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Frederick County offers high-quality, award-winning educational facilities and institutions who provide the business community with a
highly-educated work force. Frederick County's labor force includes graduates from Frederick Community College, Hood College and
Mount Saint Mary’s University and students enrolled in Frederick County Public Schools.
Frederick County Public Schools
Frederick County is nationally recognized for its public education system and remains one of the region's leaders in virtually every
measure of student achievement and educational attainment. Frederick County students consistently outpace the state and nation in
SAT scores. Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) has been a recipient for many years of the US Department of Education's
prestigious national Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Award. Maryland Public Schools ranked first in the Nation in Education
Week's 2009 Quality Counts Annual Report.
Winter 2009 Frederick County Public School Statistics:
- Total Enrollment - 40,155
- Total Schools - 63
- 36 Elementary
- 13 Middle
- 9 High
- 5 Special
- Graduation Rate - 94.78%
- Dropout Rate - 1.72%,
- SAT-1 Scores
- Critical Reading 509 (U.S. average is 502 and MD average is 499)
- Math 524 (U.S. average is 515 and MD average is 515)
- Writing 506 (U.S. average is 494 and MD average is 497)
Source: Winter 2009 Frederick County Public School Report
Higher Education
A comprehensive array of advanced education alternatives is offered by local colleges, including Hood College, Mount Saint Mary's
University and Frederick Community College as well as by prestigious universities such as Johns Hopkins University and the 13
campuses of the University System of Maryland. Hood College in Frederick City is a private, four-year college offering 27 undergraduate
majors and 13 graduate programs. In Emmitsburg, Mount Saint Mary's University is an undergraduate liberal arts college with graduate
programs that include business and education. Frederick Community College, also in Frederick City, is a two-year college offering
associate degrees in a variety of majors, including business, pre-engineering and nursing. More than 300,000 students are enrolled in
approximately 65 accredited institutions of higher education in the Baltimore-Washington area.
Workforce Training
The workforce development system in Frederick County works together to proactively promote and implement the needs of it's ever-
changing workforce. Frederick Community College (FCC) has numerous partnerships and is capable of customizing various industries
training needs. The Frederick County Business and Employment Center provides various levels of training, which range from seminars, hands
on computerlabs to working with Frederick Community College and the customized training programs. Maryland Department of Business
& Economic Development (DBED) provides reimbursements grants for the development and training of new employees in firms locating or
expanding their workforce in Maryland. The newest workforce initiative in the area is the Frederick County Business Roundtable for
Education, a 501c(3) that helps develop strong connections between classroom learning and the business community and promotes
academic excellence.
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