📍 500 Greenway Ave, Cumberland, Allegany County, 21502
Fort Hill High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Cumberland, Allegany County. The school has 692 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Allegany County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 87%. The school offers 6 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fort Hill High enrolls 692 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% White, 8.3% Two or more races and 5.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 577 | 84% |
| Two or more races | 57 | 8.3% |
| Black or African American | 37 | 5.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 2% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
403 of the school's 692 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 386 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fort Hill High is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-60, state senate district 1.
Fort Hill High is one of 22 schools in Allegany County Public Schools, based in Cumberland, Maryland. The district serves 8,113 students district-wide and employs 618 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 692 students, Fort Hill High is larger than the district average of about 369 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote