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District profile / Maryland

Anne Arundel County Public Schools

Annapolis, Maryland · Public school district · #4 of 24 Maryland districts by enrollment

Compare with peers
85,029
Students
2024-25 school year
128
Schools
2024-25 school year
$15,429
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · about the same as the Maryland median
13.8
Students per teacher
2024-25 · Maryland median 13.8

Anne Arundel County Public Schools is a public school district based in Annapolis, Maryland, serving 85,029 students in 128 schools. By enrollment it ranks #4 of the 24 Maryland districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 87% of them. Its schools average 664 students each, more than the Maryland median of 594. It spends about $15,429 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.8 students per teacher. We've matched 18 news stories to the district.

How Anne Arundel County compares

Anne Arundel CountyMaryland median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$15,429
Maryland median $16,152 · about the same · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$10,027
Maryland median $10,187 · about the same · FY2020-21
Students per school664
Maryland median 594 · 12% above · 2024-25
Students per teacher13.8
Maryland median 13.8 · about the same · 2024-25
Students per counselor305
Maryland median 308 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$1.47 billion in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 7%State 35%Local 59%
MeasureAnne Arundel CountyMaryland medianYear
Current spending per student$15,429$16,152FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$10,027$10,187FY2020-21
Total spending$1.47 billionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$1.47 billionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)6,157n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)11,636n/a2024-25
Students per teacher13.813.82024-25
Students per counselor3053082024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Maryland median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

In the news

18 stories matched

Peer districts in Maryland

Compare side by side →
DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
Prince George's County Public SchoolsUpper Marlboro132,123199$17,15514.1#2
Baltimore County Public SchoolsTowson110,024178$15,62415.0#3
Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsAnnapolis · this district85,029128$15,42913.8#4
Baltimore City Public SchoolsBaltimore76,807151$17,43414.4#5
Howard County Public SchoolsEllicott City57,56578$16,71013.5#6

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
Pinellas County SchoolsLargo, FL87,876$11,03915.9
Fulton CountyAtlanta, GA87,019$12,50614.1
Alpine DistrictAmerican Fork, UT86,645$8,06024.0
Pasco County SchoolsLand O Lakes, FL86,627$9,52316.7

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-md-anne-arundel-county-public-schools