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The Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) is the school district that manages and runs the public schools of Howard County, Maryland. It operates under the supervision of an elected, eight-member Board of Education. Dr. Chao Wu is the Chairman of the Board. Michael J. Martirano has served as the Superintendent since May 2017.

The district operates 77 schools: 42 elementary schools, 20 middle schools, 12 high schools, and 3 special education schools/education centers. As of September 2019, a total of 58,868 students were enrolled.It is headquartered in the Columbia, Maryland census-designated place; the facility has an Ellicott City mailing address.

Howard County consistently earns high marks in school performance metrics such as test scores and graduation rates. It gets high percentages at all levels of the Maryland School Assessments. In 2007 Forbes magazine rated Howard County as one of the ten most cost-efficient school systems in the United States.