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St. Mary's County Public Schools
Address
23160 Moakley Street, Leonardtown, MD, 20650
St. Mary's County, Maryland
United States
District information
GradesPrekindergarten-12
Established1928
SuperintendentJ. Scott Smith
NCES District ID2400600
Students and staff
Students17000
Staff2283
Athletic conferenceSouthern Maryland Athletic Conference

St. Mary's County Public Schools (SMCPS) is a school district that serves St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States, at the confluence of the Potomac River, Patuxent River, and the Chesapeake Bay. The area is a mixture of rural and suburban communities. Many of the families are employed by NAS Patuxent River, government contractors, St. Mary's College of Maryland, county government, and others involved in the traditional agriculture and water-related businesses. It has an approximate enrollment of almost 17,000 students. SMCPS operates 18 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, 4 high schools, an Alternative Learning Center, and a Vocational Training Center, serving students in Grades Pre-K through 12th grade. The school system is overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education.[1]

The current interim superintendent of schools is James Scott Smith, who assumed duties in August 2014, after the departure of the previous superintendent, Dr. Michael J. Martirano, who accepted an offer to serve as the state superintendent of schools for the State of West Virginia.

History

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Public education in St. Mary's County can be traced to the General Act of 1723, which encouraged the development of public schools in the Maryland colony.[2] Later, the Charlotte Hall Military Academy was established in 1774.[3]

Public education in Southern Maryland continued with one-room schoolhouses being constructed across the region in the 1860s.[4] They were often segregated by race, with the all-black Drayden schoolhouse being established in the 1890s.[5] The St. Mary's County Public School system was established in 1928.

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the NAACP sued the system to present a plan on desegregation, with the county being resistant to change. The process of school integration began in the 1957-58 school year,[6] with the first African American students attending Great Mills High School that year.[7] Full integration was implemented in 1967.[6]

In 1966, an elected school board took charge of the district, taking over from an appointed board.[8]

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Middle schools

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Elementary schools

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "MSDE Home Page". www.marylandpublicschools.org. Archived from the original on April 12, 2004.
  2. ↑ "STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION". Maryland Manual On-Line. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
  3. ↑ Barnes, Robert. "School Teachers of Early Maryland". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
  4. ↑ "The Historic McConchie One-Room School at Charles County Fairgrounds". Southern Maryland Equity in History Coalition. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
  5. ↑ Dacey, Kim (February 26, 2025). "Drayden African American Schoolhouse offers glimpse back at students' lives during segregation". WBAL-TV. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
  6. 1 2 Babcock, Jason (September 6, 2017). "St. Mary's public schools fully integrated 50 years ago". Southern Maryland News. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Joan Groves Briscoe". Southern Maryland Equity in History Coalition. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Board of Education". St. Mary's County Public Schools. Retrieved July 3, 2026.


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