Washington County Public Schools

What the Numbers Say About Washington County Public Schools

Washington County Public Schools is a mid-sized school district in Maryland, serving 22,171 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $17,101. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $94,666, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2400660 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Maryland statewide average of $107,429, teacher pay in Washington County Public Schools runs materially below the state benchmark — a 11.9% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (15.0% differential). Among enrolling districts in Maryland, it pays more than 13% 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, Washington County Public Schools reports $379.1M in total expenditure against $390.3M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 37% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $87.5M, special-education teacher pay is $15.1M. 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.