Sheppard Pratt School - Cumberland (Top Ranked 糖心原创 for 2026-27)

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Sheppard Pratt School - Cumberland

10100 Country Club Road SE Cumberland, MD 21502

Tel: (301) 777-2258

Quick Facts (2026-27)

Top Ranked MD School
School Type: Special Education School
Grades: 6-12
Enrollment: 60 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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Quick Facts (2026-27)

Top Ranked MD School
School Type: Special Education School
Grades: 6-12
Enrollment: 60 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

School Rankings

Sheppard Pratt School - Cumberland ranks among the top 20% of private schools in Maryland for:

School Facts

School Type

Special Education School

Religious Affiliation

Nonsectarian

Grades Offered

Grades 6-12

Students By Grade

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Distribution of Students By Grade
Grade	Sheppard Pratt School - Cumberland
5	2
6	1
7	4
8	4
9	3
10	3
11	6
12	6
Ungraded	31

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Year Founded

1853

School Calendar

Student Body

Total Students

60 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

11%

State avg.: 39%

Academic Profile

Total Classroom Teachers

12 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

5:1

National avg.:

School Membership(s)School Assoc.

National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC)
Alternative School Network

Tuition & Financial Aid

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

School Notes

At Jefferson School At Finian Center, Students attend classes that encourage their success in curricula consistent with Maryland State Department of Education requirements.
The School is also a caring community where students learn to develop healthy relationships with teachers, therapists, and other professional staff and one another while participating in a therapeutic milieu.
The School is 10 miles south of Frederick, Maryland, located in Jefferson, Maryland.
Fully accredited, the School provides services to both residential and day students.
It includes a full size gymnasium, library/media center, art center, an environmental studies classroom and greenhouse, and a wood shop.
In addition, the facility has dining, recreation and health service areas.
The beautiful rural location offers many opportunities for outdoor recreation and nature studies, and an outdoor classroom/group meeting area widely used in suitable weather.
The main campus school program currently accommodates over 100 children a day.
Fifty students are residents of our psychiatric Residential Treatment Center and 50-60 are day students.
The disabilities served are students with primary emotional disturbance, behavior disorders and secondary learning, developmental and post traumatic stress disorders.

At Jefferson School At Finian Center, Students attend classes that encourage their success in curricula consistent with Maryland State Department of Education requirements.
The School is also a caring community where students learn to develop healthy relationships with teachers, therapists, and other professional staff and one another while participating in a therapeutic milieu.
The School is 10 miles south of Frederick, Maryland, located in Jefferson, Maryland.
Fully accredited, the School provides services to both residential and day students.
It includes a full size gymnasium, library/media center, art center, an environmental studies classroom and greenhouse, and a wood shop.
In addition, the facility has dining, recreation and health service areas.
The beautiful rural location offers many opportunities for outdoor recreation and nature studies, and an outdoor classroom/group meeting area widely used in suitable weather.
The main campus school program currently accommodates over 100 children a day.
Fifty students are residents of our psychiatric Residential Treatment Center and 50-60 are day students.
The disabilities served are students with primary emotional disturbance, behavior disorders and secondary learning, developmental and post traumatic stress disorders.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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