School district · Maryland
Dorchester County Public Schools
Dorchester County Public Schools in Maryland: 13 public schools with 4,586 students and 13.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $26,317 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 4,586
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- MD 14.1 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $26,317
- MD $20.2K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 352
- Counselors (FTE)
- 24.0
- Students per counselor
- 191
- MD 309 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 5.0
- Librarians (FTE): 8.5
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$13.9K15
$14.7K16
$14.7K17
$15.2K18
$15.7K19
$16.8K20
$17.5K21
$24.1K22
$21.3K23
$26.3K24
- Federal
- 17% · $22M
- State
- 62% · $78.5M
- Local
- 21% · $26.9M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $15,635
- Support services
- $9,862
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $6.7M
- Long-term debt
- $15.6M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 8Middle schools: 2High schools: 3
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Choptank Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 319 | 11.8 |
Hurlock Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 391 | 13.5 |
Judith P. Hoyer Early Childhood CenterAlternative | Pre-K–5 | 0 | — |
Maple Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 483 | 14.6 |
Sandy Hill ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 393 | 11.9 |
South Dorchester SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 230 | 14.4 |
Vienna Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 183 | 11.8 |
Warwick Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 346 | 15.0 |
Mace's Lane Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 490 | 12.3 |
North Dorchester Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 414 | 13.8 |
Cambridge-South Dorchester High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 811 | 16.7 |
Dorchester County Career and Technology CenterCareer and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — |
North Dorchester High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 526 | 14.8 |
Sources
- Address
- 700 Glasgow Street, Cambridge, MD 21613
- Phone
- (410)228-4747
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).