Harford County schools are among the top in the nation, with two high schools honored in the Newsweek's list of the top 1,500 public schools in the United States. There are also 17 private schools in the county. Harford Community College is the region's only two-year community college, serving more than 8,000 students annually.
Harford County Public Schools serves more than 38,000 students with 32 elementary schools, nine middle schools and 10 high schools including one technical high school. According to the Maryland School Assessments (MS) recently released by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), the 2010 test scores continue to show that Harford County continues to remain among the top school systems in the State. A good resource for information on the school system can be found at www.hcps.org.
Other key contacts for the school system, various schools, as well as educational operations not associated with the public school system are listed, by community below:
Main Administrative Building in Bel Air
410-838-7300; 866-588-4963 (Toll-free)
www.hcps.org
Communications
410-588-5203
Office of Student Services
410-588-5334
Office of Curriculum
410-588-5298
Office of Elementary Education
410-588-5207
Office of Secondary Education
410-588-5228
Office of Special Education
410-588-5246
Office of Transportation
410-638-4092
Harford Community College
443-412-2000
www.harford.edu
Abingdon
Abingdon Elementary School
410-638-3910
William Paca/Old Post Road Elementary School
410-612-2033
William S. James Elementary School
410-638-3900
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Middle School
410-273-5510
Aberdeen High School
410-273-5500
Alternative Education Program at the Center for Educational Opportunity
410-273-5594
Bakerfield Elementary School
410-273-5518
George D. Lisby Elementary School
410-273-5530
Hall's Cross Roads Elementary
410-273-5524
Bel Air
Bel Air Elementary School
410-638-4160
Bel Air Middle School
410-638-4140
Bel Air High School
410-638-4600
C. Milton Wright High School
410-638-4110
Emmorton Elementary School
410-638-3920
Fountain Green Elementary School
410-638-4220
Harford Technical High School
410-638-3804
Hickory Elementary School
410-638-4170
Homestead/Wakefield Elementary School
410-638-4175
John Archer School
410-638-3810
Patterson Mill Middle/High School
410-638-4640
Prospect Mill Elementary School
410-638-3817
Ring Factory Elementary School
410-638-4186
Southampton Middle School
410-638-4150
Belcamp
Church Creek Elementary School
410-273-5550
Churchville
Churchville Elementary School
410-273-5550
Darlington
Darlington Elementary School
410-638-3700
Edgewood
Deerfield Elementary School
410-612-1535
Edgewood Elementary School
410-612-1540
Edgewood Middle School
410-612-1518
Edgewood High School
410-612-1500
Fallston
Fallston Middle School
410-638-4129
Fallston High School
410-638-4120
Youth's Benefit Elementary School
410-638-4190
Forest Hill
Forest Hill Elementary School
410-638-4166
Forest Lakes Elementary School
410-638-4262
Havre de Grace
Havre de Grace Elementary School
410-939-6616
Havre de Grace Middle School
410-939-6608
Havre de Grace High School
410-939-6600
Meadowvale Elementary School
410-939-6622
Roye-Williams Elementary School
410-273-5536
Jarrettsville
Jarrettsville Elementary School
410-692-7800
North Bend Elementary School
410-692-7815
Joppa
Joppatowne Elementary School
410-612-1546
Joppatowne High School
410-612-1510
Magnolia Elementary School
410-61201553
Magnolia Middle School
410-612-1525
Riverside Elementary School
410-612-1560
Pylesville
North Harford Elementary School
410-638-3670
North Harford Middle School
410-638-3658
North Harford High School
410-638-3650
Street
Dublin Elementary School
410-638-3703
White Hall
Norrisville Elementary School
410-692-7810
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Private Schools
Abingdon
New Covenant Christian School
443-512-0771 - Grammar School
410-420-7727 - Upper School
http://www.newcovenantchristianschool.org/
Aberdeen
St. Joan of Arc Elementary School
410-272-1387
http://www.stjoanarc.org/
Bel Air
John Carroll School
410-838-8333 or 410-879-2480
http://www.johncarroll.org/
St. Margaret's School
410-879-1113 - Elementary School Campus
410-877-9660 - Middle School Campus
http://www.smsch.org/
Harford Day School
410-838-4848
http://www.harfordday.org/
Bel Forest Christian Academy
410-838-6074
Emmorton Baptist Academy
410 569-0585
http://www.emmortonbaptistchurch.com/
Harford Lutheran School
410-399-9646
James Run Christian Academy
410-877-1576
http://www.jamesrunchristianacademy.com/
Awakening Child Montessori School
410-836-0833
http://www.awakeningchild.com/
The Highlands School
410-836-1415
http://www.highlandsschool.net/
Churchville
Monarch Montessori School
410-836-9560
http://www.monarchmontessorischool.net/
Darlington
Harford Christian School
410-457-5101
www.harfordchristian.org
Forest Hill
Advent Lutheran Elementary School
410-838-4892
http://www.adventluth.com/
Joppa
Mountain Christian School
410-877-7333
http://www.mountainchristianschool.info/
Trinity Lutheran School
410-679-4000, ext. 111
http://www.tlsonline.org/
Street
Harford Friends School
410-452-5507
www.harfordfriends.org
Since being founded in 1946, the Harford County Public Library System has grown to include 11 branches, plus two more in the works, with a circulation well in excess of 3 million serving more than 227,000 registered borrowers in a county of about 250,000 people.
In addition to books, the library system is a repository for recordings, cassettes, magazines, newspapers, video tapes, public meeting rooms, large-type books, compact discs, CD ROM's, puzz les, puppets, oral history, films, copy machines and audiovisual equipment. It provides public access to computer catalogs with printers, microfilm reader-printers, programs for children and adults, information services, reading development materials, an online community information directory, Internet access, health information, tax assistance and volunteer opportunities.
Harford County was the first in the state to take advantage of a state tax-supported library law, having taking action to do so in June 1945; the first library board met in January 1946 and the first library building had previously been an old Methodist Church building on Main Street in Bel Air.
Harford County Public Libraries
www.hcplonline.info
Aberdeen Branch
21 Franklin Street
Aberdeen 21001
Phone: 410-273-5608
Fax: 410-273-5610
Abingdon Branch
2510 Tollgate Road
Abingdon 21009
Phone: 410-638-3990
Fax: 410-638-3995
Drive-Thru: 410-638-3974
Bel Air Branch
410-638-3151
410-838-3371 (TTY)
100 E. Pennsylvania Avenue
Bel Air 21014
Darlington Branch
410-638-3750
1134 Main Street
Darlington 21034
Edgewood Branch
410-612-1600
629 Edgewood Road
Edgewood 21040
Fallston Branch
410-638-3003
1461 Fallston Road
Fallston 21047
Havre de Grace Branch
410-939-6700
120 N. Union Avenue
Havre de Grace 21078
Jarrettsville Branch
410-692-7887
3722 Norrisville Road
Jarrettsville 21084
Joppa Branch
410-612-1660
655 Towne Center Drive
Joppa 21085
Norrisville Branch
410-692-7850
5310 Norrisville Road,
White Hall 21161
Whiteford Branch
410-638-3608
410-452-8831
2407 Whiteford Road
Whiteford 21160