Maryland · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Maryland The 23 Maryland districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
$30,681 Top per-pupil spend
$19,066 Avg across top 23
23 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Queen Anne's County Public Schools spends $30,681 per student, the most of any Maryland district listed, against an average of $19,066 across the top 23.
$30,681 top spend (Queen Anne's County Public Schools)
$14,943 lowest on this list
2.1× spread across the listed districts
7,387 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Queen Anne's County Public Schools Centreville 7,387 14 $30,681 2 Garrett County Public Schools Oakland 3,500 12 $27,740 3 Somerset County Public Schools Westover 2,773 9 $26,262 4 Dorchester County Public Schools Cambridge 4,523 13 $24,096 5 Worcester County Public Schools Newark 6,841 14 $21,280 6 Calvert County Public Schools Prince Frederick 15,461 25 $21,252 7 Prince George's County Public Schools Upper Marlboro 131,133 199 $19,234 8 Caroline County Public Schools Denton 5,667 10 $18,641 9 Baltimore City Public Schools Baltimore 75,995 154 $18,272 10 Montgomery County Public Schools Rockville 160,554 210 $18,101 11 Howard County Public Schools Ellicott City 57,676 77 $17,971 12 Wicomico County Public Schools Salisbury 14,900 25 $17,780 13 Allegany County Public Schools Cumberland 8,181 22 $17,465 14 Cecil County Public Schools Elkton 15,047 29 $17,169 15 Charles County Public Schools La Plata 27,598 39 $16,671 16 Anne Arundel County Public Schools Annapolis 84,452 126 $16,620 17 Baltimore County Public Schools Towson 111,082 178 $16,538 18 St. Mary's County Public Schools Leonardtown 17,493 28 $16,038 19 Washington County Public Schools Hagerstown 22,297 44 $15,838 20 Carroll County Public Schools Westminster 25,787 44 $15,757 21 Harford County Public Schools Bel Air 38,037 55 $15,192 22 Frederick County Public Schools Frederick 46,899 69 $14,981 23 Talbot County Public Schools Easton 4,523 8 $14,943
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Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with
500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures
include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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