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Sheppard Pratt School - Cumberland

10100 Country Club Road SE
Cumberland, MD 21502

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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.

Quick Facts (2026)

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)

Top Rankings

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

School Overview

School Type

Special Education School

School Membership(s)School Assoc.

National Association of Private Special Education Centers
Alternative School Network

Religious Affiliation

Nonsectarian

Grades Offered

Grades 6-12

Year Founded

1853

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Student Body

Total Students

60 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

11%

State avg.: 39%

Students by Grade

Academics and Faculty

Total Classroom Teachers

12 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

5:1

National avg.: 11:1

Tuition and Acceptance Rate

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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Quick Facts (2026)

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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The average private school tuition in Maryland is $16,055 for elementary schools and $20,581 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).

The average acceptance rate in Maryland is 80% (read more about average acceptance rates across the country).