The Jefferson School At Finan Center
Tel:
(301) 777-2258
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 Stats (2021)
- Grades: 6-12
- Students: 60 students
- Application Deadline: None / Rolling
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 |
Student Body
Total Students | 60 students |
Student Body Type | Co-ed |
% Students of Color | 11% State avg.: 32% |
Students by Grade |
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Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers | 12 teachers |
Student : Teacher Ratio | 5:1 National avg.: 13:1 |
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline | None / Rolling |
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