2025 Census government inventory

Howard County Public Schools

Dependent school system in Maryland. Browse the source-reported information below.

Census ID 212952 · Census county field: Howard · Functioning in the 2025 inventory
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

57,633students in the finance record
78operating schools connected
$20,296current spending per pupil
Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment57,6330.5% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$20,2962.8% higher than 2019 after inflation · 26.2% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$1.3B26.3% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$592.5M16.1% higher than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 57,907; 2020: 58,868; 2021: 57,293; 2022: 57,325; 2023: 57,676; 2024: 57,63359,08958,08157,073201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $19,735; 2020: $20,138; 2021: $19,344; 2022: $19,263; 2023: $19,824; 2024: $20,296$20,441$19,779$19,118201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

20192.9% F30.5% S66.6% L
20203.2% F32.9% S63.9% L
20213.8% F32.5% S63.7% L
20227.7% F29.5% S62.7% L
20234.5% F32.5% S63.0% L
20244.6% F30.3% S65.1% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
201957,907$16,084$1,051,111,000$1,001,945,000$510,182,000
202058,868$16,615$1,085,574,000$1,054,436,000$528,460,000
202157,293$16,710$1,158,890,000$1,083,360,000$545,161,000
202257,325$17,971$1,241,400,000$1,197,692,000$561,152,000
202357,676$19,256$1,283,674,000$1,235,889,000$576,026,000
202457,633$20,296$1,310,257,000$1,265,910,000$592,542,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Schools this system operates

Explore the schools—not just the agency record.

NCES source ↗
Where the money comes from

$1.31B in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal4.6%$60.0M
State30.3%$397M
Local65.1%$854M
Total expenditures$1.27B
Current spending$1.17B
Instruction$767M
Support services$380M
Capital outlay$43.7M
Debt outstanding$593M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

Howard County Public Schools

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesPK–12
StatusOpen
Address10910 Clarksville Pike, Ellicott City, MD, 21042
Open district website →
About this school data

Census and NCES records describe this system’s enrollment, finances and schools for the years shown. Board, election and meeting information, when available, has separate sources and dates. An unlisted item means it is not covered here—not that it does not exist. Check the district’s official notices for current meetings and officeholders.

The source record

Listed as functioning in 2025.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
212952
Record type
Dependent school system
Classification
County
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
2025 Census snapshot

Reported contact and location fields

Reported mailing address10910 ROUTE 108 · ELLICOTT CITY, MD · 21042-6198
Reported contact roleSuperintendent

A role label, not a verified person’s name.

Census county fieldHoward
Reported websiteOpen listed website ↗

These are inventory fields, not newly verified office contacts. A county field or mailing address does not establish the exact service boundary.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment57,6762023

Parent governmentHowardOpen parent record →

About these sources and their limits
Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.

Not established by these records

  • Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.