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Maryland school systems.

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39school systems
1,407operating schools connected
889,728students in finance records
24complete 2019–2024 finance trends
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What changed from 2019 to 2024?

Maryland school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 24 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$19,732Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+10.0%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+35.0%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-0.7%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems24 systems in every year
201920202021202220232024909,003881,064
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$20,258$18,622

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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39 systems

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Montgomery County Public Schools

Rockville, MD

Students
160,223
Schools
211
Spending / pupil
$20,107

-0.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.5% enrollment

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Prince George's County Public Schools

Upper Marlboro, MD

Students
131,310
Schools
199
Spending / pupil
$21,592

+11.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.0% enrollment

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Baltimore County Public Schools

Towson, MD

Students
110,275
Schools
178
Spending / pupil
$19,356

+8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.1% enrollment

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Anne Arundel County Public Schools

Annapolis, MD

Students
84,346
Schools
128
Spending / pupil
$19,124

+11.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.3% enrollment

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Baltimore City Public Schools

Baltimore, MD

Students
75,811
Schools
151
Spending / pupil
$24,053

+23.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.4% enrollment

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Howard County Public Schools

Ellicott City, MD

Students
57,633
Schools
78
Spending / pupil
$20,296

+2.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.5% enrollment

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Frederick County Public Schools

Frederick, MD

Students
47,681
Schools
69
Spending / pupil
$17,172

+4.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.6% enrollment

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Harford County Public Schools

Bel Air, MD

Students
38,105
Schools
55
Spending / pupil
$17,479

+3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.7% enrollment

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Charles County Public Schools

La Plata, MD

Students
27,765
Schools
40
Spending / pupil
$18,598

+2.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.4% enrollment

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Carroll County Public Schools

Westminster, MD

Students
26,123
Schools
44
Spending / pupil
$16,773

-3.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.7% enrollment

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Washington County Public Schools

Hagerstown, MD

Students
22,549
Schools
43
Spending / pupil
$17,516

+3.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.6% enrollment

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St. Mary's County Public Schools

Leonardtown, MD

Students
17,223
Schools
27
Spending / pupil
$18,215

+10.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.3% enrollment

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Calvert County Public Schools

Prince Frederick, MD

Students
15,179
Schools
25
Spending / pupil
$20,920

+17.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.8% enrollment

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Wicomico County Public Schools

Salisbury, MD

Students
15,086
Schools
25
Spending / pupil
$19,183

+7.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.9% enrollment

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Cecil County Public Schools

Elkton, MD

Students
14,997
Schools
29
Spending / pupil
$18,306

+3.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.0% enrollment

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Allegany County Public Schools

Cumberland, MD

Students
8,205
Schools
22
Spending / pupil
$19,329

+10.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.9% enrollment

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Queen Anne's County Public Schools

Centreville, MD

Students
7,502
Schools
14
Spending / pupil
$31,712

+88.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.2% enrollment

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Worcester County Public Schools

Newark, MD

Students
6,848
Schools
14
Spending / pupil
$24,221

+9.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.6% enrollment

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Caroline County Public Schools

Denton, MD

Students
5,676
Schools
10
Spending / pupil
$20,202

+15.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.6% enrollment

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Dorchester County Public Schools

Cambridge, MD

Students
4,608
Schools
13
Spending / pupil
$26,317

+36.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.7% enrollment

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Talbot County Public Schools

Easton, MD

Students
4,502
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$17,384

+3.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.7% enrollment

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Garrett County Public Schools

Oakland, MD

Students
3,455
Schools
11
Spending / pupil
$28,991

+61.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.1% enrollment

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Somerset County Public Schools

Westover, MD

Students
2,894
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$28,108

+29.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.2% enrollment

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Kent County Public Schools

Rock Hall, MD

Students
1,732
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$54,576

+168.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.4% enrollment

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Allegany College

CUMBERLAND, MD

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Anne Arundel Cmty College

ARNOLD, MD

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Carroll Community College

WESTMINSTER, MD

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Cecil College

NORTH EAST, MD

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Chesapeake College

WYE MILLS, MD

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College of Southern Maryland

LA PLATA, MD

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.