Howard County Public School System

Howard County Public School System
Howard County Public School System
Location
	Columbia, Maryland United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	PreK–12
Superintendent	William J. Barnes (acting)
Asst. superintendent(s)	Karalee Turner-Little
Chair of the board	Jennifer Mallo
Schools	78
Budget	$942.6 million (FY 2022)
NCES District ID	2400420
Students and staff
Enrollment	57,633
Teachers	4,774
Staff	8,561
Student–teacher ratio	12:1
Other information
Website	www.hcpss.org

The Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) is the school district that manages and runs the public schools of Howard County, Maryland. It operates under the supervision of an elected, eight-member Board of Education. Jennifer Mallo is the chair of the board. William J. Barnes has been the acting superintendent since January 2024.^[2]

The district operates 78 schools: 42 elementary schools, 20 middle schools, 13 high schools, and 3 special education schools/education centers.^[3] As of September 2023, a total of 57,633 students were enrolled.^[4] It is headquartered in the Columbia, Maryland census-designated place; the facility has an Ellicott City mailing address.^[5]^[6]

Howard County consistently earns high marks in school performance metrics such as test scores and graduation rates. It gets high percentages at all levels of the Maryland School Assessments. In 2007, Forbes magazine rated Howard County as one of the ten most cost-efficient school systems in the United States.

^ "Superintendent – HCPSS".
^ "William J. Barnes HCPSS Acting Superintendent".
^ "Howard County Public School System: Schools". Retrieved March 5, 2013.
^ "HCPSS – Facts and Figures – HCPSS".
^ "Contact Us."Howard County Public School System. Retrieved on November 30, 2012. "10910 Clarksville Pike (Route 108) Ellicott City, MD 21042" – Driving Directions Archived January 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine – The Census Bureau Map shows that the location of the district headquarters is in the Columbia, Maryland Census-designated place; even though the postal address states "Ellicott City, Maryland the headquarters are not physically in the U.S. government-defined Elicott City census-designated place
^ "2010 CENSUS – CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Columbia CDP, MD #2." (Archive) U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on November 30, 2012. The Census Bureau Map shows that the location of the district headquarters is in the Columbia, Maryland Census-designated place

[1] "Superintendent – HCPSS".

[2] "William J. Barnes HCPSS Acting Superintendent".

[3] "Howard County Public School System: Schools". Retrieved March 5, 2013.

[4] "HCPSS – Facts and Figures – HCPSS".

[5] "Contact Us."Howard County Public School System. Retrieved on November 30, 2012. "10910 Clarksville Pike (Route 108) Ellicott City, MD 21042" – Driving Directions Archived January 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine – The Census Bureau Map shows that the location of the district headquarters is in the Columbia, Maryland Census-designated place; even though the postal address states "Ellicott City, Maryland the headquarters are not physically in the U.S. government-defined Elicott City census-designated place

[6] "2010 CENSUS – CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Columbia CDP, MD #2." (Archive) U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on November 30, 2012. The Census Bureau Map shows that the location of the district headquarters is in the Columbia, Maryland Census-designated place

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