I thought I would document the latest Total Public School Enrollment (Grades K-12) for each jurisdiction in Maryland for the 2022-2023 school year. Here is a look at the latest data available (hover over each jurisdiction on the map below to see the data – or select “Get the data” at the bottom of the map).
For Carroll County the number is 25,787
Next I thought I would look at “Annual Percent Change in Total Public School Enrollment (Grades K-12) by Jurisdiction” to see which school jurisdictions were adding more students vs which school jurisdictions were losing students compared to the previous year (2021-2022):
| County | 2021 | 2022 | Change | % Change |
| Allegany | 8132 | 8181 | 49 | 0.60% |
| Anne Arundel | 83163 | 84452 | 1289 | 1.55% |
| Baltimore City | 77807 | 75995 | -1812 | -2.33% |
| Baltimore County | 111139 | 111083 | -56 | -0.05% |
| Calvert | 15407 | 15461 | 54 | 0.35% |
| Caroline | 5551 | 5667 | 116 | 2.09% |
| Carroll | 25054 | 25787 | 733 | 2.93% |
| Cecil | 14780 | 15047 | 267 | 1.81% |
| Charles | 26875 | 27598 | 723 | 2.69% |
| Dorchester | 4573 | 4523 | -50 | -1.09% |
| Frederick | 45220 | 46899 | 1679 | 3.71% |
| Garrett | 3502 | 3500 | -2 | -0.06% |
| Harford | 37920 | 38037 | 117 | 0.31% |
| Howard | 57325 | 57676 | 351 | 0.61% |
| Kent | 1786 | 1751 | -35 | -1.96% |
| Montgomery | 158231 | 160554 | 2323 | 1.47% |
| Prince George’s | 128777 | 131143 | 2366 | 1.84% |
| Queen Anne’s | 7440 | 7387 | -53 | -0.71% |
| Somerset | 2741 | 2773 | 32 | 1.17% |
| St. Mary’s | 17480 | 17493 | 13 | 0.07% |
| Talbot | 4533 | 4523 | -10 | -0.22% |
| Washington | 22171 | 22297 | 126 | 0.57% |
| Wicomico | 14664 | 14900 | 236 | 1.61% |
| Worcester | 6803 | 6841 | 38 | 0.56% |
Next I thought I would look at “Percent Change in Total Public School Enrollment (Grades K-12) by Jurisdiction over the past 10 years” to see which school jurisdictions were adding more students compared data from to 10 years ago (2012-2013)
| County | 2012 | 2022 | Change 10 | % Change 10 |
| Allegany | 8929 | 8181 | -748 | -8.38% |
| Anne Arundel | 77770 | 84452 | 6682 | 8.59% |
| Baltimore City | 84747 | 75995 | -8752 | -10.33% |
| Baltimore County | 106927 | 111083 | 4156 | 3.89% |
| Calvert | 16323 | 15461 | -862 | -5.28% |
| Caroline | 5585 | 5667 | 82 | 1.47% |
| Carroll | 26687 | 25787 | -900 | -3.37% |
| Cecil | 15634 | 15047 | -587 | -3.75% |
| Charles | 26644 | 27598 | 954 | 3.58% |
| Dorchester | 4718 | 4523 | -195 | -4.13% |
| Frederick | 40456 | 46899 | 6443 | 15.93% |
| Garrett | 4004 | 3500 | -504 | -12.59% |
| Harford | 37868 | 38037 | 169 | 0.45% |
| Howard | 52053 | 57676 | 5623 | 10.80% |
| Kent | 2130 | 1751 | -379 | -17.79% |
| Montgomery | 148780 | 160554 | 11774 | 7.91% |
| Prince George’s | 123737 | 131143 | 7406 | 5.99% |
| Queen Anne’s | 7752 | 7387 | -365 | -4.71% |
| Somerset | 2943 | 2773 | -170 | -5.78% |
| St. Mary’s | 17453 | 17493 | 40 | 0.23% |
| Talbot | 4570 | 4523 | -47 | -1.03% |
| Washington | 22403 | 22297 | -106 | -0.47% |
| Wicomico | 14489 | 14900 | 411 | 2.84% |
| Worcester | 6650 | 6841 | 191 | 2.87% |
Finally…here is a look at school enrollment numbers over time for Carroll County (to keep the focus of this entity as local as possible):
- 2012: 26,687
- 2013: 26,331
- 2014: 25,879
- 2015: 25,551
- 2016: 25,255
- 2017: 25,290
- 2018: 25,179
- 2019: 25,345
- 2020: 24,568
- 2021: 25,054
- 2022: 25,787
Data above can be found on the Maryland State Department of Education website: https://www.marylandpublicschools.org/about/Pages/DCAA/SSP/index.aspx
