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PGCPS is the second-largest school district in Maryland, [6] the third-largest district in the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area, [7] [8] the 18th-largest in the United States, and the nation's largest school district with a majority-black student population. Headquartered in Upper Marlboro, [9] PGCPS is the county's sole school district. [10]
PGCPS operates a total of 196 schools which includes 127 elementary schools, 36 middle schools, and 24 high schools with 8 special centers, 2 vocational centers, and the Howard B. Owens Science Center, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12
In September 2010, PGCPS officially held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new Greenbelt Middle School. The new school will be the third LEED-certified "green building" in Prince George's County, and have a capacity of 990 students. Greenbelt Middle School was scheduled to open in the fall of 2012.
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Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School is a public high school in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, with an Upper Marlboro postal address. [1] [2] A part of the Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS), it opened in the fall of 2006.
Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) is a Maryland public magnet high school specializing in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The school was established in 1976 at its current location in Greenbelt, Maryland, United States and is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system.
Kyle Arrington, professional football player; Rashad Carmichael, professional football player; Isaiah Coulter, wide receiver [10]; James Albert Graham, [11] Congressional Medal of Honor recipient in Vietnam honored at Arlington National Cemetery
In August 1994, there was an active shooting at Largo High School. The perpetrator was 17 year old Warren E. Graham. [10]In August 2014, former English teacher Jon Everhart won a $350,000 jury award after accusing the school system of discriminating against him because he is Caucasian.