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Somerset County Public Schools

Westover, Maryland · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

2,901
Students enrolled
8
Public schools
231
Classroom teachers (FTE)
12.6:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 282
  • Kindergarten 205
  • Grade 1 182
  • Grade 2 207
  • Grade 3 221
  • Grade 4 217
  • Grade 5 213
  • Grade 6 218
  • Grade 7 171
  • Grade 8 208
  • Grade 9 230
  • Grade 10 200
  • Grade 11 186
  • Grade 12 161

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 46%
  • White 33%
  • Hispanic/Latino 10%
  • Two or more races 9%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <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

76% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,201 of 2,901 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 76%
  • Reduced-price lunch 0%

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

$28,108 spent per student on day-to-day operations Maryland median: $19,732 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $16,191
  • Support services $10,992
  • Other (food service, etc.) $925

Where the money comes from

  • Local 13%
  • State 68%
  • Federal 19%

Total revenue $83.5 milliontotal spending $83.8 million

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)

Town: FringeStudents: 83% town, 17% rural

Total staff (FTE)

569

District office

7982-A Tawes Campus Drive, Westover MD 21871

County

Somerset County

Official website

NCES District ID

2400570

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About Somerset County Public Schools

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

The mission of the Somerset County Board of Education in partnership with the community is to provide governance and leadership for student success in the global 21st Century community by explicitly promoting deliberate policy development, high standards for teaching and learning, responsible resource allocation, and ongoing accountability.
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