Howard County Public School System

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public school district school district in the United States

Howard County Public School System is the public school district serving students in Howard County, Maryland, operating a network of elementary, middle, and high schools.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Howard County Public School System canonical	4
Howard County, Maryland Public School System	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T886023 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Howard County Public School System
Context triple: [Howard County, hasEducationalInstitution, Howard County Public School System]

A. Calvert County Public Schools
Calvert County Public Schools is the public school district responsible for providing K–12 education to students in Calvert County, Maryland.
B. Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools is the public school district serving Montgomery County, Maryland, and is one of the largest and highest-performing school systems in the United States.
C. Charles County Public Schools
Charles County Public Schools is the public school district responsible for providing K–12 education to students in Charles County, Maryland.
D. Prince George’s County Public Schools
Prince George’s County Public Schools is the public school district serving students in Prince George’s County, Maryland, operating a large network of elementary, middle, and high schools as well as specialized educational programs.
E. Stafford County Public Schools
Stafford County Public Schools is the K–12 school district responsible for operating and overseeing public education in Stafford County, Virginia.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Howard County Public School System
Target entity description: Howard County Public School System is the public school district serving students in Howard County, Maryland, operating a network of elementary, middle, and high schools.

A. Calvert County Public Schools
Calvert County Public Schools is the public school district responsible for providing K–12 education to students in Calvert County, Maryland.
B. Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools is the public school district serving Montgomery County, Maryland, and is one of the largest and highest-performing school systems in the United States.
C. Charles County Public Schools
Charles County Public Schools is the public school district responsible for providing K–12 education to students in Charles County, Maryland.
D. Prince George’s County Public Schools
Prince George’s County Public Schools is the public school district serving students in Prince George’s County, Maryland, operating a large network of elementary, middle, and high schools as well as specialized educational programs.
E. Stafford County Public Schools
Stafford County Public Schools is the K–12 school district responsible for operating and overseeing public education in Stafford County, Virginia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public school district ⓘ school district in the United States ⓘ
abbreviation	HCPSS ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employs	school administrators ⓘ support staff ⓘ teachers ⓘ
follows	Maryland state education standards ⓘ
governingBody	Howard County Board of Education ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	public schools in Howard County, Maryland ⓘ
hasSchoolBoard	Howard County Board of Education ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Ellicott City ⓘ surface form: Ellicott City, Maryland
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Howard County ⓘ surface form: Howard County, Maryland Maryland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
offersProgram	English for Speakers of Other Languages ⓘ gifted and talented education ⓘ kindergarten through grade 12 education ⓘ special education services ⓘ
operates	elementary schools ⓘ high schools ⓘ middle schools ⓘ specialty schools ⓘ
regionServed	Howard County ⓘ surface form: Howard County, Maryland
sector	public education ⓘ
serves	Howard County ⓘ surface form: Howard County, Maryland
servesEducationalStage	primary education ⓘ secondary education ⓘ
state	Maryland ⓘ
subjectOf	Howard County education policies ⓘ
typeOfFunding	publicly funded ⓘ
website	https://www.hcpss.org/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Howard County → hasEducationalInstitution → Howard County Public School System ⓘ

West Friendship, Maryland → servedBySchoolSystem → Howard County Public School System ⓘ

Clarksville, Maryland → partOf → Howard County Public School System ⓘ

this entity surface form: Howard County, Maryland Public School System

Clarksville, Maryland → schoolDistrict → Howard County Public School System ⓘ

Fulton, Maryland → hasPublicSchoolSystem → Howard County Public School System ⓘ

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