Open main menu Home About the District Fast Facts About FCPS and Fast Facts FCPS is a successful school system in a diverse and growing community. Frederick County bridges rural, suburban, and urban lifestyles near both the Washington, DC and Baltimore metropolitan communities. Enrollment as of September 30, 2021 was 45,300 students. The racial/ethnic composition of our student body is 55% White; 19% Hispanic/ Latino; 13% Black/African American; 6% Asian; 6% two or more races; and less than 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native and Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian. We serve students with varying needs, including almost 5,000 students receiving special education services (11%), about 3,000 English Learners (7%), and about 11,800 receiving free or reduced-price meal services (26%). Frederick County is home to 68 schools, including 38 elementary schools, 13 middle schools, 10 high schools, 3 public charter schools, an alternative school, a special education school, Flexible Evening High and a Career and Technology Center. We balance top-rate academics with the personal caring and individual attention you would expect in a small town community. In FCPS, we understand that the children we educate today will be the adults caring for our community's health, homes, businesses, and neighborhoods tomorrow. Frederick County's investment in public education is an investment in our future. Our operating budget for FY2021 was $637,141,096 with just over 46% of our funding coming from our local county government. The results we achieve are impressive. Frederick County students consistently outpace their state and national peers in academic achievement measures such as the SAT college-entrance exam. Students in our class of 2020 received $62 million in scholarship offers. FCPS’s Class of 2020 graduation rate was a high 92.4% (compared to Maryland's 86.6% average), while our dropout rate was 4.0% (compared with the state's 8.3%). Our 6,243 employees are champions of excellence who collaborate with parents, community members, and local businesses to create an inspiring, academic, safe, healthy and nurturing environment for our students! Maryland has ranked among America's top states for top-quality public education from 2009-2018 [Education Week's Quality Counts reports]. FCPS achievement also exceeds Maryland averages with scores that consistently surpass national averages on the College Board SAT. With a 95% participation rate (up from 64% the year before), our mean 2019 SAT score was 1,058, compared to Maryland's 1,041 and the nation's 1,039. On a 1-5 star scale, 53 of our 61 state-rated schools achieved 4 or 5 stars, and none received fewer than 3. FCPS’s Class of 2018 graduation rate was a high 92.4% (compared to Maryland's 86.8% average), while our dropout rate was 4.0% (compared with the state's 8.3%). Students in our class of 2021 received $62 million in scholarship offers. [Not all were accepted, as some students received more than one offer.] 2022 enrollment is 45,300 students. Based on official Sept 30, 2020 enrollment data, the FCPS student demographics are: 55% White; 19% Hispanic/Latino; 13% Black or African American; 6% Asian; 6% 2 or more races; less than 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native and Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian. In the 2020-21 school year, about 12,000 students (28%) are eligible for free or reduced-price meals, about 4,600 (11%) receive Special Education services, and English is not the primary language for nearly 3,000 (7%). Of 6,243* employees, almost 3,000 are teachers, nearly 175 are principals or assistant principals, about 167 are counselors or psychologists and about 953 are instructional assistants. 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