Prince George's County Public Schools

What the Numbers Say About Prince George's County Public Schools

Prince George's County Public Schools is a large urban school district in Maryland, serving 128,770 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $21,751. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $108,292, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2400510 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Maryland statewide average of $107,429, teacher pay in Prince George's County Public Schools runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 0.8% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (31.6% differential). Among enrolling districts in Maryland, it pays more than 75% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, Prince George's County Public Schools reports $2800.9M in total expenditure against $2899.6M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 33% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $504.6M, special-education teacher pay is $132.0M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.