine through twelve. Parkdale's schools hours are from 7:45am until...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Riverdale
Riverdale Park, Maryland
Riverdale Park is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Riverdale Park is located at ....
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,205
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Global Studies; Capital One
Capital One
Capital One Financial Corp. is a U.S.-based bank holding company specializing in credit cards, home loans, auto loans, banking and savings products...
Student Banking Program
| Parkdale received a state-of-the-art, 400-seat classroom addition, in November 2007. Parkdale was ranked #1,481 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 19.
| Potomac High School
Potomac High School (Maryland)
Potomac High School is a public high school located at 5211 Boydell Avenue, Oxon Hill, Maryland 20745. The principal is Robynne W. Prince. The approximate enrollment as of August 2010 stands at 1,216-students in grades nine through twelve. The school hours are from 7:45am to 2:25pm, and Potomac...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
Temple Hills, Maryland
Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The greater Temple Hills mailing address includes not just the tiny red area on this map, but also the area...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,216
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program; National Academy of Finance; School of Arts, Media, and Communications (Academy of the Arts-Dance • Academy of the Arts-Music • Academy of the Arts-Visual); School of Business Management and Finance (Academy of Finance • Academy of Business Management); School of Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism (Academy of Hospitality and Restaurant Management); School of Human Resource Services (Academy of Military Sciences • Law, Education, and Public Service Academy • Teacher Academy of Maryland); School of Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology (Project Lead the Way Pre-Engineering Academy)
| Potomac received a state-of-the-art, 600-seat classroom addition, in January 2008.
|-
| 20.
| Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, Maryland)
Eleanor Roosevelt High School , is a Maryland public magnet high school specializing in science, mathematics, technology, and engineering. The school was established in 1978 at its current location in Greenbelt, Maryland and is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Greenbelt
Greenbelt, Maryland
Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designated as the Greenbelt Historic District...
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,669
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; Quality Education in Science and Technology (QUEST) Program/Academy of Information Technology (AOIT); Arts, Media, and Communications Academy; Academy of Business and Finance; Academy of Public Service; Technology Systems Academy; Academy of Health and Bio-Sciences; Gilder-Lehrman American History Program
| Eleanor Roosevelt has been twice recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence both in 1991 and 1998, as well as a Maryland Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1991 and 1998. It was also named a New American High School in 1999, and it received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in 2002. Roosevelt was also named a National School of Character in 2002. Roosevelt was ranked #409 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010. U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
named Roosevelt a Silver Medal School, in 2008.
|-
| 21.
| Suitland High School
Suitland High School
Suitland High School is a public magnet high school located at 5200 Silver Hill Road, Forestville, Maryland 20747, long regarded for its Visual and Performing Arts magnet program...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
Forestville, Maryland
Forestville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,707 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,359
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Center for the Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; Technical Academy Magnet Program (The Jesse J. Warr Vocational Center); America's Choice School Design Signature Program;Navy Junior ROTC (NJROTC); School of Business and Finance (National Academy of Finance)
|Suitland High School has TWO physical campuses: the main campus and the "annex" (a former elementary school) located directly behind the main campus, which houses the majority of the schools "Center for the Visual and Performing Arts" magnet program. Suitland was named a 1989 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
|-
| 22.
| Surrattsville High School
Surrattsville High School
Surrattsville High School or SHS is a public high school located in Clinton, Maryland and is a part of the Prince George's County Public School System in Prince George's County, Maryland. The school educates about 1,100 children and teenagers in grades 9 through 12...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Clinton
Clinton, Maryland
Clinton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the American Civil War. The population of Clinton was 26,064 at the 2000 census. However, as of 2007, there is an...
| align="center"|9–12
| 857
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Law, Education, and Public Service Academy
|
|-
| 23.
| Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School is a public high school which opened its doors to students for the very first time in the Fall of 2006. Wise was constructed to relieve overcrowding in several Southern-area high schools, mainly Frederick Douglass High School...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat...
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,651
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program
| At 434,600 sq. ft. and with a capacity of 2,600 students, Wise is currently the largest high school in the state of Maryland when measured by total square footage. It was completed in August 2006 and features a 5,000-seat professional gymnasium---the largest of any school in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
|}
Middle schools
Intermediate schools are referred to as "Middle Schools" in the PGCPS system, and operate as either Grades 6–8 middle schools or Grades 7–8 middle schools. Grades 7–9 Junior High Schools were phased out in the mid-1980s. Recent efforts have been made to convert most middle schools to the more popular Grades 6–8 model. Issues in the past such as over-enrollment, lack of classroom space, and funding, had made it hard to convert all middle schools to a Grades 6–8 configuration, but with increased funding and the addition of new middle schools, the transitions is slowly being made. As of SY2010–2011, more than half of the PGCPS middle schools, have gained the sixth grade. Most middle schools in Prince George's County operate with a "comprehensive" model, as their base. Most students are assigned to a middle school based on an "attendance area". Most magnet programs operate as a "School-Within-A-School" model, where the magnet serves as an alternative program---in addition to the main comprehensive program---and students from outside the regular attendance area of the middle school are enrolled and accepted into the magnet, either through continuity (automatic continuation from an elementary school magnet program to the middle school level equivalent) or more commonly, through a Magnet Lottery, where students apply for a magnet program and are granted acceptance through a random drawing. Almost all middle schools have a whole-school "Signature Program" that includes a specialized program of instruction which is the foundation of the schools comprehensive program. All middle schools in the PGCPS operate on a staggered school day schedule, where some middle schools start as early as 7:45am and the end as early as 2:25pm, and other middle schools start as late as 9:30am and end as late as 4:10pm. All middle schools operate on a modified block scheduling system, where some classes meet for as long as 70-minutes, daily. In a cooperative effort of the county government, Board of EducationBoard of education
A board of education or a school board or school committee is the title of the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or higher administrative level....
, and the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), some M-NCPPC community centers are physically connected to middle schools, throughout the district. The unique community park/school centers currently features shared use areas which include: a gymnasium; multi-purpose room; exercise/fitness room; dance room; arts and crafts room; computer lab; offices; storage areas; patio area; and restrooms. There are tennis courts and unlighted fields located, on-site, at select centers.
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|-
| 1.
| Buck Lodge Middle School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Adelphi
Adelphi, Maryland
Adelphi is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,998 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|7–8
| 775
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
|
- America's Choice School Design Signature Program
- AVID Signature Program
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|-
| 2.
| Charles Carroll Middle School
Charles Carroll Middle School
Charles Carroll Middle School, is an intermediate school located in New Carrollton, Maryland. It is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools district....
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| align="center"|New Carrollton
New Carrollton, Maryland
New Carrollton is a city located in central Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, population was 12,589.New Carrollton is 12.11 miles from central Washington, DC....
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| Stephen Decatur Middle School
Stephen Decatur Middle School
Stephen Decatur Middle School is a Talented and Gifted magnet middle school located in Clinton, Maryland and is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system in the USA. It contains approximately 974 students in grades 6 through 8...
and Community Center
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Clinton, Maryland
Clinton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the American Civil War. The population of Clinton was 26,064 at the 2000 census. However, as of 2007, there is an...
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The Prince George's County Public Schools system (PGCPS) is a large school district
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
administered by the government of Prince George's County
Prince George's County, Maryland
Prince George's County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, immediately north, east, and south of Washington, DC. As of 2010, it has a population of 863,420 and is the wealthiest African-American majority county in the nation....
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, United States
United States
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and is overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education
Maryland State Department of Education
Maryland State Department of Education is a division of the state government of Maryland in the United States. The agency oversees public school districts. The agency is headquartered at 200 West Baltimore Street in Baltimore...
. The school system is headquartered in Upper Marlboro
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Upper Marlboro is a town in and the county seat of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The live-in population of the town core proper was only 648 at the 2000 census, although Greater Upper Marlboro is many times larger....
and the district serves Prince George's County.
With approximately 127,039 students enrolled for the 2011-2012 school year, the Prince George's County Public Schools system is the second largest school district in the state of Maryland; the third largest school district in both the Washington Metropolitan Area
Washington Metropolitan Area
The Washington Metropolitan Area is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The area includes all of the federal district and parts of the U.S...
and Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
The Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area is a combined statistical area consisting of the overlapping labor market region of the cities of Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C.. The region includes Central Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Jefferson County in the Eastern Panhandle of West...
, after Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax County Public Schools
The Fairfax County Public Schools system is a branch of the Fairfax County government which administers public schools in Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax...
in Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
and Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools ' is a school district that serves Montgomery County, Maryland, USA. It is the largest school district in Maryland. As of the 2009–2010 school year, the district had 11,500 FTE teachers serving 141,777 students at 200 schools.Students in the district score among the...
in Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
; and it's the 18th largest school district in the nation. PGCPS operates at total of 198 schools which includes: 128 elementary schools, 36 middle schools, and 24 high schools with 8 special centers, 2 vocational centers, and the Howard B. Owens Science Center, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-kindergarten refers to the first formal academic classroom-based learning environment that a child customarily attends in the United States. It begins between the ages of 3-5 depending on the length of the program...
through Grade 12. This total of 198 schools does not include public charter schools
Charter school
Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...
within the county
County (United States)
In the United States, a county is a geographic subdivision of a state , usually assigned some governmental authority. The term "county" is used in 48 of the 50 states; Louisiana is divided into parishes and Alaska into boroughs. Parishes and boroughs are called "county-equivalents" by the U.S...
