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In 1812, Maryland state began to raise money for a Free School Fund by taxing the renewal of bank charters (Chapter 79, Acts of 1812), and in 1864 appointed Libertus Van Bokkelen as the first Maryland State Superintendent of Public Instruction. [1]
In 2009, the Maryland state public schools system was ranked #1 in the nation overall as a result of three separate, independent studies conducted by publications Education Week, Newsweek, and MGT of America. [13] [14] [15] "Education Week" has ranked Maryland public education #1 in the nation for two years in a row, since 2008.
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The percentage of students receiving a college-ready score of 3 or higher on at least one exam rose to 52%, higher than the 31% of the public school graduates in Maryland and 23% of the national graduates. [51] The total number of AP tests taken declined from 41,048 in 2019 to 31,750 in 2021.
This is a list of school districts in Maryland. Each of the following parallel the boundary of one of the counties of Maryland , [ 1 ] and all of them are dependent on county and independent city governments.
Calvert County Public Schools is a public school district serving all of Calvert County, Maryland. The district is governed by a six-person Board of Education , five of which are elected by the public in non-partisan elections, and a student elected by the Calvert Association of Student Councils.
Talbot County Public Schools (TCPS) is a public school district that serves Talbot County, Maryland. With 8 schools, it is one of the smallest school districts in the state of Maryland . [ 6 ] TCPS receives nearly a third of the county's budget—35.2% in 2024.
Frederick County Public Schools District staff members, spread throughout the district's sixty-nine schools and central office, totaled a number of 5,763 in the 2021–2022 school year. Out of the 5,763 staff members, 2,889 were teachers and 2,874 were classified as other staff members.