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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.
Graduates entering the workforce (June 2006):
Frederick County Public Schools: 2,757
Frederick Community College: 625
Hood College: 454 (graduate & undergraduate)
Mt. St. Mary’s University: 493 (graduate & undergraduate)
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.
2007 FCPS Statistics:
- Total Enrollment - 40,566
- Total Schools - 63
- 36 Elementary
- 13 MIddle
- 9 High
- 5 Special
- Average Class Size
- 24 Elementary
- 26 Middle
- 28 High
- Average Expenditure per Pupil - $10,157
- Graduation Rate - 96.19%, the highest in the state of Maryland for the second consecutive year
- Dropout Rate - 0.96%, the second lowest in the state of Maryland. FCPS has ranked among the top two counties in lowest dropout rates over the past five years.
- Frederick County Public Schools average one computer for every 4.1 students, and every school is Internet connected.
Source: 2007 Frederick County Public Schools Annual 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 25 undergraduate
majors and seven 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.
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