. PGCPS is also home to the largest and second largest high schools (Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School is a public high school which opened its doors to students for the very first time in the Fall of 2006. Wise was constructed to relieve overcrowding in several Southern-area high schools, mainly Frederick Douglass High School...
and Northwestern High School
Northwestern High School (Hyattsville, Maryland)
Northwestern High School , established in 1951, is a public comprehensive secondary school located in Hyattsville, Maryland in Prince George's County, less than a mile from the internationally known University of Maryland, College Park. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system...
), in the state. The school system currently transports over 90,536 students, daily, by its fleet of 1,335 GPS-equipped school bus
School bus
A school bus is a type of bus designed and manufactured for student transport: carrying children and teenagers to and from school and school events...
es, on 5,616 bus routes. PGCPS employs approximately 18,000 staff members which includes approximately 9,000 teacher
Teacher
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s. The approved operating budget for FY2011–12 is approximately US$
United States dollar
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1.6 billion with a per pupil expenditure of US$
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
12,267. Average teacher salary ranges from US$
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
55,689 for teachers with a Bachelor's Degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
to US$
United States dollar
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80,009 for teachers with a Doctorate's Degree.
The district is headed by Superintendent
Superintendent (education)
In education in the United States, a superintendent is an individual who has executive oversight and administration rights, usually within an educational entity or organization....
William R. Hite, Jr., Ed. D. Howard A. Burnett, the former chief human resources
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...
officer of the school district, was interim replacement Superintendent through April, 2006. Dr. John E. Deasy (the previous Superintendent) took office on May 1, 2006, and was the former superintendent of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States. The district serves the cities of Santa Monica and Malibu...
. Dr. Deasy accepted a position with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and started full-time work at the foundation, in February 2009.
In terms of racial demographics
Demographics
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, African-Americans make up the majority of the systems students at 74.16%, followed by 17.38% Hispanic
Hispanic
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, 5.10% Caucasian
Caucasian race
The term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia , Central Asia and South Asia...
, 2.93% Asian
Asian people
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, and 0.42% Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
.
In June 2009, the PGCPS became one of the first school systems in America, to name one of their schools after current President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
. The new 792-student, Barack Obama Elementary School, in Upper Marlboro, opened in August 2010.
Early schools in Prince George's County
In 1899, the first High School was built in Prince George's County, at the northeast corner of Montgomery and Eighth Streets in Laurel, MarylandLaurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
, and was named, Laurel High School.
Desegregation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desegregation_busing_in_the_United_States#Prince_George.27s_County.2C_MarylandSchool consolidation (SY2009–2010)
On March 26, 2009, the Prince George's County Public Schools Board of Education voted to consolidate eight under-enrolled schools in the county and expand magnet program offerings within the school system. This decision was made after a series of community briefings, public hearings, more than 2,500 survey responses, and additional public input.This process of expanding opportunities for students began in June 2008. The Board of Education directed the school district to conduct a comprehensive review of school enrollments
in September 2008. Recognizing that some schools were significantly under-enrolled, the Board of Education sought to offer more educational opportunities in historically under-served areas of the county, relieve overcrowding where possible, and improve operating efficiencies. The Board of Education used constituent feedback to refine the proposal made by Interim Superintendent Dr. William R. Hite, Jr. earlier this year, and reduced the number of schools to be consolidated to eight (8) instead of 12. The plan still relieves overcrowded schools, identifies space for new academic choices, and expands successful programs. The school district’s next step will be to solicit public input on what new or expanded programs communities would like to see in their schools.
In January 2009, the Superintendent presented the Board with the first of four phases in a proposal. Phase I was approved with the following components for the 2009–2010
school year:
- No high schools were affected by Phase I.
- Eight (8) schools were consolidated and students were reassigned for the 2009–2010 school year. The following schools were closed (permanently) starting with the 2009–2010 school year: Berkshire Elementary, John Carroll Elementary, John E. Howard Elementary, Matthew Henson Elementary, Middleton Valley Elementary, Morningside Elementary, Owens Road Elementary, and G. Gardner Shugart Middle School.
- Five (5) schools were converted to Kindergarten through Grade 8 (K-8) programs: Andrew Jackson Middle School, Samuel P. Massie Elementary School, and William W. Hall Elementary School, whom of which enroll students in grades K-8, while Henry G. Ferguson Elementary School and Eugene Burroughs Middle School, were combined to create The Accokeek Academy PreK-8 school with the Talented & Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program from Henry Ferguson carrying over to the newly combined school and expanding to include grades 7 & 8.
- Benjamin D. Foulois Elementary School was converted to a K-8 Creative & Performing Arts magnet center for the southern end of the county, replicating the current program at Thomas G. Pullen Arts Magnet School.
- Concord, Dodge Park, District Heights, and Oakcrest elementary schools were removed from the list of potential schools to be closed/consolidated.
- Twenty-nine (29) temporary classrooms will no longer be in use at the affected schools.
- Communities will make recommendations on what new magnet programs they want for their schools (i.e. Foreign Language Immersion, Montessori, etc.).
Transportation
Prince George's County Public Schools offers students transportation to and from school with its own transportation system. The system runs a fleet of various school busSchool bus
A school bus is a type of bus designed and manufactured for student transport: carrying children and teenagers to and from school and school events...
models by Blue Bird Corporation, IC Bus, and Thomas Built Buses
Thomas Built Buses
Thomas Built Buses, Inc. is a bus manufacturer based in High Point, North Carolina, United States and a subsidiary of the German Daimler AG. Thomas produces school buses, activity buses/MFSAB , and commercial buses; both small and full-size buses are produced.Thomas traces its roots to 1916, when...
. Models include rear-engined and front-engined types, which all operate under diesel fuel. Special needs children are also provided with a bus that is accessible to them. All buses visibly display "Prince George's County Public Schools" on both sides of the bus. The transportation department operates from 13 bus lots, which in total operate over 1200 buses on over 5000 routes. The ridership varies annually, although at least 93,000 students ride buses provided by the department. All routes consist of three digit numbers, such as 001, and a letter-digit route, such as B12. In addition to transportation to and from schools, the school district runs buses for school field trips, athletic events, and other approved necessities for a bus in Maryland. Ridership of each bus is determined by the distance in which the student lives from their school, which includes but not limited to two miles for intermediate and secondary schools and one and half mile for primary schools. Each route is determined through a trapeze system, in which information regarding students is entered into a computer system and the outcome being their route number.
High schools
Comprehensive high school
Comprehensive high schools are the most common form of public high schools in the United States and are meant to serve the needs of all students, as compared to the common practice in other nations in which examinations are used to sort students into different high schools for different populations...
model as their base. All students are assigned to a high school based on an "attendance area". Magnet Programs
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
operate as a "School-Within-A-School" model, where the magnet serves as an alternative program---in addition to the main comprehensive program---and students from outside the regular attendance area of the high school are enrolled and accepted into the magnet, either through continuity (automatic continuation from a middle school magnet program to the high school level equivalent) or more commonly, through a "Magnet Lottery", where students apply for a magnet program and are granted acceptance through a random drawing. Enrollment into the Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is through audition
Audition
An audition is a sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer or other performing artist.Audition may also refer to:* The sense of hearing* Adobe Audition, audio editing software...
only. Some high schools have also implemented a "Smaller Learning Community
Small Learning Community
A Small Learning Community , also referred to as a School-Within-A-School, is a form of school structure that is increasingly common in secondary schools to subdivide large school populations into smaller, autonomous groups of students and teachers....
" model, where they offer anywhere from two or more Academy Programs, which effectively breaks a school down into several smaller schools within the school, by allowing students to essentially declare a major
Academic major
In the United States and Canada, an academic major or major concentration is the academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits....
(such as a student attending a college
College
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or university
University
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) through career academies such as "Arts, Media, and Communication" or the "National Academy of Finance", for example. Larger high schools have more academy program offerings. All high schools in the PGCPS operate on a staggered school day schedule, where some high schools start as early as 7:45am and end as early as 2:25pm, and other high schools start as late as 9:30am and end as late as 4:10pm. All high schools operate on an alternating A/B-day block scheduling
Block scheduling
Block scheduling is a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day but each class is scheduled for a longer period of time . A student might be taking 7 different classes, but only 4 per day, and the specific daily classes would rotate through a changing daily cycle...
system, where one group of classes are taken on "A-Days" and a different group of classes are taken on "B-Days", and the cycle repeats. Most high schools have between three and four lunch shifts, depending on enrollment and eating accommodations. The only exception is Eleanor Roosevelt High School, which has adopted a modified hybrid block schedule in which both traditional single period courses and double period (block schedule) courses, are integrated.
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| Academy of Health Sciences at Prince George's Community College
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| align="center"|Largo
Largo, Maryland
Largo is an unincorporated area and census designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. The population was 8,408 at the 2000 census....
