Howard County Public School System
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.
The Patapsco Female Institute
Lake Elkhorn Middle School – Cradlerock Elementary School (Once Dasher Green Elementary – Owen Brown Middle)
Ilchester Elementary School, opened 1996
Laurel Woods Elementary surrounded with modular classrooms
Howard County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 334,529. Since there are no incorporated municipalities, there is no incorporated county seat either. Therefore, its county seat is the unincorporated community of Ellicott City. Howard County is included in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
Image: Ellicott City MD1
Image: Columbia Town Center, landscape (21440077289)
Image: Merriweather Post Pavilion in September 2022
Image: Savage Mill Rear Dec 08 cropped
