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Cecil County Public Schools

Elkton, Maryland · Public school district · #14 of 24 Maryland districts by enrollment

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14,853

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,518

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Maryland median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Maryland median 13.8

Cecil County Public Schools is a public school district based in Elkton, Maryland, serving 14,853 students in 29 schools. By enrollment it ranks #14 of the 24 Maryland districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 43% of them. Its schools average 512 students each, fewer than the Maryland median of 594. It spends about $15,518 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher.

How Cecil County compares

Cecil CountyMaryland median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,518

Maryland median $16,152 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$10,187

Maryland median $10,187 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school512

Maryland median 594 · 14% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Maryland median 13.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor297

Maryland median 308 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$267.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 49%Local 41%

Measure	Cecil County	Maryland median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,518	$16,152	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,187	$10,187	FY2020-21
Total spending	$252.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$267.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,066	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,067	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	13.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	297	308	2024-25

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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Peer districts in Maryland

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Washington County Public SchoolsHagerstown	22,772	43	$16,033	14.5	#11
St. Mary's County Public SchoolsLeonardtown	16,905	27	$15,022	15.6	#12
Wicomico County Public SchoolsSalisbury	15,582	25	$16,737	12.7	#13
Cecil County Public SchoolsElkton · this district	14,853	29	$15,518	13.9	#14
Calvert County Public SchoolsPrince Frederick	14,849	25	$13,934	15.2	#15

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Oceanside UnifiedOceanside, CA	14,890	$14,594	22.7
Renton School DistrictRenton, WA	14,873	$16,287	18.5
Rochester Community School DistrictRochester Hls, MI	14,868	$11,794	19.3
Southwest ISDSan Antonio, TX	14,833	$11,683	14.5

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-cecil-county-public-schools