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| 100
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| Academy of Health Sciences
| This is a brand new school in PGCPS ran in conjunction with the Prince George's Community College
Prince George's Community College
Prince George's Community College is a community college located in the unincorporated community of Largo in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States...
with classes being held on the PGCC campus and is the State of Maryland's
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
first middle college. The school will be admitting the first class of 100 Freshman in Fall 2011. A new grade level will be added each year until a full, four year, grades 9-12 high school is operational. There will be a total of 400 students.
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| 2.
| Bladensburg High School
Bladensburg High School
Bladensburg High School is a secondary school located in Bladensburg, Maryland.The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools district....
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| align="center"|Bladensburg
Bladensburg, Maryland
Bladensburg is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 7,661 at the 2000 census.Bladensburg is from central Washington, DC...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,926
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| Biomedical Magnet Program; Career and Technical Education Magnet Program; Academy of Hospitality and Tourism; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|Bladensburg received a state-of-the-art, replacement facility, in August 2004.
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| 3.
| Bowie High School
Bowie High School (Maryland)
Bowie High School is a public high school in Bowie, Maryland. It is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.-Academics:Bowie High School has the second highest student SAT average in Prince George's County, and is rated second on The Washington Post's Advanced Placement Challenge Index....
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| align="center"|Bowie
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
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| 2,912
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| SUMMIT Scholar Signature Program
| Bowie High School has two physical campuses. 10th-12th grade attend classes at the main campus and 9th graders attend classes at the "Belair Annex" (a former middle school) a half mile away. Bowie was ranked #1,173 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
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| Central High School
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| align="center"|Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights, Maryland
Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,138 at the 2000 census. Development around the Capitol Heights Metro station has medical facilities and eateries to support the community...
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| 1,057
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| French Immersion Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; Law, Education, and Public Service Academy; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| Central was ranked #1,429 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
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Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
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| 5.
| Crossland High School
Crossland High School
Crossland High School is a public secondary school located in Temple Hills, Maryland. The school serves about 2,000 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Crossland is named after a prominent early Maryland family...
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| align="center"|Temple Hills
Temple Hills, Maryland
Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The greater Temple Hills mailing address includes not just the tiny red area on this map, but also the area...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,412
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| Technical Academy Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Program (Non-Magnet); America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Global Studies; Crossland Evening High School
| Crossland was named an IB World School, in 2009.
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| 6.
| Frederick Douglass High School
Frederick Douglass High School (Prince George's County, Maryland)
Frederick Douglass High School, established in 1934 as Marlboro High School and renamed Frederick Douglass High School in 1935, is a public high school located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland; is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system; and is named after the famous abolitionist,...
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| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,133
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| International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| 7.
| DuVal High School
DuVal High School
DuVal Senior High School , is named in honor of Gabreil DuVal, a U.S. Representative from the second district of Maryland from November 11, 1794, to March 28, 1796, Chief Justice of the General Court of Maryland from 1796 to 1802, and First Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury from 1802 through 1811...
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| align="center"|Lanham
Lanham, Maryland
Lanham is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place consisting of Lanham and the...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,644
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Hospitality and Tourism; Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy; Foundations to Technology Academy
| DuVal received a state-of-the-art, $13.4 million USD, 65,995 sq. ft., 600-student classroom addition, in 2007. The addition added a music wing and two-story academic wing.
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| 8.
| Fairmont Heights High School
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| align="center"|Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights, Maryland
Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,138 at the 2000 census. Development around the Capitol Heights Metro station has medical facilities and eateries to support the community...
| align="center"|9–12
| 776
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| Biotechnology Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| 9.
| Charles Herbert Flowers High School
Charles Herbert Flowers High School
Charles Herbert Flowers High School is located in Springdale of Prince George's County, Maryland. United States. The principal is Ms. Helena Nobles-Jones.Flowers High School's motto is "Mecca of Excellence."-History:...
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| align="center"|Springdale
Springdale, Maryland
Springdale is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,645 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Springdale is located at ....
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,431
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; National Academy of Finance; Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy
| Flowers was ranked #1,445 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2009.
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| 10.
| Forestville Military Academy
Forestville Military Academy
Forestville Military Academy is a military high school located in Forestville, a section of unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States....
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| align="center"|Forestville
Forestville, Maryland
Forestville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,707 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|9–12
| 797
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Military Academy; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| Friendly High School
Friendly High School
Friendly High School is a public high school in unincorporated Friendly, Maryland in Prince George's County, a county in the state of Maryland in the United States of America...
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| align="center"|Fort Washington
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,457
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| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| 12.
| Gwynn Park High School
Gwynn Park High School
Gwynn Park High School is in Prince George's County, Maryland, a suburban area near the United States capital of Washington D.C..- Sports :The school has won state championships in boys basketball in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1988; girls basketball in 1974, 2002, 2003,...
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| align="center"|Brandywine
Brandywine, Maryland
Brandywine is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, although the postal delivery area includes part of Charles County as well near Malcolm....
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,173
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| 13.
| High Point High School
High Point High School
High Point High School is a high school located in Beltsville, an unincorporated section of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America, and built on the highest point in Prince George's County....
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| align="center"|Beltsville
Beltsville, Maryland
Beltsville is a census-designated place in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,691 at the 2000 census. Beltsville includes the unincorporated community of Vansville.-Geography:...
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| 2,218
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| High Point received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement, in 2004. High Point was ranked #1,361 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
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Top 1500 Public High Schools in America, for 2010. U.S. News & World Report
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U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
named High Point a Silver Medal School, in 2010.
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| 14.
| Largo High School
Largo High School (Maryland)
Largo High School or LHS is located near Largo in the unincorporated Largo section of Prince George's County, Maryland. It is operated by the Prince George's County Public Schools system....
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| align="center"|Largo
Largo, Maryland
Largo is an unincorporated area and census designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. The population was 8,408 at the 2000 census....
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,266
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Biotechnology Magnet Program; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Largo Evening High School
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| 15.
| Laurel High School
Laurel High School (Laurel, Maryland)
Laurel High School is a public high school located in Laurel, Maryland, and is the oldest school in the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Founded in 1899 with an enrollment of 59 students and four teachers, the original school building is now the Phelps Community Center in Laurel...
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| align="center"|Laurel
Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,877
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Program (Non-Magnet); America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| Laurel completed a 600-student classroom addition, as well as a brand new auditorium, in the Spring of 2010. Laurel was also ranked #1,343 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
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| 16.
| Northwestern High School
Northwestern High School (Hyattsville, Maryland)
Northwestern High School , established in 1951, is a public comprehensive secondary school located in Hyattsville, Maryland in Prince George's County, less than a mile from the internationally known University of Maryland, College Park. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system...
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| align="center"|Hyattsville
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,543
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program; School of Business Management and Finance (National Academy of Finance • Academy of Business Management); The Jim Henson School of Arts, Media, & Communications (Academy of Arts and Humanities • Academy of Instrumental Music • Academy of Visual Arts • Academy of Vocal Music); School of Human Resource Services (The International Studies Academy • NJROTC
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...
Academy of Military Science); School of Manufacturing, Engineering, and Technology (Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy); Colours Performing Arts Program; Northwestern Evening High School; Northwestern Adult Evening High School; Northwestern Saturday Academy
| Northwestern received a state-of-the-art, $45 million replacement facility, which opened in August 2000. At 386,000sq. ft., it was (at the time) the largest high school in the state of Maryland in terms of total square footage. It was surpass in physical size by the new Dr. Henry Wise, Jr. HS (also in Prince George's County), in 2006. Northwestern is currently the second largest high school in Maryland. U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
named Northwestern a Silver Medal School, in 2010.
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| 17.
| Oxon Hill High School
Oxon Hill High School
Oxon Hill High School is a public senior high school located in Oxon Hill, an unincorporated area in Prince George's County, Maryland, and a suburb of Washington, D.C...
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| align="center"|Oxon Hill
Oxon Hill, Maryland
Oxon Hill is part of the Oxon Hill-Glassmanor census-designated place in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Oxon Hill is a suburb of Washington, DC located southeast of the downtown district and east of Alexandria, Virginia...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,699
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
| Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; School of Arts, Media, and Communications (Academy of Dance • Academy of Music • Academy of Visual Arts); School of Business Management and Finance (Academy of Accounting and Finance • Academy of Business Administrative Services • Academy of Business Management); School of Consumer Services, Hospitality, and Tourism (Academy of Hospitality and Restaurant Management); School of Human Resources (Academy of Early Childhood • Academy of Military Sciences • Teacher Academy of Maryland)
| Oxon Hill was ranked #957 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 18.
| Parkdale High School
Parkdale High School
Parkdale High School or PHS is a public magnet high school located at 6001 Good Luck Road, Riverdale, Maryland 20737. The principal is Mrs. Cheryl Logan. The September 2009 enrollment is approximately 2,172-students in grades nine through twelve. Parkdale's schools hours are from 7:45am until...
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| align="center"|Riverdale
Riverdale Park, Maryland
Riverdale Park is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Riverdale Park is located at ....
