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Superintendent
Past superintendents
School board elections
Election dates
Public participation in board meetings
Expenditures
Teacher salaries
Academic performance
Proficiency assessments
Graduation rates
Student enrollment
About the district
Contact information
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Greetings Team BCPS,

The COVID-19 crisis has brought many uncertainties to our communities and homes. However, our focus on supporting every student has only strengthened.

Our strategic plan, The Compass: Our Pathway to Excellence guides our next steps in five areas:

Focus Area 1: Learning, Accountability, and Results

Increase achievement for all students while preparing a variety of pathways to prepare students for career and college.

Focus Area 2: Safe and Supportive Environment
Provide a safe, orderly, and caring environment for students and staff.

Focus Area 3: High-Performing Workforce and Alignment of Human Capital
Recruit and retain a qualified, highly effective and diverse workforce, and create a systemwide professional development plan to improve work performance.

Focus Area 4: Community Engagement and Partnerships

Communicate, engage, and partner with our families and communities.

Focus Area 5: Operational Excellence
Ensure resources are aligned to our system priorities and are distributed efficiently, effectively, and equitably.

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Baltimore County Public Schools

Baltimore County, Maryland
District details
Superintendent: Darryl L. Williams
# of school board members: 11
Website: Link

Baltimore County Public Schools is a school district in Maryland.

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Superintendent
School board
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Student enrollment
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Superintendent

This information is updated as we become aware of changes. Please contact us with any updates.

Darryl L. Williams is the superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools. Williams was appointed superintendent on May 21, 2019. Williams' previous career experience includes working as the associate superintendent of K-12 schools of Montgomery County Public Schools.[1]

Past superintendents

Verletta White was the interim superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools from 2017 to 2019. White's previous career experience included working as the district's chief academic officer.[2][3][4]
S. Dallas Dance was the superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools from 2012 to 2017. Dance's previous career experience included working as the chief school officer of the Houston Independent School District in Texas.[5][6][7]

School board elections

The Baltimore County Board of Education consists of seven members elected in nonpartisan races and four gubernatorial appointees. Elected members serve four-year terms and appointed members serve five-year terms. One student member serves on the board.[8] The board's hybrid form was created in 2014 following the passage of House Bill 1453 and was fully implemented by December 3, 2018.[8]

Election dates

See also: Baltimore County Public Schools elections (2018), and 2022

Seven seats were up for election in 2022. A general election was scheduled for November 8, 2022. A primary election was scheduled for July 19, 2022.

Public participation in board meetings

The Baltimore County Public Schools school board maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:[8]

“

Public Participation
The Board encourages members of the public to attend and observe its public sessions. Additionally, the Board designates on each agenda when members of the public will be allowed to speak on matters that concern their school community. The board permits a maximum of ten (10) members of the public to speak at each meeting; these persons are chosen at random at the beginning of each meeting, following public sign up. Members of the public are provided three (3) minutes to speak and may not defer their time to another member of the public.[9]

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Budget

From 1993 to 2013, the Baltimore County school district had an average of $1,098,776,143 in revenue and $1,089,665,143 in expenditures, according to the United States Census Bureau's survey of school system finances. The district had a yearly average of $205,259,857 in outstanding debt. The district retired $14,181,381 of its debt and issued $32,939,286 in new debt each year on average.[10]

Revenue

The table below separates the district's revenue into the three sources identified by the agency: local, state, and federal.

Revenue by Source
Fiscal Year	Local	State	Federal	Revenue Total
Total	% of Revenue	Total	% of Revenue	Total	% of Revenue

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1993	$380,906,000	63.79%	$199,097,000	33.34%	$17,105,000	2.86%	$597,108,000
1994	$404,233,000	64.01%	$201,882,000	31.97%	$25,374,000	4.02%	$631,489,000
1995	$438,501,000	64.34%	$215,564,000	31.63%	$27,500,000	4.03%	$681,565,000
1996	$446,293,000	63.54%	$229,143,000	32.63%	$26,909,000	3.83%	$702,345,000
1997	$477,507,000	62.27%	$254,803,000	33.23%	$34,551,000	4.51%	$766,861,000
1998	$511,181,000	61.96%	$276,259,000	33.48%	$37,622,000	4.56%	$825,062,000
1999	$508,207,000	60.29%	$292,745,000	34.73%	$41,980,000	4.98%	$842,932,000
2000	$559,936,000	62.06%	$298,683,000	33.10%	$43,656,000	4.84%	$902,275,000
2001	$637,827,000	64.13%	$311,111,000	31.28%	$45,662,000	4.59%	$994,600,000
2002	$661,916,000	62.70%	$342,355,000	32.43%	$51,437,000	4.87%	$1,055,708,000
2003	$624,049,000	59.27%	$367,330,000	34.89%	$61,499,000	5.84%	$1,052,878,000
2004	$629,590,000	58.60%	$376,910,000	35.08%	$67,841,000	6.31%	$1,074,341,000
2005	$646,203,000	56.91%	$411,028,000	36.20%	$78,314,000	6.90%	$1,135,545,000
2006	$665,735,000	55.01%	$458,372,000	37.88%	$85,998,000	7.11%	$1,210,105,000
2007	$699,580,000	52.64%	$536,964,000	40.41%	$92,367,000	6.95%	$1,328,911,000
2008	$792,521,000	52.18%	$644,803,000	42.45%	$81,477,000	5.36%	$1,518,801,000
2009	$777,671,000	52.46%	$628,953,000	42.43%	$75,829,000	5.12%	$1,482,453,000

