State Funding Per Pupil
The state’s per-pupil funding for Calvert County Public Schools increased 38.9% between fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2024 That’s the sixth-largest increase among all 24 Maryland public school districts.
Per-pupil funding is based on a formula that utilizes the district’s total enrollment and the characteristics of its students. It’s too soon to know what the per-pupil funding level will be in the later years of the Blueprint.
Here’s the district’s initial Blueprint Implementation Plan. And here’s what the state Accountability and Implementation Board – which oversees the Blueprint – had to say about Calvert County Public Schools’ Blueprint Implementation Plan:
Strengths:
- Calvert County is working toward helping private providers to offer Pre-K services.
- The district is working toward helping students meet college and career readiness standards in English and math.
Needs improvement:
- The district could do more to utilize Blueprint funding to recruit diverse teachers and staff into its workforce.
- Calvert County could improve its career ladder by focusing on teacher leadership and not just salaries and National Board Certification.
- Calvert County should attempt to speed up the process of implementing its new tutoring system and should continue to evaluate its effectiveness.
– Sarah Meador