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,205
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Academy of Global Studies; Capital One
Capital One
Capital One Financial Corp. is a U.S.-based bank holding company specializing in credit cards, home loans, auto loans, banking and savings products...
Student Banking Program
| Parkdale received a state-of-the-art, 400-seat classroom addition, in November 2007. Parkdale was ranked #1,481 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010.
|-
| 19.
| Potomac High School
Potomac High School (Maryland)
Potomac High School is a public high school located at 5211 Boydell Avenue, Oxon Hill, Maryland 20745. The principal is Robynne W. Prince. The approximate enrollment as of August 2010 stands at 1,216-students in grades nine through twelve. The school hours are from 7:45am to 2:25pm, and Potomac...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
Temple Hills, Maryland
Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The greater Temple Hills mailing address includes not just the tiny red area on this map, but also the area...
| align="center"|9–12
| 1,216
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program; National Academy of Finance; School of Arts, Media, and Communications (Academy of the Arts-Dance • Academy of the Arts-Music • Academy of the Arts-Visual); School of Business Management and Finance (Academy of Finance • Academy of Business Management); School of Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism (Academy of Hospitality and Restaurant Management); School of Human Resource Services (Academy of Military Sciences • Law, Education, and Public Service Academy • Teacher Academy of Maryland); School of Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology (Project Lead the Way Pre-Engineering Academy)
| Potomac received a state-of-the-art, 600-seat classroom addition, in January 2008.
|-
| 20.
| Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, Maryland)
Eleanor Roosevelt High School , is a Maryland public magnet high school specializing in science, mathematics, technology, and engineering. The school was established in 1978 at its current location in Greenbelt, Maryland and is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system...
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| align="center"|Greenbelt
Greenbelt, Maryland
Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designated as the Greenbelt Historic District...
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,669
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Science and Technology Center Magnet Program; Quality Education in Science and Technology (QUEST) Program/Academy of Information Technology (AOIT); Arts, Media, and Communications Academy; Academy of Business and Finance; Academy of Public Service; Technology Systems Academy; Academy of Health and Bio-Sciences; Gilder-Lehrman American History Program
| Eleanor Roosevelt has been twice recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence both in 1991 and 1998, as well as a Maryland Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1991 and 1998. It was also named a New American High School in 1999, and it received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in 2002. Roosevelt was also named a National School of Character in 2002. Roosevelt was ranked #409 on Newsweek's
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Top 1500 Public High Schools in America", for 2010. U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
named Roosevelt a Silver Medal School, in 2008.
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| 21.
| Suitland High School
Suitland High School
Suitland High School is a public magnet high school located at 5200 Silver Hill Road, Forestville, Maryland 20747, long regarded for its Visual and Performing Arts magnet program...
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| align="center"|Forestville
Forestville, Maryland
Forestville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,707 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,359
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
| Center for the Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Program; International Baccalaureate (IB) Magnet Program; Technical Academy Magnet Program (The Jesse J. Warr Vocational Center); America's Choice School Design Signature Program;Navy Junior ROTC (NJROTC); School of Business and Finance (National Academy of Finance)
|Suitland High School has TWO physical campuses: the main campus and the "annex" (a former elementary school) located directly behind the main campus, which houses the majority of the schools "Center for the Visual and Performing Arts" magnet program. Suitland was named a 1989 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
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| 22.
| Surrattsville High School
Surrattsville High School
Surrattsville High School or SHS is a public high school located in Clinton, Maryland and is a part of the Prince George's County Public School System in Prince George's County, Maryland. The school educates about 1,100 children and teenagers in grades 9 through 12...
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| align="center"|Clinton
Clinton, Maryland
Clinton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the American Civil War. The population of Clinton was 26,064 at the 2000 census. However, as of 2007, there is an...
| align="center"|9–12
| 857
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
| AVID Signature Program; America's Choice School Design Signature Program; Law, Education, and Public Service Academy
|
|-
| 23.
| Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School is a public high school which opened its doors to students for the very first time in the Fall of 2006. Wise was constructed to relieve overcrowding in several Southern-area high schools, mainly Frederick Douglass High School...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat...
| align="center"|9–12
| 2,651
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| Technical Academy Magnet Program
| At 434,600 sq. ft. and with a capacity of 2,600 students, Wise is currently the largest high school in the state of Maryland when measured by total square footage. It was completed in August 2006 and features a 5,000-seat professional gymnasium---the largest of any school in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
|}
Middle schools
Intermediate schools are referred to as "Middle Schools" in the PGCPS system, and operate as either Grades 6–8 middle schools or Grades 7–8 middle schools. Grades 7–9 Junior High Schools were phased out in the mid-1980s. Recent efforts have been made to convert most middle schools to the more popular Grades 6–8 model. Issues in the past such as over-enrollment, lack of classroom space, and funding, had made it hard to convert all middle schools to a Grades 6–8 configuration, but with increased funding and the addition of new middle schools, the transitions is slowly being made. As of SY2010–2011, more than half of the PGCPS middle schools, have gained the sixth grade. Most middle schools in Prince George's County operate with a "comprehensive" model, as their base. Most students are assigned to a middle school based on an "attendance area". Most magnet programs operate as a "School-Within-A-School" model, where the magnet serves as an alternative program---in addition to the main comprehensive program---and students from outside the regular attendance area of the middle school are enrolled and accepted into the magnet, either through continuity (automatic continuation from an elementary school magnet program to the middle school level equivalent) or more commonly, through a Magnet Lottery, where students apply for a magnet program and are granted acceptance through a random drawing. Almost all middle schools have a whole-school "Signature Program" that includes a specialized program of instruction which is the foundation of the schools comprehensive program. All middle schools in the PGCPS operate on a staggered school day schedule, where some middle schools start as early as 7:45am and the end as early as 2:25pm, and other middle schools start as late as 9:30am and end as late as 4:10pm. All middle schools operate on a modified block scheduling system, where some classes meet for as long as 70-minutes, daily. In a cooperative effort of the county government, Board of EducationBoard of education
A board of education or a school board or school committee is the title of the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or higher administrative level....
, and the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), some M-NCPPC community centers are physically connected to middle schools, throughout the district. The unique community park/school centers currently features shared use areas which include: a gymnasium; multi-purpose room; exercise/fitness room; dance room; arts and crafts room; computer lab; offices; storage areas; patio area; and restrooms. There are tennis courts and unlighted fields located, on-site, at select centers.
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| 1.
| Buck Lodge Middle School
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| align="center"|Adelphi
Adelphi, Maryland
Adelphi is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,998 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|7–8
| 775
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
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- America's Choice School Design Signature Program
- AVID Signature Program
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| 2.
| Charles Carroll Middle School
Charles Carroll Middle School
Charles Carroll Middle School, is an intermediate school located in New Carrollton, Maryland. It is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools district....
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| align="center"|New Carrollton
New Carrollton, Maryland
New Carrollton is a city located in central Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, population was 12,589.New Carrollton is 12.11 miles from central Washington, DC....
| align="center"|6–8
| 821
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
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- America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| 3.
| Stephen Decatur Middle School
Stephen Decatur Middle School
Stephen Decatur Middle School is a Talented and Gifted magnet middle school located in Clinton, Maryland and is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system in the USA. It contains approximately 974 students in grades 6 through 8...
and Community Center
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| align="center"|Clinton
Clinton, Maryland
Clinton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the American Civil War. The population of Clinton was 26,064 at the 2000 census. However, as of 2007, there is an...
| align="center"|6–8
| 627
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
|
- Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
- AVID Signature Program
|This school has a full Community/Recreation Center directly connected to the facility.
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| 4.
| Drew-Freeman Middle School
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| align="center"|Suitland
| align="center"|7–8
| 781
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
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- America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| 5.
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School
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| align="center"|Laurel
Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
| align="center"|7–8
| 779
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
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- AVID Signature Program
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| 6.
| Isaac J. Gourdine Middle School
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| align="center"|Fort Washington
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority...
| align="center"|6–8
| 619
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
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- AVID Signature Program
- Autism Program
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| 7.
| Greenbelt Middle School
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| align="center"|Greenbelt
Greenbelt, Maryland
Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designated as the Greenbelt Historic District...
| align="center"|6–8
| 732
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
|
- America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| PGCPS is currently constructing a brand new 990-student, LEED certified Greenbelt Middle School, which is slated to open in August 2012.
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| 8.
| Gwynn Park Middle School
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| align="center"|Brandywine
Brandywine, Maryland
Brandywine is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, although the postal delivery area includes part of Charles County as well near Malcolm....
| align="center"|6–8
| 616
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
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- AVID Signature Progam
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| 9.
| Hyattsville Middle School
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| align="center"|Hyattsville
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...
| align="center"|7–8
| 663
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
|
- Creative and Performing Arts Magnet Program
| The magnet program at Hyattsville has a limited attendance-area, and is available to students in Regions 2 ann 5, only
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| 10.
| Thomas Johnson Middle School
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| align="center"|Lanham
Lanham, Maryland
Lanham is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place consisting of Lanham and the...
| align="center"|6–8
| 932
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
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| 11.
| Dr. Ernest Everett Just Middle School
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| align="center"|Mitchellville
Mitchellville, Maryland
Mitchellville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 9,611 at the 2000 census. It is home to the Six Flags America theme park, Country Club at Woodmore, and Freeway Airport. The Capital Centre was located in...
| align="center"|7–8
| 757
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
|
- AVID Signature Program
- Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy
| This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
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| 12.
| Kenmoor Middle School
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| align="center"|Landover
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...
| align="center"|7–8
| 705
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
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- Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
- AVID Signature Program
| 1989 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 1989 Maryland Blue Ribbon School
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| 13.
| Kettering Middle School
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| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat...
| align="center"|6–8
| 602
| align="center"|7:45a – 2:25p
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- America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| 1993 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 1993 Maryland Blue Ribbon School
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| 14.
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School
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| align="center"|Beltsville
Beltsville, Maryland
Beltsville is a census-designated place in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,691 at the 2000 census. Beltsville includes the unincorporated community of Vansville.-Geography:...
| align="center"|6–8
| 687
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
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- AVID Signature Program
| 1993 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 1993 Maryland Blue Ribbon School
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| 15.
| James Madison Middle School
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| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat...
| align="center"|7–8
| 927
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
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| 16.
| Thurgood G. Marshall Middle School
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| align="center"|Temple Hills
Temple Hills, Maryland
Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The greater Temple Hills mailing address includes not just the tiny red area on this map, but also the area...
| align="center"|6–8
| 781
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
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- America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| 17.
| Samuel Ogle Middle School
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| align="center"|Bowie
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
| align="center"|6–8
| 920
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
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- AVID Signature Program
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| 18.
| Nicholas Orem Middle School
Nicholas Orem Middle School
Nicholas Orem Middle School is a public middle school located in Hyattsville, Maryland in Prince George's County. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system...
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| align="center"|Hyattsville
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...
| align="center"|6–8
| 659
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
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- America's Choice School Design Signature Program
- Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering Academy
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| 19.
| Oxon Hill Middle School
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| align="center"|Fort Washington
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority...
| align="center"|7–8
| 608
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
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- AVID Signature Program
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| 20.
| Benjamin Stoddert Middle School
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| align="center"|Temple Hills
Temple Hills, Maryland
Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The greater Temple Hills mailing address includes not just the tiny red area on this map, but also the area...
| align="center"|6–8
| 655
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
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- America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| 21.
| Benjamin Tasker Middle School
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| align="center"|Bowie
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
| align="center"|6–8
| 1,006
| align="center"|8:30a – 3:10p
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- AVID Signature Program
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| 22.
| Walker Mill Middle School
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| align="center"|Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights, Maryland
Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,138 at the 2000 census. Development around the Capitol Heights Metro station has medical facilities and eateries to support the community...
| align="center"|7–8
| 759
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
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- Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
- AVID Signature Program
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| 23.
| William Wirt Middle School
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| align="center"|Riverdale
Riverdale Park, Maryland
Riverdale Park is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Riverdale Park is located at ....
| align="center"|6–8
| 755
| align="center"|9:30a – 4:10p
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- America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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Dedicated magnet schools
Dedicated magnet schools are offered in the PGCPS system, at the PreK-8th grade, elementary and middle school level, only. Dedicated magnet schools are "whole school" programs and differ from traditional comprehensive schools, as (1) all students at the school are enrolled and receive instruction in the magnet program and (2) traditional attendance areas for assigning students to a school are replaced by much larger geographical attendance zones, usually split between North county (areas North of Central AvenueMaryland Route 214
Maryland Route 214 is an east–west state highway that runs through Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County within the U.S. state of Maryland. Central Avenue runs along the center of Prince George's County and divides it into north and south...
) and South county (areas South of Central Avenue
Maryland Route 214
Maryland Route 214 is an east–west state highway that runs through Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County within the U.S. state of Maryland. Central Avenue runs along the center of Prince George's County and divides it into north and south...
). Currently, whole school, dedicated magnet programs are offered through the Creative and Performing Arts, French Immersion, and Montessori magnet programs. Students receive specialized instruction that varies from the typical comprehensive program, offered at most other schools. Students are selected for the magnet programs through Magnet Lottery for the French Immersion and Montessori programs and also for the Creative and Performing Arts program at the elementary school level, and acceptance into the Creative and Performing Arts program is through audition only at the middle school level.
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|+ Dedicated Magnet Centers
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!WEBSITE
!LOCATION
!width="75"|GRADES
!width="105"|ENROLLMENT
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!width="355"|SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS
!NOTES & COMMENTS
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| 1.
| Benjamin D. Foulois Creative and Performing Arts Academy
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Suitland
| align="center"|ES K-5
MS 6–8
| 542
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| Creative and Performing Arts Magnet Program
| This magnet school serves all PGCPS students who live SOUTH of Central Avenue
Maryland Route 214
Maryland Route 214 is an east–west state highway that runs through Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County within the U.S. state of Maryland. Central Avenue runs along the center of Prince George's County and divides it into north and south...
. Benjamin Foulois is based on the Creative and Performing Arts magnet program found at Thomas G. Pullen.
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| 2.
| Robert Goddard French Immersion School
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| align="center"|Seabrook
Seabrook, Maryland
Seabrook is an unincorporated community located in central Maryland about east of Washington DC.According to the 2000 census, the population of Lanham-Seabrook is 18,190...
| align="center"|ES K-5
MS 6–8
| 585 of 1,136
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| French Immersion Magnet Program
| This magnet school serves all PGCPS students who live NORTH of Central Avenue
Maryland Route 214
Maryland Route 214 is an east–west state highway that runs through Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County within the U.S. state of Maryland. Central Avenue runs along the center of Prince George's County and divides it into north and south...
. Robert Goddard French Immersion occupies the same facility as Robert Goodard Montessori, however, each school operates as two separate schools, and each school has its own principal and staff.
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| 3.
| Robert Goddard Montessori School
Robert Goddard Montessori
Robert Goddard Montessori is a Montessori school in Seabrook, Maryland. Its enrollment is around 600 students, from Pre-K to eighth grade. It teaches from the Montessori method, developed by Maria Montessori. It is a registered Green School in the state of Maryland...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Seabrook
Seabrook, Maryland
Seabrook is an unincorporated community located in central Maryland about east of Washington DC.According to the 2000 census, the population of Lanham-Seabrook is 18,190...
| align="center"|ES PreK-5
MS 6–8
| 551 of 1,107
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| Montessori Magnet Program
| This magnet school serves all PGCPS students who live NORTH of Central Avenue
Maryland Route 214
Maryland Route 214 is an east–west state highway that runs through Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County within the U.S. state of Maryland. Central Avenue runs along the center of Prince George's County and divides it into north and south...
. Robert Goddard Montessori occupies the same facility as Robert Goodard French Immersion, however, each school operates as two separate schools, and each school has its own principal and staff.
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| 4.
| John Hanson French Immersion School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
Oxon Hill, Maryland
Oxon Hill is part of the Oxon Hill-Glassmanor census-designated place in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Oxon Hill is a suburb of Washington, DC located southeast of the downtown district and east of Alexandria, Virginia...
| align="center"|ES K-5
MS 6–8
| 389 of 855
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| French Immersion Magnet Program
| This magnet school serves all PGCPS students who live SOUTH of Central Avenue
Maryland Route 214
Maryland Route 214 is an east–west state highway that runs through Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County within the U.S. state of Maryland. Central Avenue runs along the center of Prince George's County and divides it into north and south...
. John Hanson French Immersion occupies the same facility as John Hanson Montessori, however, each school operates as two separate schools, and each school has its own principal and staff.
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| 5.
| John Hanson Montessori School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
Oxon Hill, Maryland
Oxon Hill is part of the Oxon Hill-Glassmanor census-designated place in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Oxon Hill is a suburb of Washington, DC located southeast of the downtown district and east of Alexandria, Virginia...
| align="center"|ES PreK-5
MS 6–8
| 466 of 855
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| Montessori Magnet Program
| This magnet school serves all PGCPS students who live SOUTH of Central Avenue
Maryland Route 214
Maryland Route 214 is an east–west state highway that runs through Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County within the U.S. state of Maryland. Central Avenue runs along the center of Prince George's County and divides it into north and south...
. John Hanson Montessori occupies the same facility as John Hanson French Immersion, however, each school operates as two separate schools, and each school has its own principal and staff.
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| 6.
| Thomas G. Pullen Creative and Performing Arts Magnet School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...
| align="center"|ES K-5
MS 6–8
| 738
| align="center"|9:00a – 3:40p
| Creative & Performing Arts Magnet Program
| This magnet school serves all PGCPS students who live NORTH of Central Avenue
Maryland Route 214
Maryland Route 214 is an east–west state highway that runs through Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County within the U.S. state of Maryland. Central Avenue runs along the center of Prince George's County and divides it into north and south...
