Carroll County Public Schools (Maryland)
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Carroll County Public Schools is a school district based in Westminster, Maryland.
CCPS is the ninth largest in the state of Maryland. More than 28,000 students are enrolled in the county's public schools.
The school system includes all of Carroll County, Maryland.
In testing, the schools typically score slightly above the state and national averages. For example, in the 2003-04 school year, Carroll County students scored 522 on the SAT verbal section and 515 in math, compared to 515 verbal and 511 math statewide and 518 verbal and 508 math nationwide.[1]
The schools are administered by a superintendent of schools, Dr. Charles "Chuck" Ecker. Ecker started a four-year term in the position on July 1, 2002 and will serve as Superintendent through June 30, 2006. He is assisted by a five-member elected Board of Education; as of 2005, the members are Gary W. Bauer, Laura K. Rhodes (Resigned 2005), Cynthia L. Foley, Thomas G. Hiltz and C. Scott Stone.
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[edit] Schools
[edit] Secondary schools
[edit] High schools
- Century High School
- Francis Scott Key High School
- Liberty High School
- North Carroll High School
- South Carroll High School
- Westminster High School
- Winters Mill High School
[edit] Middle schools
- East Middle School
- Mt. Airy Middle School
- New Windsor Middle School
- North Carroll Middle School
- Northwest Middle School
- Sykesville Middle School
- Shiloh Middle School
- Oklahoma Road Middle School
- West Middle School
[edit] Primary schools
- Carrolltowne Elementary School
- Cranberry Station Elementary School
- Charles Carroll Elementary School
- Eldersburg Elementary School
- Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary School
- Freedom Elementary School
- Friendship Valley Elementary School
- Hampstead Elementary School
- Linton Springs Elementary School
- Manchester Elementary School
- Mechanicsville Elementary School
- Mt. Airy Elementary School
- Parrs Ridge Elementary School
- Piney Ridge Elementary School
- Robert Moton Elementary School
- Runnymede Elementary School
- Sandymount Elementary School
- Spring Garden Elementary School
- Taneytown Elementary School
- Westminster Elementary School
- William Winchester Elementary School
- Winfield Elementary School
The district also has two career and technology centers (Westminster, and South Carroll) and two alternative schools (Carroll Springs and Gateway).