📍 10914 Clarksville Pike, Ellicott City, Howard County, 21042
Homewood School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Ellicott City, Howard County. The school has 88 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Howard County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 7–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 2.1:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. The four-year graduation rate is 34%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Homewood School enrolls 88 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 59% male and 40% female. A teaching staff of 41 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 2.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 22% White and 11% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 47 | 54% |
| White | 19 | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 9.2% |
| Asian | 3 | 3.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
49 of the school's 88 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 48 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Homewood School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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-30, state senate district 9.
Homewood School is one of 77 schools in Howard County Public Schools, based in Ellicott City, Maryland. The district serves 57,565 students district-wide and employs 4,327 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 88 students, Homewood School is smaller than the district average of about 748 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize