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Maryland school data rankings

Compare every reported district by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 25 current districts, 25 report 2024–25 enrollment and 24 match the FY 2023 finance file.

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25 districts with this measure reported

Rank	District	City	Schools	Enrollment
1	Montgomery County Public Schools	Rockville	212	159,181
2	Prince George's County Public Schools	Upper Marlboro	198	132,123
3	Baltimore County Public Schools	Towson	177	110,024
4	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Annapolis	128	85,029
5	Baltimore City Public Schools	Baltimore	150	76,807
6	Howard County Public Schools	Ellicott City	78	57,565
7	Frederick County Public Schools	Frederick	69	48,054
8	Harford County Public Schools	Bel Air	55	37,771
9	Charles County Public Schools	La Plata	41	28,162
10	Carroll County Public Schools	Westminster	44	26,141
11	Washington County Public Schools	Hagerstown	43	22,772
12	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Leonardtown	27	16,905
13	Wicomico County Public Schools	Salisbury	25	15,582
14	Cecil County Public Schools	Elkton	29	14,853
15	Calvert County Public Schools	Prince Frederick	24	14,849
16	Allegany County Public Schools	Cumberland	22	8,113
17	Queen Anne's County Public Schools	Centreville	14	7,478
18	Worcester County Public Schools	Newark	14	7,002
19	Caroline County Public Schools	Denton	10	5,648
20	Dorchester County Public Schools	Cambridge	13	4,586
21	Talbot County Public Schools	Easton	8	4,485
22	Garrett County Public Schools	Oakland	11	3,405
23	Somerset County Public Schools	Westover	8	2,901
24	Kent County Public Schools	Rock Hall	5	1,694
25	SEED School of Maryland	Baltimore	1	395

Data ranking

Largest school districts in Maryland

Ordered by 2024–25 reported membership. This is a scale comparison, not a quality ranking.

Rank	Name	Location	Students
1	Montgomery County Public Schools 212 schools	Rockville	159,181
2	Prince George's County Public Schools 198 schools	Upper Marlboro	132,123
3	Baltimore County Public Schools 177 schools	Towson	110,024
4	Anne Arundel County Public Schools 128 schools	Annapolis	85,029
5	Baltimore City Public Schools 150 schools	Baltimore	76,807
6	Howard County Public Schools 78 schools	Ellicott City	57,565
7	Frederick County Public Schools 69 schools	Frederick	48,054
8	Harford County Public Schools 55 schools	Bel Air	37,771
9	Charles County Public Schools 41 schools	La Plata	28,162
10	Carroll County Public Schools 44 schools	Westminster	26,141
11	Washington County Public Schools 43 schools	Hagerstown	22,772
12	St. Mary's County Public Schools 27 schools	Leonardtown	16,905
13	Wicomico County Public Schools 25 schools	Salisbury	15,582
14	Cecil County Public Schools 29 schools	Elkton	14,853
15	Calvert County Public Schools 24 schools	Prince Frederick	14,849
16	Allegany County Public Schools 22 schools	Cumberland	8,113
17	Queen Anne's County Public Schools 14 schools	Centreville	7,478
18	Worcester County Public Schools 14 schools	Newark	7,002
19	Caroline County Public Schools 10 schools	Denton	5,648
20	Dorchester County Public Schools 13 schools	Cambridge	4,586
21	Talbot County Public Schools 8 schools	Easton	4,485
22	Garrett County Public Schools 11 schools	Oakland	3,405
23	Somerset County Public Schools 8 schools	Westover	2,901
24	Kent County Public Schools 5 schools	Rock Hall	1,694
25	SEED School of Maryland 1 schools	Baltimore	395

Source: NCES CCD LEA Membership, 2024–25.

Data ranking

Highest spending per pupil in Maryland

Ordered by FY 2023 current expenditure per pupil among districts with at least 200 students. District responsibilities and local costs differ.

