Center for Educational Opportunity

As a very small secondary school in Aberdeen, Maryland, Center for Educational Opportunity teaches 122 students from grades 6 through 12, overseen by Harford County Public Schools. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 1,185 students each, so Center for Educational Opportunity sits 90% below that benchmark.

Harford County Public Schools comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 37,771 students; Center for Educational Opportunity is among them.

On demographics, Center for Educational Opportunity lists that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 32% Black, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Center for Educational Opportunity reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.6:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Harford County's rate of about 39%.

In the surrounding community, Harford County reports that the typical household earns roughly $112,265 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Harford County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,771 students), Center for Educational Opportunity is one campus in the mix.

Swan Creek School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Center for Educational Opportunity operates from a bedroom-community location. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Over the past 7-year window. Center for Educational Opportunity's enrollment has ticked up 77% since 2018, when it stood at 69 (now 122). Black enrollment moved from 57% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 4.2:1 in 2018 to 6.6:1 in 2025.

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