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Combined elementary and middle schools
Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8 schools are essentially combined elementary and middle schools, facilitated in one building. The elementary school usually starts at Pre-Kindergarten and ends at Grade 5 and the middle school starts at Grade 6 and ends at Grade 8. These schools usually offer a slightly enhanced standard of learning and studies have suggested that students have benefited from being in one continuous facility from Kindergarten through 8th grade, without having the disruption having to attend a brand new school, for the middle school years.{| class="toccolours sortable" border="1" cellpadding="6" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+ PreK-8 Primary-Intermediate Schools
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!WEBSITE
!width="100"|LOCATION
!width="75"|GRADES
!ENROLLMENT
(SY2009-10)
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(Start/End)
!width="330"|SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS
!NOTES & COMMENTS
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| 1.
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The Accokeek Academy
| align="center"|Link
Link
| align="center"|Accokeek
Accokeek, Maryland
Accokeek is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located about 8.5 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. The population was 7,349 at the 2000 census. It is home to Piscataway Park....
| align="center"|ES K-5
MS 6–8
| 1,238
| align="center"|9:30a - 4:10p
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- Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
- AVID Signature Program
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| 2.
| Beltsville Academy
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Beltsville
Beltsville, Maryland
Beltsville is a census-designated place in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,691 at the 2000 census. Beltsville includes the unincorporated community of Vansville.-Geography:...
| align="center"|ES PreK-5
MS 6–8
| 1,028
| align="center"|8:30a - 3:10p
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| Beltsville Academy operated as "Beltsville Elementary School" and prior to that, as "Beltsville Academic Center" (when Beltsville housed the now eliminated "Academic Center Magnet Program"), until the 2008-2009 school year, when it was converted to a kindergarten through 8th grade school.
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| 3.
| William W. Hall Academy
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights, Maryland
Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,138 at the 2000 census. Development around the Capitol Heights Metro station has medical facilities and eateries to support the community...
| align="center"|ES PreK-5
MS 6–8
| 530
| align="center"|7:45a - 2:25p
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| This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility. William Hall was converted from a PreK-6 Elementary School to a PreK-8 Academy, for school year 2009-2010.
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| 4.
| Andrew Jackson Academy
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
Forestville, Maryland
Forestville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,707 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|ES K-5
MS 6–8
| 667
| align="center"|8:30a - 3:10p
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| Andrew Jackson was converted from a 6-8 middle school to a PreK-8 Academy for the 2009-2010 school year.
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| 5.
| Samuel P. Massie Academy
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
Forestville, Maryland
Forestville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,707 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|ES PreK-5
MS 6–8
| 660
| align="center"|7:45a - 2:25p
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| This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility. Samuel Massie was converted from a PreK-5 Elementary School to a PreK-8 Academy, for school year 2009-2010.
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| 6.
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Cora L. Rice Elementary School
G. James Gholson Middle School
| align="center"|Link
Link
| align="center"|Landover
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...
| align="center"|ES PreK-6
MS 7–8
| ES 623
MS 735
Total: 1,358
| align="center"|7:45a – 1:55p
9:30a – 4:10p
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- America's Choice School Design Signature Program
| Both schools are housed in ONE state-of-the-art educational complex.
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Elementary schools
Elementary Schools in Prince George's County operate in several configurations, ranging from Pre-K (Head Start) through Grade 6. Most elementary schools operate under a Kindergarten through Grade 6 configuration, and lack a Pre-Kindergarten/Head Start program. More recently, with boundary realignments to ease overcrowding and with the opening of newer and larger schools and increased funding, several schools have changed to a PreK-6th grade configuration while others have added a Pre-Kindergarten, but dropped the sixth grade, to change to a Pre-K through Grade 5 school. The sixth grades from those schools were added to the elementary schools feeder middle school. In a cooperative effort of the county government, Board of Education, and the Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), several M-NCPPC community centers are physically connected to elementary schools, throughout the district. The unique community park/school centers currently features shared use areas which include: a gymnasium; multi-purpose room; exercise/fitness room; dance room; arts and crafts room; computer lab; offices; storage areas; patio area; and restrooms. There are tennis courts and unlighted fields located, on-site, at select centers.{| class="toccolours sortable" border="1" cellpadding="6" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+ Elementary Schools
|- style="background:darkblue;"
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!WEBSITE
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!LOWEST GRADE
!HIGHEST GRADE
!ENROLLMENT
!width="330"|SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS
!NOTES & COMMENTS
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| Adelphi Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Adelphi
Adelphi, Maryland
Adelphi is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,998 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 391
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| Allenwood Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
Temple Hills, Maryland
Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The greater Temple Hills mailing address includes not just the tiny red area on this map, but also the area...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 444
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| Apple Grove Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 504
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| Ardmore Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Springdale
Springdale, Maryland
Springdale is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,645 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Springdale is located at ....
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 543
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| Arrowhead Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 520
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| Avalon Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 346
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| Baden Elementary School and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Brandywine
Brandywine, Maryland
Brandywine is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, although the postal delivery area includes part of Charles County as well near Malcolm....
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 258
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|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
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| Barnaby Manor Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
Oxon Hill, Maryland
Oxon Hill is part of the Oxon Hill-Glassmanor census-designated place in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Oxon Hill is a suburb of Washington, DC located southeast of the downtown district and east of Alexandria, Virginia...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 543
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| John H. Bayne Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights, Maryland
Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,138 at the 2000 census. Development around the Capitol Heights Metro station has medical facilities and eateries to support the community...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 485
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| Beacon Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Riverdale
Riverdale Park, Maryland
Riverdale Park is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Riverdale Park is located at ....
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 482
| 2004 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 2004 Maryland Blue Ribbon School
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| William Beanes Elementary School and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Suitland
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 480
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|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
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| Berwyn Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Berwyn Heights
Berwyn Heights, Maryland
Berwyn Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,942 at the 2000 census. It is bordered by College Park to the west, Greenbelt to the northeast, East Riverdale to the southwest, and Riverdale Park to the south....
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 473
| Music and Technology Magnet Program
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| Bladensburg Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bladensburg
Bladensburg, Maryland
Bladensburg is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 7,661 at the 2000 census.Bladensburg is from central Washington, DC...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 665
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| Bond Mill Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 451
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| Maryland Blue Ribbon School
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| Bradbury Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights, Maryland
Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,138 at the 2000 census. Development around the Capitol Heights Metro station has medical facilities and eateries to support the community...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 560
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Brandywine Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Brandywine
Brandywine, Maryland
Brandywine is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, although the postal delivery area includes part of Charles County as well near Malcolm....
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 522
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| Doswell E. Brooks Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Suitland
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 308
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| Calverton Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Beltsville
Beltsville, Maryland
Beltsville is a census-designated place in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,691 at the 2000 census. Beltsville includes the unincorporated community of Vansville.-Geography:...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 777
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| Capitol Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights, Maryland
Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,138 at the 2000 census. Development around the Capitol Heights Metro station has medical facilities and eateries to support the community...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 221
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
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| Carmody Hills Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 382
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| Carole Highlands Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Takoma Park
Takoma Park, Maryland
Takoma Park is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Washington, D.C., and part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. Founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1890, Takoma Park, informally called "Azalea City," is a Tree City USA and a nuclear-free zone...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 674
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| Carrollton Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|New Carrollton
New Carrollton, Maryland
New Carrollton is a city located in central Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, population was 12,589.New Carrollton is 12.11 miles from central Washington, DC....
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 766
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| Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. Early in life, Chase was a "firebrand" states-righter and revolutionary...
Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
Temple Hills, Maryland
Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The greater Temple Hills mailing address includes not just the tiny red area on this map, but also the area...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 330
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| César Chávez
César Chávez
César Estrada Chávez was an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers ....
Spanish Immersion Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 234
| Spanish Immersion Signature Program
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| Cherokee Lane Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Adelphi
Adelphi, Maryland
Adelphi is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,998 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 434
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| Chillum Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Chillum
Chillum, Maryland
Chillum is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 34,252 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 313
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Thomas Claggett Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|District Heights
District Heights, Maryland
District Heights is an incorporated city in. Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located near Maryland Route 4. The population was 5,837 at the 2010 census...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 260
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| Clinton Grove Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Clinton
Clinton, Maryland
Clinton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the American Civil War. The population of Clinton was 26,064 at the 2000 census. However, as of 2007, there is an...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 388
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Columbia Park Elementary School and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 454
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|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility. Columbia Park was named a 1988 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
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| Concord Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|District Heights
District Heights, Maryland
District Heights is an incorporated city in. Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located near Maryland Route 4. The population was 5,837 at the 2010 census...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 372
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| Cool Spring Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Adelphi
Adelphi, Maryland
Adelphi is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,998 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 503
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| Cooper Lane Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover Hills
Landover Hills, Maryland
Landover Hills is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,534 at the 2000 census.It has a neighborhood named Defense Heights.-Bordering areas:* Woodlawn * Greater Landover...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 490
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| Deerfield Run Elementary School and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 549
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|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
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| J. Frank Dent Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 226
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| District Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|District Heights
District Heights, Maryland
District Heights is an incorporated city in. Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located near Maryland Route 4. The population was 5,837 at the 2010 census...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 469
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| Dodge Park Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 495
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| Francis T. Evans Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Clinton
Clinton, Maryland
Clinton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the American Civil War. The population of Clinton was 26,064 at the 2000 census. However, as of 2007, there is an...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 540
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| Flintstone Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
Oxon Hill, Maryland
Oxon Hill is part of the Oxon Hill-Glassmanor census-designated place in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Oxon Hill is a suburb of Washington, DC located southeast of the downtown district and east of Alexandria, Virginia...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 380
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| Forest Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forest Heights
Forest Heights, Maryland
Forest Heights, officially the Town of Forest Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, with an African-American majority population, and part of the larger postal designation Oxon Hill, MD. Students attend Oxon Hill High School. The town straddles both sides of...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 226
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| Fort Foote Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 386
|
| 2001 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
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| Fort Washington Forest Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 350
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|
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| Robert Frost Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|New Carrollton
New Carrollton, Maryland
New Carrollton is a city located in central Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, population was 12,589.New Carrollton is 12.11 miles from central Washington, DC....
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 285
|
|
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| Gaywood Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Seabrook
Seabrook, Maryland
Seabrook is an unincorporated community located in central Maryland about east of Washington DC.According to the 2000 census, the population of Lanham-Seabrook is 18,190...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 491
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|
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| Glassmanor Elementary School and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Glassmanor
Glassmanor, Maryland
Glassmanor is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place consisting of Glassmanor...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 326
|
|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
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| Glenarden Woods Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Glenarden
Glenarden, Maryland
Glenarden is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 6,000 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Glenarden is located at ....
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 460
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
| 2005-06 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 2005-06 Maryland Blue Ribbon School
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| Glenn Dale Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Glenn Dale
Glenn Dale, Maryland
Glenn Dale is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,609 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 567
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|
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| Glenridge Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover Hills
Landover Hills, Maryland
Landover Hills is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,534 at the 2000 census.It has a neighborhood named Defense Heights.-Bordering areas:* Woodlawn * Greater Landover...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 685
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|
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| Robert R. Gray Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights, Maryland
Capitol Heights is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,138 at the 2000 census. Development around the Capitol Heights Metro station has medical facilities and eateries to support the community...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 387
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
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| Greenbelt Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Greenbelt
Greenbelt, Maryland
Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designated as the Greenbelt Historic District...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 600
|
| 1991-92 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence; 1991-92 Maryland Blue Ribbon School; Greenbelt Elementary School is sometimes credited as "Greenbelt Center Elementary School". The latter name was used as the official school name from the year the school first opened until the early part of the 21st century, until "Center" was dropped.
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| James H. Harrison Elementary School
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| align="center"|Laurel
Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 292
|
|
|-
| Heather Hills Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 336
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
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| High Bridge Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 427
|
|
|-
| Highland Park Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Seat Pleasant
Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Seat Pleasant is an incorporated city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States immediately east of Washington D.C. The population was 4,885 at the 2000 census. Two state highways run through it — Maryland Route 704 and Maryland Route 214...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 189
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|
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| Hillcrest Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
Temple Hills, Maryland
Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The greater Temple Hills mailing address includes not just the tiny red area on this map, but also the area...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 504
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Hollywood Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|College Park
College Park, Maryland
College Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, USA. The population was 30,413 at the 2010 census. It is best known as the home of the University of Maryland, College Park, and since 1994 the city has also been home to the "Archives II" facility of the U.S...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 444
|
|
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| Hyattsville Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 508
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|
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| Indian Queen Elementary School and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 359
|
|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
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| Mary Harris "Mother" Jones Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Adelphi
Adelphi, Maryland
Adelphi is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,998 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 736
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|
|-
| Kenilworth Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 395
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|
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| Kenmoor Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 369
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
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| Kettering Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Kettering
Kettering, Maryland
Kettering is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,008 at the 2000 census, primarily African-American. The name Kettering was created by a suburban housing developer in the 1960s when development began...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 412
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|-
| Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet, from Georgetown, who wrote the lyrics to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".-Life:...
Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|District Heights
District Heights, Maryland
District Heights is an incorporated city in. Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located near Maryland Route 4. The population was 5,837 at the 2010 census...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 626
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
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| Kingsford Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Mitchellville
Mitchellville, Maryland
Mitchellville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 9,611 at the 2000 census. It is home to the Six Flags America theme park, Country Club at Woodmore, and Freeway Airport. The Capital Centre was located in...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 776
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
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| Lake Arbor Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Mitchellville
Mitchellville, Maryland
Mitchellville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 9,611 at the 2000 census. It is home to the Six Flags America theme park, Country Club at Woodmore, and Freeway Airport. The Capital Centre was located in...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 874
|
|
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| Lamont Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|New Carrollton
New Carrollton, Maryland
New Carrollton is a city located in central Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, population was 12,589.New Carrollton is 12.11 miles from central Washington, DC....
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 655
|
|
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| Langley Park-McCormick Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 461
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|
|-
| Laurel Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 551
|
|
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| Lewisdale Elementary School
Lewisdale Elementary School
Lewisdale Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Hyattsville, Maryland. Grade levels range from Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade...
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 565
|
|
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| Longfields Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
Forestville, Maryland
Forestville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,707 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 387
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
|-
| Magnolia Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Lanham
Lanham, Maryland
Lanham is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place consisting of Lanham and the...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 451
|
|
|-
| Marlton Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 550
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
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| Mattaponi Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 465
|
|
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| James McHenry
James McHenry
James McHenry was an early American statesman. McHenry was a signer of the United States Constitution from Maryland and the namesake of Fort McHenry...
Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Lanham
Lanham, Maryland
Lanham is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place consisting of Lanham and the...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 683
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| Melwood Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 775
|
|
|-
| Montpelier Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 611
|
|
|-
| Mount Rainier Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier, Maryland
Mount Rainier is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 8,498 at the 2000 census. Bordering Washington, DC, Mount Rainier got its start as a streetcar suburb. According to local tradition, surveyors from the Pacific Northwest named the town, giving the...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 337
|
|
|-
| North Forestville Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Forestville
Forestville, Maryland
Forestville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,707 at the 2000 census...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 355
|
|
|-
| Northview Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 870
|
|
|-
| Oakcrest Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 351
| Talented and Gifted Center (TAG) Magnet Program
|
|-
| Oaklands Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Laurel
Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 401
|
|
|-
| Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Upper Marlboro is a town in and the county seat of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The live-in population of the town core proper was only 648 at the 2000 census, although Greater Upper Marlboro is many times larger....
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 725
|
| Facility opens in August 2010; 2nd LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design consists of a suite of rating systems for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings, homes and neighborhoods....
certified facility built in the county.
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| Overlook Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
Temple Hills, Maryland
Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The greater Temple Hills mailing address includes not just the tiny red area on this map, but also the area...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 326
|
|
|-
| Oxon Hill Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Oxon Hill
Oxon Hill, Maryland
Oxon Hill is part of the Oxon Hill-Glassmanor census-designated place in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Oxon Hill is a suburb of Washington, DC located southeast of the downtown district and east of Alexandria, Virginia...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 321
|
|
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| William Paca
William Paca
William Paca was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.-Early life:...
Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Landover
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 462
|
|
|-
| Paint Branch Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|College Park
College Park, Maryland
College Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, USA. The population was 30,413 at the 2010 census. It is best known as the home of the University of Maryland, College Park, and since 1994 the city has also been home to the "Archives II" facility of the U.S...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 341
|
|
|-
| Panorama Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Temple Hills
Temple Hills, Maryland
Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington DC, southeast of the downtown district. It is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The greater Temple Hills mailing address includes not just the tiny red area on this map, but also the area...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 428
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| Rosa L. Parks Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 784
|
|
|-
| Patuxent Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 575
|
|
|-
| Perrywood Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Largo
Largo, Maryland
Largo is an unincorporated area and census designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States. The population was 8,408 at the 2000 census....
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 706
|
|
|-
| Pointer Ridge Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 453
|
|
|-
| Port Towns Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bladensburg
Bladensburg, Maryland
Bladensburg is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 7,661 at the 2000 census.Bladensburg is from central Washington, DC...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 790
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| Potomac Landing Elementary School
and Community Center
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 471
|
|This school shares it's space with a full Community/Recreation Center which directly connected to the facility.
|-
| Princeton Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Suitland
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 356
|
|
|-
| James Ryder Randall
James Ryder Randall
James Ryder Randall was an American journalist and poet. He is best remembered as the author of "Maryland, My Maryland".-Biography:Randall was born on January 1, 1839 in Baltimore, Maryland....
Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Clinton
Clinton, Maryland
Clinton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the American Civil War. The population of Clinton was 26,064 at the 2000 census. However, as of 2007, there is an...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 452
|
|
|-
| Catherine T. Reed Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Lanham
Lanham, Maryland
Lanham is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place consisting of Lanham and the...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 426
|
|
|-
| Ridgecrest Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Hyattsville
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 578
| America's Choice School Design Signature Program
|
|-
| Riverdale Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Riverdale
Riverdale Park, Maryland
Riverdale Park is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Riverdale Park is located at ....
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 660
|
|
|-
| Rockledge Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bowie
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 5
| 527
|
| Maryland Blue Ribbon School
|-
| Rogers Heights Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Bladensburg
Bladensburg, Maryland
Bladensburg is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 7,661 at the 2000 census.Bladensburg is from central Washington, DC...
| align="center"|Pre-Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 649
|
|
|-
| Rosaryville Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Upper Marlboro
Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat...
| align="center"|Kindergarten
| align="center"|Grade 6
| 596
|
|
|-
| Rose Valley Elementary School
| align="center"|Link
| align="center"|Fort Washington
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority...
