Every school district in Maryland

Maryland had 25 school districts with a school open in 2024-25, enrolling 881,476 students between them; the largest, Montgomery County Public Schools, enrolled 158,537. The count takes in every local education agency NCES lists, charter schools that report as their own district included. 25 of them have 2021-22 state test results.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23 · EDFacts 2021-22 · method

All 25 districts, most students first

DistrictCountySchoolsStudents 2024‑25Spending per studentReading / math proficient, 2021‑22Graduation rate, class of 2023
Montgomery County Public SchoolsMontgomery County208158,537$19,45654% / 34%90%
Prince George's County Public SchoolsPrince George's County192128,144$19,78935% / 11%74%
Baltimore County Public SchoolsBaltimore County173108,744$18,66640% / 20%85%
Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsAnne Arundel County12382,859$17,62449% / 26%88%
Baltimore City Public SchoolsBaltimore city15076,292$22,97722% / 8%71%
Howard County Public School SystemHoward County7656,347$19,25658% / 42%93%
Frederick County Public SchoolsFrederick County6748,054$16,23354% / 34%93%
Harford County Public SchoolsHarford County5537,771$17,49350% / 27%91%
Charles County Public SchoolsCharles County3727,919$17,41538% / 17%90%
Carroll County Public School DistrictCarroll County4326,141$16,54858% / 40%95%
Washington County Public SchoolsWashington County4222,772$17,93749% / 28%91%
St. Mary's County Public SchoolsSt. Mary's County2616,905$17,08852% / 33%91%
Wicomico County Public SchoolsWicomico County2515,582$18,48634% / 20%85%
Cecil County Public SchoolsCecil County2814,853$16,74841% / 21%90%
Calvert County Public SchoolsCalvert County2414,849$14,60654% / 34%94%
Allegany County Public SchoolsAllegany County228,113$18,29044% / 25%87%
Queen Anne's County Public SchoolsQueen Anne's County147,478$17,54056% / 34%95%
Worcester County Public SchoolsWorcester County137,002$22,64361% / 38%95%
Caroline County Public SchoolsCaroline County95,648$17,38541% / 19%87%
Dorchester County Public SchoolsDorchester County114,586$21,34029% / 12%84%
Talbot County Public SchoolsTalbot County84,485$16,05643% / 18%98%
Garrett County Public SchoolsGarrett County113,405$19,52043% / 27%91%
Somerset County Public SchoolsSomerset County72,901$24,75030% / 11%70‑74%
Kent County Public SchoolsKent County51,694$22,23737% / 15%90‑94%
SEED School of MarylandBaltimore city1395not comparable20‑24% / 5% or less80‑89%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: districts with a school open that year, and the students in those schools. NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: current spending over fall 2022 membership, shown where it falls between $3,000 and $80,000 (outside that range the finance and membership files do not describe the same students). EDFacts 2021-22: all students proficient or above, and the four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023, as published; ED gives smaller districts as ranges. Maryland sets its own test standard, so compare these within Maryland.

Maryland districts with too few federal figures for a page of their own, or no school open in 2024-25

SEED School of Maryland

Baltimore city; 403 students in the district's last NCES count; schools on file: The Seed School of Maryland (395).

More lists for Maryland

  1. 01Public schools in Maryland

    The state hub: schools, students, districts

  2. 02Largest schools

    By 2024-25 enrollment

  3. 03Fewest students per teacher

    Schools, 2024-25

  4. 04Highest-spending districts

    F-33 fiscal year 2022-23

  5. 05Teacher salary spending by district

    F-33 fiscal year 2022-23

  6. 06Chronic absenteeism

    EDFacts 2022-23

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory and membership · 2024-25

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District current expenditures and membership · FY 2022-23

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts State assessment results, all students · 2021-22

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