Total enrollment
14,849
-443 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
25 schools in Calvert County Public Schools
Maryland · 14,849 students · 8 cities
Calvert County Public Schools has 25 public K-12 schools on the books today, teaching approximately 14,849 Maryland students across 12 elementary, 6 middle, and 6 high.
4-year change in Calvert County Public Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
24
+1 (+4%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Calvert County Public Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Maryland | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #4 of 24 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 14,849 | #15 of 24 | #566 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 24 | #15 of 24 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #22 of 24 | #6,042 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 32.3% | #22 of 24 | #6,403 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #18 of 23 | #2,457 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Calvert County Public Schools
State test results across the district's 22 scored schools run from Mount Harmony Elementary at 72.3% proficient to Southern Middle at 29.6%, a gap of 42.7 points. That is the 15th widest gap among 24 Maryland districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 23 district schools that reported both years went from 15,903 to 14,842 students (down 7%) and from 950 to 952 full-time teachers (unchanged), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Calvert County Public Schools
Across 25 schools, Calvert County Public Schools serves about 14,849 students in Maryland. By footprint it is a medium-population district.
On the school-mix side, Calvert County Public Schools spans 12 elementary, 6 middle, 6 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Looking at the last 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 3%: 15,292 students in SY 2020-21 versus 14,849 in SY 2024-25. The school count climbed from 23 to 24 across the same 4-year window.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Calvert County Public Schools discusses sports rivalries, cross-district programs, and shared facilities. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.