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Laurel, Maryland
Laurel is a city in northern Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County, Maryland, United States, located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Incorporated in 1870, the city maintains a historic district including its Main Street...
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Seabrook, Maryland
Seabrook is an unincorporated community located in central Maryland about east of Washington DC.According to the 2000 census, the population of Lanham-Seabrook is 18,190...
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Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Seat Pleasant is an incorporated city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States immediately east of Washington D.C. The population was 4,885 at the 2000 census. Two state highways run through it — Maryland Route 704 and Maryland Route 214...
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Cheverly, Maryland
Cheverly is a town in central Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., United States. The town was founded in 1918 and it was incorporated in 1931. Cheverly had 6,433 residents as of the 2000 Census....
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Greenbelt, Maryland
Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designated as the Greenbelt Historic District...
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Thomas Stone
Thomas Stone was an American planter who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a delegate for Maryland. He later worked on the committee that formed the Articles of Confederation in 1777...
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Mount Rainier, Maryland
Mount Rainier is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 8,498 at the 2000 census. Bordering Washington, DC, Mount Rainier got its start as a streetcar suburb. According to local tradition, surveyors from the Pacific Northwest named the town, giving the...
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Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland in the suburbs of the capital city of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., south of the downtown district. It is a prosperous community with an African American majority...
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Riverdale, Maryland
Riverdale is the name of two places in the State of Maryland in the United States of America:*Riverdale, Anne Arundel County, Maryland*Riverdale, Prince George's County, Maryland, now Riverdale Park, Maryland...
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Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
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Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...
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Oxon Hill, Maryland
Oxon Hill is part of the Oxon Hill-Glassmanor census-designated place in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Oxon Hill is a suburb of Washington, DC located southeast of the downtown district and east of Alexandria, Virginia...
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Beltsville, Maryland
Beltsville is a census-designated place in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,691 at the 2000 census. Beltsville includes the unincorporated community of Vansville.-Geography:...
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Clinton, Maryland
Clinton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the American Civil War. The population of Clinton was 26,064 at the 2000 census. However, as of 2007, there is an...
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Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
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Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Greater Upper Marlboro is a census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States that completely surrounds Upper Marlboro, the county seat...
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Mitchellville, Maryland
Mitchellville is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 9,611 at the 2000 census. It is home to the Six Flags America theme park, Country Club at Woodmore, and Freeway Airport. The Capital Centre was located in...
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Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 17,557 at the 2000 census.- History :The city was named for its founder, Christopher Clark Hyatt. He purchased his first parcel of land in the area in March 1845...
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Glenarden, Maryland
Glenarden is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 6,000 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Glenarden is located at ....
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Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
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Newsweek's America's Best High Schools
In June 2010, seven PGCPS high school were listed in Newsweek'sNewsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
annual list of the top 1600 high schools in the nation. This is up from five county high schools which made the list from the previous year. The schools that made the 2010 list include: Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt (#409), Oxon Hill High School
Oxon Hill High School
Oxon Hill High School is a public senior high school located in Oxon Hill, an unincorporated area in Prince George's County, Maryland, and a suburb of Washington, D.C...
in Oxon Hill (#957), Bowie High School
Bowie High School (Maryland)
Bowie High School is a public high school in Bowie, Maryland. It is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.-Academics:Bowie High School has the second highest student SAT average in Prince George's County, and is rated second on The Washington Post's Advanced Placement Challenge Index....
in Bowie (#1,173), Laurel High School
Laurel High School (Laurel, Maryland)
Laurel High School is a public high school located in Laurel, Maryland, and is the oldest school in the Prince George's County Public Schools system. Founded in 1899 with an enrollment of 59 students and four teachers, the original school building is now the Phelps Community Center in Laurel...
in Laurel (#1,343), High Point High School
High Point High School
High Point High School is a high school located in Beltsville, an unincorporated section of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America, and built on the highest point in Prince George's County....
in Beltsville (#1,361), Central High School
Central High School (Capitol Heights, Maryland)
Central High School is a public magnet high school, located in Capitol Heights, Maryland. The school is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system. The school hosts the county's only high school-level French Immersion magnet program, as well as an International Baccalaureate magnet...
in Capitol Heights (#1,429), and Parkdale High School
Parkdale High School
Parkdale High School or PHS is a public magnet high school located at 6001 Good Luck Road, Riverdale, Maryland 20737. The principal is Mrs. Cheryl Logan. The September 2009 enrollment is approximately 2,172-students in grades nine through twelve. Parkdale's schools hours are from 7:45am until...
in Riverdale (#1,481). The schools are ranked on the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students in a school in 2009, divided by the number of graduating seniors, called the "Challenge Index". The schools represent the top six percent of all public high schools in America. In June 2009, five PGCPS high schools were named in the best high schools list. It included Bowie High School
Bowie High School (Maryland)
Bowie High School is a public high school in Bowie, Maryland. It is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.-Academics:Bowie High School has the second highest student SAT average in Prince George's County, and is rated second on The Washington Post's Advanced Placement Challenge Index....
in Bowie, Charles Herbert Flowers High School
Charles Herbert Flowers High School
Charles Herbert Flowers High School is located in Springdale of Prince George's County, Maryland. United States. The principal is Ms. Helena Nobles-Jones.Flowers High School's motto is "Mecca of Excellence."-History:...
in Springdale, High Point High School
High Point High School
High Point High School is a high school located in Beltsville, an unincorporated section of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America, and built on the highest point in Prince George's County....
in Beltsville, Oxon Hill High School
Oxon Hill High School
Oxon Hill High School is a public senior high school located in Oxon Hill, an unincorporated area in Prince George's County, Maryland, and a suburb of Washington, D.C...
in Oxon Hill, and Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt. Eleanor Roosevelt ranked the highest out of county schools at 372nd on the nationwide list, Oxon Hill ranked 918th, High Point ranked 961st, Bowie ranked 1,370th, and Charles Herbert Flowers ranked 1,445th.
U.S. News & World Report's Best High Schools
Since 2008, U.S. News & World ReportU.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
has ranked high schools in PGCPS amongst the Best High Schools in America. High Point High School
High Point High School
High Point High School is a high school located in Beltsville, an unincorporated section of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States of America, and built on the highest point in Prince George's County....
, Northwestern High School
Northwestern High School (Hyattsville, Maryland)
Northwestern High School , established in 1951, is a public comprehensive secondary school located in Hyattsville, Maryland in Prince George's County, less than a mile from the internationally known University of Maryland, College Park. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system...
, and Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, Maryland)
Eleanor Roosevelt High School , is a Maryland public magnet high school specializing in science, mathematics, technology, and engineering. The school was established in 1978 at its current location in Greenbelt, Maryland and is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system...
, have all been recognized as Silver Medal Schools.
State & National Blue Ribbon Schools
PGCPS has 14 Blue Ribbon Schools, 12 of which are USDE National Blue Ribbon Schools of ExcellenceBlue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
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National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence
- Beacon Heights Elementary School | Riverdale | 2003-04
- Columbia Park Elementary School | Landover | 1987-88
- Fort Foote Elementary School | Fort Washington | 2000-01
- Glenarden Woods Elementary School | Glenarden | 2005-06
- Greenbelt Center Elementary School | Greenbelt | 1991-92
- Heather Hills Elementary School | Bowie | 1989-90
- Templeton Elementary School | Riverdale | 1998-99
- Kenmoor Middle School | Landover | 1988-89
- Kettering Middle School | Upper Marlboro | 1992-93
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School | Beltsville | 1992-93
- Eleanor Roosevelt High School | Greenbelt | 1990-91 & 1997-98
- Suitland High School | Forestville | 1988-89
Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools
- Beacon Heights Elementary School | Riverdale | 2003-04
- Bond Mill Elementary School | Laurel | (Year N/A)
- Columbia Park Elementary School | Landover | 1987-88
- Fort Foote Elementary School | Fort Washington | 2000-01
- Glenarden Woods Elementary School | Glenarden | 2005-06
- Greenbelt Center Elementary School | Greenbelt | 1991-92
- Heather Hills Elementary School | Bowie | 1989-90 & 2006-07
- Rockledge Elementary School | Bowie | (Year N/A)
- Templeton Elementary School | Riverdale | 1998-99
- Kenmoor Middle School | Landover | 1988-89
- Kettering Middle School | Upper Marlboro | 1992-93
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School | Beltsville | 1992-93
- Eleanor Roosevelt High School | Greenbelt | 1990-91 & 1997-98
- Suitland High School | Forestville | 1988-89
See also
- List of Prince George's County Public Schools Middle Schools
- Prince George's County Public Schools Magnet ProgramsPrince George's County Public Schools Magnet ProgramsMagnet Programs is an educational program within the Prince George's County Public Schools system in Maryland, United States. The programs provide a wide range of special or unique subjects, activities and/or learning opportunities as an enhancement to the Prince George's County Public...
- List of schools in Prince George's County, Maryland
- Secondary School Reform (Prince George's County)Secondary School Reform (Prince George's County)The Prince George's County Public Schools system is a large school district administered by the government of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States and is overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education...
