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District profile / Maryland

Baltimore County Public Schools

Towson, Maryland · Public school district · #3 of 24 Maryland districts by enrollment

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110,024
Students
2024-25 school year
178
Schools
2024-25 school year
$15,624
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · about the same as the Maryland median
15.0
Students per teacher
2024-25 · Maryland median 13.8

Baltimore County Public Schools is a public school district based in Towson, Maryland, serving 110,024 students in 178 schools. By enrollment it ranks #3 of the 24 Maryland districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 91% of them. Its schools average 618 students each, about the same as the Maryland median of 594. It spends about $15,624 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.0 students per teacher. We've matched 24 news stories to the district.

How Baltimore County compares

Baltimore CountyMaryland median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$15,624
Maryland median $16,152 · about the same · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$9,944
Maryland median $10,187 · about the same · FY2020-21
Students per school618
Maryland median 594 · about the same · 2024-25
Students per teacher15.0
Maryland median 13.8 · 9% above · 2024-25
Students per counselor283
Maryland median 308 · 8% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$2.00 billion in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 7%State 44%Local 50%
MeasureBaltimore CountyMaryland medianYear
Current spending per student$15,624$16,152FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$9,944$10,187FY2020-21
Total spending$1.93 billionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$2.00 billionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)7,341n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)15,583n/a2024-25
Students per teacher15.013.82024-25
Students per counselor2833082024-25

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.

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In the news

24 stories matched

Peer districts in Maryland

Compare side by side →
DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
Montgomery County Public SchoolsRockville159,181211$17,75313.8#1
Prince George's County Public SchoolsUpper Marlboro132,123199$17,15514.1#2
Baltimore County Public SchoolsTowson · this district110,024178$15,62415.0#3
Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsAnnapolis85,029128$15,42913.8#4
Baltimore City Public SchoolsBaltimore76,807151$17,43414.4#5

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
Cypress-Fairbanks ISDCypress, TX117,927$10,08115.4
Polk County Public SchoolsBartow, FL111,372$10,58719.3
Memphis-Shelby County SchoolsMemphis, TN111,124$10,862n/a
Cobb CountyMarietta, GA105,738$11,90214.1

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-baltimore-county-public-schools