Editing Accokeek, Maryland (section)

== Education ==
According to the US Census' American Community Survey, 2.59% of the population from 25 to 64 years has less than a high school diploma, 26.17% have a high school diploma, 30.32% have some college of associate degree, and 40.90% have a bachelor's degree or higher.<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=Community Facts |access-date=April 12, 2016 |location=[[Suitland, Maryland]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] }}</ref>

=== Primary and secondary schools ===
[[File:Accokeek Academy Entrace.jpg|left|thumb|Accokeek Academy]]
Accokeek is under the [[Prince George's County Public Schools]] district.<ref name=AccokeekCDPmap>"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2400250_accokeek/DC10BLK_P2400250_000.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Accokeek CDP, MD]." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on September 2, 2018. Pages: [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2400250_accokeek/DC10BLK_P2400250_001.pdf 1], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2400250_accokeek/DC10BLK_P2400250_002.pdf 2], and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2400250_accokeek/DC10BLK_P2400250_003.pdf 3]. The CDP previously was smaller: "[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st24_Maryland/Place/2400250_Accokeek/CBP2400250_001.pdf CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: ACCOKEEK CDP]." The 1990 Prince George's County Census Bureau map ([https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st24_Maryland/24033_PrinceGeorges/90B24033_000.pdf index map]) shows Accokeek CDP on pages [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st24_Maryland/24033_PrinceGeorges/90B24033_032.pdf 32], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st24_Maryland/24033_PrinceGeorges/90B24033_033.pdf 33], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st24_Maryland/24033_PrinceGeorges/90B24033_034.pdf 34], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st24_Maryland/24033_PrinceGeorges/90B24033_038.pdf 38], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st24_Maryland/24033_PrinceGeorges/90B24033_039.pdf 39], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st24_Maryland/24033_PrinceGeorges/90B24033_040.pdf 40], and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st24_Maryland/24033_PrinceGeorges/90B24033_044.pdf 44].</ref>

It has one public school, Accokeek Academy,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2400510&ID=240051001686 |title=Search for Public Schools |location=[[Washington, DC]] |publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]] |access-date=April 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425020319/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2400510&ID=240051001686 |archive-date=April 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which serves all of the CDP for elementary and middle school.<ref name=ESmap>"[http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20Elementary.pdf NEIGHBORHOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019]." [[Prince George's County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on September 2, 2018.</ref><ref name=MSmap>"[http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20Middle.pdf NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019]." [[Prince George's County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on September 2, 2018.</ref> It was formed in 2009 by the merger of Henry G. Ferguson Elementary School, built in 1963, and Eugene Burroughs Middle School,<ref name=Brownbackmoney>{{cite news|author=Brownback, Abby|url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/03172011/uppenew155909_32535.php|title=Accokeek Academy could get money for new building|newspaper=[[The Gazette (Maryland)|The Gazette]]|date=2011-03-17|access-date=2018-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907170749/http://www.gazette.net/stories/03172011/uppenew155909_32535.php|archive-date=2018-09-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> built in 1966.<ref name=Garnerjoshua>{{cite news|author=Garner, Joshua|url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/09232010/clinnew164301_32534.php|title=Plans for new Accokeek school get mixed reactions|newspaper=[[The Gazette (Maryland)|The Gazette]]|date=2010-09-23|access-date=2018-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907170757/http://www.gazette.net/stories/09232010/clinnew164301_32534.php|archive-date=2018-09-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> The newly merged school retained separate elementary and middle school campuses.<ref name=Brownbackmoney/> In 2010 the school had a total of 1,178 students, with 553 at the elementary campus and 625 at the middle school campus.<ref name=Garnerjoshua/> In 2011 the elementary school population had increased to 570. In a period after 2011 the fifth grade was moved to the middle school complex for two reasons: The first was so Burroughs middle school could have a higher occupancy rate, giving it eligibility for renovation funds from the State of Maryland. The second was to alleviate overcrowding in the original elementary building, which had a capacity of about 410 students<!--570 minus 160-->; the middle school building had a capacity of 805 students.<ref name=Brownbackmoney/>

Even though initially some parents advocated for having a single combined PK-8 building,<ref name=Garnerjoshua/> the district instead chose to rebuild the elementary building; a study from 2008<!--unspecified in the text--> had described the elementary building as having one of the poorest states of repair in the PGCPS system.<ref name=Brownbackmoney/> The school planned to construct a more than {{convert|3000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}}, two-story facility.<ref name=Garnerjoshua/> After the scheduled completion of the new elementary building in August 2013, the district planned to temporarily house the middle school students there while the middle school building is renovated, and in 2014 put the students in their respective permanent buildings. In addition PGCPS planned to establish a walkway between the two buildings.<ref name=Brownbackmoney/> The State of Maryland was to spend over $7 million while PGCPS was to spend fewer than $19 million, so the total cost was over $26 million.<ref>{{cite news|author=Gross, Daniel J.|url=http://www.gazette.net/article/20120522/NEWS/705229952/1029/accokeek-academy-breaks-ground-on-new-building&template=gazette|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403024854/http://www.gazette.net/article/20120522/NEWS/705229952/1029/accokeek-academy-breaks-ground-on-new-building%26template%3Dgazette|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-04-03|title=Accokeek Academy breaks ground on new building|newspaper=[[The Gazette (Maryland)|The Gazette]]|date=2012-05-22|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref>

All of the CDP is zoned to [[Gwynn Park High School]], located in [[Brandywine, Maryland|Brandywine CDP]].<ref>"[http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20High.pdf NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019]." [[Prince George's County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on September 2, 2018.</ref> There is also a private school, Accokeek College Preparatory School, the secondary school campus of [[The Beddow Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=A0103929&ID=A0103929 |title=Search for Public Schools |location=[[Washington, DC]] |publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]] |access-date=April 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414190420/http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=A0103929&ID=A0103929 |archive-date=April 14, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From 1950 to 1964, during the era of legally-required racial segregation of schools, black students from Accokeek attended [[Fairmont Heights High School]], then near [[Fairmount Heights, Maryland|Fairmount Heights]].<ref name=FairmontHeightshistoryasof2005>{{cite web|url=http://www.pgcps.org:80/~fmhts/history.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051004001621/http://www.pgcps.org/~fmhts/history.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-10-04|title=Fairmont Heights High School History|publisher=Fairmont Heights High School|date=2018-09-04|access-date=2018-09-04}}</ref>

===Public libraries===
[[Prince George's County Memorial Library System]] operates the Accokeek Library Branch.<ref>"[https://www.pgcmls.info/website/branch/location/Accokeek Accokeek Branch]." [[Prince George's County Memorial Library System]]. Retrieved on September 8, 2018.</ref>
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