State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1996-97

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Maryland Maryland Department of Education, 200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201	Download, view and print Maryland's report as a pdf file. 324KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick, (410) 767-0462
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Ricka Markowitz, (410) 767-0026
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Kathie Hiatt, (410) 333-2664

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


683,797	818,583	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
1,206	1,286	Public schools
40,093	47,943	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
10,577	10,577	Land area in square miles
64.6	77.4	Public school students per square mile
11.4	12.2	Public schools per 100 square miles

Figure 1
School-age population in public elementary and secondary schools

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

4,566	5,060	State population (in thousands)
$2,564	$3,951	State revenue per capita
$2,027	$3,180	State expenditure per capita
$257	$422	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$127,329	$157,019	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	24	100%	24	Total public education agencies
100.0%	24	100.0%	24	Regular school districts
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

20.8%	5	20.8%	5	100 or more schools
33.3%	8	33.3%	8	25 to 99 schools
37.5%	9	33.3%	8	10 to 24 schools
8.3%	2	12.5%	3	5 to 9 schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	1 to 4 schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	1,206	100%	1,286	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
93.8%	1,131	93.1%	1,197	Regular schools
3.8%	46	3.7%	48	Special education schools
1.8%	22	0.9%	11	Vocational schools
0.6%	7	2.3%	30	Other and alternative schools

Figure 3
Distribution of public schools and students by type of locale: 1996-97

Figure 4
Public schools by size of student membership

1987		1996		Number of public schools by grade span category

60.2%	726	60.1%	773	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
1.2%	15	1.6%	21	PK, K, 1 to 8
11.4%	138	15.0%	193	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
4.2%	51	2.2%	28	7 to 8, 9
0.9%	11	0.6%	8	7, 8 to 12
13.2%	159	13.4%	172	9, 10, 11 to 12
6.5%	78	6.5%	84	Other grades
1.0%	12	0.4%	5	Ungraded
1.3%	16	0.2%	2	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


10,032	19,639	Prekindergarten
53,146	61,856	Kindergarten
58,466	68,645	First
54,096	66,645	Second
51,826	64,728	Third
49,555	63,693	Fourth
48,477	62,178	Fifth
46,532	61,962	Sixth
48,134	61,268	Seventh
46,717	59,236	Eighth
53,370	65,307	Ninth
51,297	56,261	Tenth
50,624	49,695	Eleventh
48,642	44,232	Twelfth
12,883	13,238	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	12.7%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	25.6%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	10.1%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

87.1%	46,107	98.8%	41,785	Regular diploma
	—		—	Other diploma
12.9%	6,828		—	High school equivalency
	—	1.2%	496	Other completers
	—		—	Dropouts
				Dropouts who were male
				Dropouts who were minority

Figure 6
Grade 8 1996 Mathematics and Science average scale scores for the state (

) and nation (

) and the 25th (

) and 75th (

) percentiles

Grade 4	Grade 8	1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels

220.7	269.7	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
41.4%	42.6%	Students below basic level
58.6%	57.4%	Students at or above basic level
21.6%	24.4%	Students at or above proficient level
2.8%	5.4%	Students at advanced level
—	145.3	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	44.9%	Students below basic level
	55.1%	Students at or above basic level
	25.1%	Students at or above proficient level
	1.9%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	73,716	100%	85,522	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
54.4%	40,093	56.1%	47,943	Teachers
7.2%	5,316	8.2%	6,989	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.9%	1,403	2.1%	1,825	Guidance counselors/directors
1.9%	1,422	1.8%	1,581	Librarians/library support
7.0%	5,148	4.7%	4,032	Administrative support
24.0%	17,704	22.1%	18,888	Other support services
				Administrators
3.2%	2,327	3.3%	2,843	School-based
0.4%	304	1.7%	1,421	School district officials/administrators

Figure 7
Average number of students per teacher, by grade level

Figure 8
Average salary of full-time teachers by years of experience

Figure 9
Distribution of public school teachers by age

1987	1993	Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned

0.3%	0.3%	Public school teachers with no degree
41.6%	43.3%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
50.8%	49.6%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
7.3%	6.8%	Public school teachers with a degree beyond Master's

FY88	FY97	Federal aid to education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars)
FISCAL INFORMATION


$35,701	$75,897	National school lunch
$5,094	$14,699	National school breakfast
$72,001	$62,176	Title I
$64,336	$59,549	Education for the handicapped
$16,096	$19,279	Vocational and adult education
$13,022	$23,013	School improvement
$8,206	$5,021	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$642	$1,178	Bilingual education
$145	—	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$3,464,182	$6,042,059	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$5,066	$7,381	Revenue per pupil in membership
$3,128,165	$5,529,309	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$4,575	$6,755	Current expenditure per pupil in membership