Rank	Name	Location	Per pupil
1	Somerset County Public Schools 2,901 students	Westover	$24,750
2	Baltimore City Public Schools 76,807 students	Baltimore	$22,977
3	Worcester County Public Schools 7,002 students	Newark	$22,643
4	Kent County Public Schools 1,694 students	Rock Hall	$22,237
5	Dorchester County Public Schools 4,586 students	Cambridge	$21,340
6	Prince George's County Public Schools 132,123 students	Upper Marlboro	$19,789
7	Garrett County Public Schools 3,405 students	Oakland	$19,520
8	Montgomery County Public Schools 159,181 students	Rockville	$19,456
9	Howard County Public Schools 57,565 students	Ellicott City	$19,256
10	Baltimore County Public Schools 110,024 students	Towson	$18,666
11	Wicomico County Public Schools 15,582 students	Salisbury	$18,486
12	Allegany County Public Schools 8,113 students	Cumberland	$18,290
13	Washington County Public Schools 22,772 students	Hagerstown	$17,937
14	Anne Arundel County Public Schools 85,029 students	Annapolis	$17,624
15	Queen Anne's County Public Schools 7,478 students	Centreville	$17,540
16	Harford County Public Schools 37,771 students	Bel Air	$17,493
17	Charles County Public Schools 28,162 students	La Plata	$17,415
18	Caroline County Public Schools 5,648 students	Denton	$17,385
19	St. Mary's County Public Schools 16,905 students	Leonardtown	$17,088
20	Cecil County Public Schools 14,853 students	Elkton	$16,748
21	Carroll County Public Schools 26,141 students	Westminster	$16,548
22	Frederick County Public Schools 48,054 students	Frederick	$16,233
23	Talbot County Public Schools 4,485 students	Easton	$16,056
24	Calvert County Public Schools 14,849 students	Prince Frederick	$14,606

Source: NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), FY 2023. Resource measure only.

Data ranking

Maryland high schools with broad reported program access

Counts reported AP, gifted, and computer-science program areas. This does not measure course quality, participation, or current availability.

Rank	Name	Location	Areas offered
1	Centennial High 09–12 · 36 AP courses	Howard County Public Schools	3 of 3
2	River Hill High 09–12 · 35 AP courses	Howard County Public Schools	3 of 3
3	Glenelg High 09–12 · 35 AP courses	Howard County Public Schools	3 of 3
4	Urbana High 09–12 · 34 AP courses	Frederick County Public Schools	3 of 3
5	Walter Johnson High 09–12 · 32 AP courses	Montgomery County Public Schools	3 of 3
6	Dulaney High 09–12 · 32 AP courses	Baltimore County Public Schools	3 of 3
7	Towson High 09–12 · 32 AP courses	Baltimore County Public Schools	3 of 3
8	Reservoir High 09–12 · 31 AP courses	Howard County Public Schools	3 of 3
9	Gov. Thomas Johnson High 09–12 · 30 AP courses	Frederick County Public Schools	3 of 3
10	Perry Hall High 09–12 · 30 AP courses	Baltimore County Public Schools	3 of 3
11	Thomas S. Wootton High 09–12 · 30 AP courses	Montgomery County Public Schools	3 of 3
12	Marriotts Ridge High 09–12 · 30 AP courses	Howard County Public Schools	3 of 3
13	Linganore High 09–12 · 30 AP courses	Frederick County Public Schools	3 of 3
14	Walkersville High 09–12 · 30 AP courses	Frederick County Public Schools	3 of 3
15	Middletown High 09–12 · 30 AP courses	Frederick County Public Schools	3 of 3
16	Walt Whitman High 09–12 · 29 AP courses	Montgomery County Public Schools	3 of 3
17	Severna Park High 09–12 · 29 AP courses	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	3 of 3
18	Frederick High 09–12 · 29 AP courses	Frederick County Public Schools	3 of 3
19	Great Mills High 09–12 · 29 AP courses	St. Mary's County Public Schools	3 of 3
20	Oakland Mills High 09–12 · 29 AP courses	Howard County Public Schools	3 of 3
21	Long Reach High 09–12 · 29 AP courses	Howard County Public Schools	3 of 3
22	Hereford High 09–12 · 29 AP courses	Baltimore County Public Schools	3 of 3
23	Winston Churchill High 09–12 · 28 AP courses	Montgomery County Public Schools	3 of 3
24	Broadneck High 09–12 · 28 AP courses	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	3 of 3
25	Oakdale High 09–12 · 28 AP courses	Frederick County Public Schools	3 of 3

Source: CRDC 2021–22. At least two program fields must be known for inclusion.