Frederick Douglass High

Frederick Douglass High, a medium-sized senior high in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, one of the schools within Prince George's County Public Schools, teaches 1,183 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Prince George's County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 132,693 students. Frederick Douglass High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Frederick Douglass High logs that 84% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 11% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Frederick Douglass High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Frederick Douglass High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.8%, the actual is 37.2%, a residual of -10.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Prince George's County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Frederick Douglass High is one.

The closest other public school is Marlton Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Frederick Douglass High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Frederick Douglass High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 29%: 916 students in 2018 compared to 1,183 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 6% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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