📍 10000 Allentown Rd, Fort Washington, Prince George's County, 20744
Friendly High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Fort Washington, Prince George's County. The school has 881 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 87%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Friendly High enrolls 881 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 54 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Black or African American, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 518 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 289 | 33% |
| White | 36 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 21 | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
570 of the school's 881 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 521 qualify for free lunch and 49 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.
Friendly High is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-40, state senate district 26, state house district 26.
Friendly High is one of 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools, based in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The district serves 132,123 students district-wide and employs 9,027 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 881 students, Friendly High is larger than the district average of about 664 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large