Howard County Public Schools 鈥� Ellicott City, MD

Key statistics

57,565

Students enrolled

78

Public schools

4,275

Classroom teachers (FTE)

13.5:1

Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

Pre-K 1,532
Kindergarten 3,596
Grade 1 3,877
Grade 2 3,993
Grade 3 4,290
Grade 4 4,235
Grade 5 4,327
Grade 6 4,347
Grade 7 4,417
Grade 8 4,523
Grade 9 4,809
Grade 10 4,531
Grade 11 4,588
Grade 12 4,500

By race/ethnicity

White 29%
Black or African American 25%
Asian 24%
Hispanic/Latino 14%
Two or more races 7%
American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

27% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 15,821 of 57,565 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 24%
Reduced-price lunch 4%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$20,296 spent per student on day-to-day operations Maryland median: $19,732 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $13,300
Support services $6,592
Other (food service, etc.) $404

Where the money comes from

Local 65%
State 30%
Federal 5%

Total revenue $1.3 billiontotal spending $1.3 billion

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: LargeStudents: 49% suburb, 36% city, 15% rural

Total staff (FTE)

8,805

District office

10910 Clarksville Pike, Ellicott City MD 21042

Phone

(410) 313-6600

County

Howard County

Official website

NCES District ID

2400420

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About Howard County Public Schools

Description provided by the district or community 鈥� not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of the HCPSS is to ensure excellence in teaching and learning so that each student will participate responsibly in a diverse and changing world.Howard County, Maryland, is a suburban community of more than 274,000 situated along the Baltimore-Washington corridor. More than 97,000 people live in the county's population center - the planned community of Columbia - conceived and designed by visionary planner James Rouse.A great community deserves great schools, and the HCPSS is a recognized source of local pride. The school system consistently ranks among Maryland鈥檚 top school districts based on student performance on the Maryland School Assessments. Howard County students score above the national averages on standardized tests and more than 90% of graduates continue their education beyond high school.

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