Regular local school district · St. Mary's County
St. Mary's County Public Schools, MD: schools, enrollment and spending
St. Mary's County Public Schools runs 27 public schools with 16,905 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.6 students per teacher is 1.0 higher than the Maryland figure of 14.6.
At a glance
- Schools
- 27
- Students
- 16,905
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,083
- Students per teacher
- 15.6
- MD: 14.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 23160 Moakley Street, Leonardtown, MD 20650
- Phone
- (301)475-5511
- County
- St. Mary's County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2400600
- State district ID
- MD-18
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,281
- School counselors (FTE)
- 48.0About 352 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 78.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district15.6
Maryland14.6
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (17,246), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $290.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $29.1 million
- State revenue
- $135.8 million
- Local revenue
- $125.7 million
- Total spending
- $279.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,219
- Salaries
- $144.6 million51.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $43.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.0%
- State: 46.7%
- Local: 43.2%
Maryland overall
- Federal: 7.0%
- State: 43.0%
- Local: 50.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,219
Maryland$18,655
United States$16,826
Schools in St. Mary's County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 4 middle, 19 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benjamin Banneker Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 543 | 13.9 |
| Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 516 | 15.2 |
| Chesapeake Charter SchoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 539 | 14.2 |
| Chopticon High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,526 | 19.6 |
| Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Dynard Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 422 | 17.6 |
| Esperanza Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 835 | 15.8 |
| Evergreen Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 715 | 17.0 |
| George Washington Carver ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 460 | 12.1 |
| Great Mills High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,697 | 19.3 |
| Green Holly Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 478 | 12.6 |
| Greenview Knolls Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 294 | 12.8 |
| Hollywood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 414 | 15.9 |
| Leonardtown Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 509 | 17.0 |
| Leonardtown High | High | 9 to 12 | 2,118 | 22.3 |
| Leonardtown Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 969 | 17.3 |
| Lettie Marshall Dent Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 479 | 17.7 |
| Lexington Park ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 383 | 12.8 |
| Margaret Brent Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 878 | 16.6 |
| Mechanicsville Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 273 | 16.1 |
| Oakville Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 291 | 15.3 |
| Park Hall ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 569 | 15.0 |
| Piney Point Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 435 | 16.7 |
| Ridge Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 209 | 13.9 |
| Spring Ridge Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 913 | 15.0 |
| Town Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 220 | 13.8 |
| White Marsh Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 220 | 14.7 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.