A Message from the Superintendent
Nancy S. Grasmick, Maryland State Superintendent of Schools
I’m delighted to welcome you to Maryland and its top–ranked schools. More than 850,000 students are enrolled in Maryland’s 1,430 public schools. However, with all childcare and early learning services consolidated at the state department of education—a move that eases young children’s transition into school—Maryland actually serves more than 1 million children and their families every year.
From preschool through high school, Maryland’s high standards and strong academic support are producing students primed for the 21st Century’s remarkable opportunities. In fact, examining key education and employment indicators, Education Week said that children in Maryland have the nation’s fifth–best shot at adult success.
For the fourth consecutive year, students in all 24 school systems have improved their scores on the state’s reading and math assessments, and Maryland remains a national leader in the rigorous Advanced Placement (AP) program. The state is #1 in AP participation—the number of students taking an exam has jumped 80% in just five years—and #2 in AP performance. It’s achievement like this that last year earned students $500 million in college scholarships, and that led the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education to rank Maryland among the U.S.’s top seven states in preparing students for college.
Plus, Maryland is investing heavily in preparing students for high–skill, high–wage jobs in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) sectors—the very jobs that BRAC is generating. Enrollment in challenging, multi-year programs drawing on the STEM disciplines—pre-engineering, aerospace engineering, biomedical sciences, homeland security—continues its rapid growth.
With a public education system that’s consistently ranked among the nation’s best, Maryland is graduating students who are prepared, competitive, and fulfilled. I’m delighted that you and your children will be a part of the great things happening in Maryland’s public schools.
--Nancy S. Grasmick,
Maryland State Superintendent of Schools
Fort Meade has a School Liason Officer. Click here for information on how to contact them, or call 301-677-1227. The following are public schools located on Fort Meade but governed by the Anne Arundel County School District. They are not Department of Defense Dependent System (DODDS) schools:
On-Post Schools:
- Manor View Elementary School: Kindergarten through 5th grade.
- Meade Heights Elementary School: Kindergarten through 5th grade.
- Pershing Hill Elementary School: Kindergarten through 5th grade.
- West Meade Elementary School: Kindergarten through 5th grade.
- MacArthur Middle School: 6th, 7th and 8th grades.
- Meade Middle School: 6th, 7th and 8th grades.
- Meade Senior High School: 9th through 12th grade.
- Meade Senior High Extended Learning Program Application Form (PDF File)
Off-Post Feeder Schools:
For more information, contact the School Liaison Officer at 301-677-3843.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools Homepage
For Library information, please visit the Library Page.
For information regarding school test scores and statistics for every school in Maryland click here.
