District directory · Maryland · 2026–27

School districts in Maryland by county

Maryland has 24 regular public school districts across 24 counties, enrolling 891,130 students in 2024–25. Maryland children must turn 5 by September 1 to start kindergarten, in every district — see the Maryland kindergarten cutoff.

The largest is Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County (159,181 students). In 24 of the 24 counties, only one district has its office. Every district is listed by name in the table below.

Maryland counties and their districts

School districts in Maryland by county, 2026–27
County	Districts	Enrollment (2024–25)	School districts
Allegany County	1	8,113	Allegany County Public Schools
Anne Arundel County	1	85,029	Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Baltimore city	1	76,807	Baltimore City Public Schools
Baltimore County	1	110,024	Baltimore County Public Schools
Calvert County	1	14,849	Calvert County Public Schools
Caroline County	1	5,648	Caroline County Public Schools
Carroll County	1	26,141	Carroll County Public Schools
Cecil County	1	14,853	Cecil County Public Schools
Charles County	1	28,162	Charles County Public Schools
Dorchester County	1	4,586	Dorchester County Public Schools
Frederick County	1	48,054	Frederick County Public Schools
Garrett County	1	3,405	Garrett County Public Schools
Harford County	1	37,771	Harford County Public Schools
Howard County	1	57,565	Howard County Public Schools
Kent County	1	1,694	Kent County Public Schools
Montgomery County	1	159,181	Montgomery County Public Schools
Prince George's County	1	132,123	Prince George's County Public Schools
Queen Anne's County	1	7,478	Queen Anne's County Public Schools
Somerset County	1	2,901	Somerset County Public Schools
St. Mary's County	1	16,905	St. Mary's County Public Schools
Talbot County	1	4,485	Talbot County Public Schools
Washington County	1	22,772	Washington County Public Schools
Wicomico County	1	15,582	Wicomico County Public Schools
Worcester County	1	7,002	Worcester County Public Schools

Which district am I in?

Each district draws its own attendance boundaries, and a district can cross county lines, so the county your home is in narrows it down but does not settle it. The district office or its website can confirm which school serves your address. Kindergarten registration is also handled by the district, not the state.

Sources

District list, grades, school counts and websites: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) LEA Universe Directory, SY 2025-26 (preliminary, v0a), published July 1, 2026. Regular public districts only (NCES LEA types 1 and 2); charter-only, state-run and regional service agencies are not listed.

Enrollment: NCES CCD LEA Membership, SY 2024-25 (v1a), published December 29, 2025 — the newest year NCES has released.

Counties: NCES EDGE Public LEA Geocodes, SY 2024-25 (district office location) and NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files 2025 (grf25_lea_county) (counties each district boundary covers).

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