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Washington County Public Schools

A public school district in Hagerstown, Maryland, with 43 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

22,772
Students enrolled
1,575.4
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
3,500.6
All staff, full-time equivalent
$17,937
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 22,772 in 2024–25
Ranks 317th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 11th of 25 in Maryland. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $17,937 in fiscal year 2023
More than 64% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Washington County Public Schools spent $17,937 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,835 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Washington County Public Schools spent $17,937 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,835 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$17,937$400.0 million22,297
FY2022$15,838$351.1 million22,171
FY2021$16,033$351.8 million21,939
FY2020$14,438$332.0 million22,993
FY2019$13,859$314.3 million22,681
FY2018$13,684$309.2 million22,595
FY2017$13,303$299.9 million22,545
FY2016$13,206$294.5 million22,303
FY2015$13,159$293.8 million22,327
FY2014$12,771$287.3 million22,495
FY2013$12,576$281.7 million22,403
FY2012$12,583$279.8 million22,240
FY2011$12,491$277.4 million22,206
FY2010$12,314$269.7 million21,902
FY2009$11,931$259.3 million21,734
FY2008$11,373$246.8 million21,703
FY2007$10,082$217.7 million21,594
FY2006$9,525$201.4 million21,141
FY2005$8,835$183.8 million20,807

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Washington County Public Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$69.9 million16.2%
State$237.3 million54.9%
Local$124.9 million28.9%
Total$432.1 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

43 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Washington County Public Schools
SchoolStudents
Barbara Ingram School for the Arts347
Bester Elementary490
Boonsboro Elementary514
Boonsboro High838
Boonsboro Middle673
Cascade Elementary137
Clear Spring Elementary398
Clear Spring High478
Clear Spring Middle301
E. Russell Hicks Middle841
Eastern Elementary439
Emma K. Doub Elementary389
Evening High School0
Fountain Rock Elementary319
Fountaindale Elementary413
Greenbrier Elementary259
Hancock Elementary193
Hancock Middle Senior High239
Hickory Elementary326
Jonathan Hager Elementary498
Lincolnshire Elementary503
Marshall Street School47
Maugansville Elementary698
North Hagerstown High1,583
Northern Middle841
Old Forge Elementary354
Pangborn Elementary749
Paramount Elementary397
Pleasant Valley Elementary186
Potomac Heights Elementary351
Rockland Woods Elementary655
Ruth Ann Monroe Primary579
Salem Avenue Elementary713
Sharpsburg Elementary362
Smithsburg Elementary362
Smithsburg High733
Smithsburg Middle554
South Hagerstown High1,690
Springfield Middle808
Washington County Job Development Center38
Western Heights Middle883
Williamsport Elementary533
Williamsport High1,061

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not applicable
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
2400660

Elsewhere

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