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Prince George's County Public Schools
14201 School Lane Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 Prince George's County, Maryland  United States of America
Coordinates	38°48′54″N 76°45′33″W / 38.81496°N 76.75905°W / 38.81496; -76.75905Coordinates: 38°48′54″N 76°45′33″W / 38.81496°N 76.75905°W / 38.81496; -76.75905
District information
Type	Public
Motto	Great by Choice
Grades	PreK-12
Established	1899
Superintendent	Dr. Kevin M. Maxwell
Deputy Superintendent(s)	Dr. Monique W. Davis
School board	Segun C. Eubanks, Ed.D BOE Chair Carolyn M. Boston, BOE Vice-Chair, District 6 Donna Wiseman, Ph.D. Board Member Beverly Anderson, Ph.D. Board Member Mary Kingston Roche, Board Member Curtis Valentine, M.P.P. Board Member David Murray, District 1 Lupi Quinteros-Grady, District 2 Dinora A. Hernandez, Esq. District 3 Patricia Eubanks, District 4 Raaheela Ahmed, District 5 K. Alexander Wallace, District 7 Edward Burroughs III, District 8 Sonya Williams, District 9 Amanya Paige, Student Board Member
Schools	209
Budget	US$1.8 Billion
District ID	2400510
Students and staff
Students	128,937 (appx)
Teachers	10,000
Staff	23,785
Other information
Website	www1.pgcps.org

The Prince George's County Public Schools System (PGCPS) is a large public school district administered by the government of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States and is overseen by the Maryland State Department of Education. The school system is headquartered in Upper Marlboro and the district serves Prince George's County. The district is headed by Kevin M. Maxwell and a 14-member Board of Education.

With approximately 128,937 students enrolled for the 2016-17 school year, the Prince George's County Public Schools system is the second largest school district in the state of Maryland; the third largest school district in both the Washington Metropolitan Area and Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, after Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia and Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland; and it is one of the top 25 largest school districts in the nation. PGCPS operates 208 schools and special centers which include: 123 elementary schools (PreK-5), 24 middle schools (6-8), 23 high schools (9-12), and 12 academies (PreK-8). The school system also operates 9 special centers, 2 vocational centers, 3 alternative schools, 8 public charter schools, and the Howard B. Owens Science Center, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12.

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