2010	$822,011,000	53.13%	$612,152,000	39.57%	$112,954,000	7.30%	$1,547,117,000
2011	$807,655,000	51.92%	$609,619,000	39.19%	$138,275,000	8.89%	$1,555,549,000
2012	$822,069,000	51.73%	$676,250,000	42.55%	$90,954,000	5.72%	$1,589,273,000
2013	$791,470,000	50.11%	$691,632,000	43.79%	$96,279,000	6.10%	$1,579,381,000
Avg.	$624,050,524	58.24%	$411,221,667	36.30%	$63,503,952	5.46%	$1,098,776,143

Expenditures

The table below separates the district's expenditures into five categories identified by the agency:

Instruction: operation expenditures, state payments on behalf of the district for instruction and benefits, and retirement system transfers
Support Services: support services, food services, and retirement system transfers for support service staff
Capital Spending: capital outlay expenditures (i.e., construction, land or facilities purchases, and equipment purchases)
Debt & Gov. Payments: payments to state and local governments and interest on school system debt
Other: all other non-K-12 programs, except food services

Expenditures by Category
Fiscal Year	Instruction	Support Services	Capital Spending	Debt & Gov. Payments	Other	Budget Total
Total	% of Budget	Total	% of Budget	Total	% of Budget	Total	% of Budget	Total	% of Budget

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1993	$357,214,000	58.13%	$207,458,000	33.76%	$35,521,000	5.78%	$2,951,000	0.48%	$11,324,000	1.84%	$614,468,000
1994	$321,961,000	50.81%	$255,784,000	40.37%	$41,277,000	6.51%	$3,375,000	0.53%	$11,267,000	1.78%	$633,664,000
1995	$351,370,000	50.09%	$273,706,000	39.02%	$58,958,000	8.40%	$4,152,000	0.59%	$13,287,000	1.89%	$701,473,000
1996	$365,018,000	51.09%	$288,115,000	40.33%	$44,138,000	6.18%	$3,590,000	0.50%	$13,573,000	1.90%	$714,434,000
1997	$389,346,000	50.67%	$300,677,000	39.13%	$56,698,000	7.38%	$5,949,000	0.77%	$15,674,000	2.04%	$768,344,000
1998	$457,448,000	55.33%	$258,478,000	31.26%	$72,418,000	8.76%	$6,901,000	0.83%	$31,517,000	3.81%	$826,762,000
1999	$475,249,000	55.46%	$269,705,000	31.48%	$74,139,000	8.65%	$5,502,000	0.64%	$32,286,000	3.77%	$856,881,000
2000	$478,051,000	53.01%	$300,140,000	33.28%	$84,147,000	9.33%	$5,985,000	0.66%	$33,533,000	3.72%	$901,856,000
2001	$503,907,000	49.30%	$341,425,000	33.40%	$135,635,000	13.27%	$5,506,000	0.54%	$35,625,000	3.49%	$1,022,098,000
2002	$541,812,000	48.21%	$350,493,000	31.19%	$188,128,000	16.74%	$5,150,000	0.46%	$38,186,000	3.40%	$1,123,769,000
2003	$566,576,000	56.92%	$366,059,000	36.77%	$13,029,000	1.31%	$5,516,000	0.55%	$44,240,000	4.44%	$995,420,000
2004	$594,299,000	57.56%	$374,305,000	36.25%	$14,656,000	1.42%	$5,666,000	0.55%	$43,637,000	4.23%	$1,032,563,000
2005	$645,425,000	56.10%	$377,056,000	32.77%	$70,733,000	6.15%	$11,234,000	0.98%	$46,011,000	4.00%	$1,150,459,000
2006	$678,947,000	55.13%	$411,061,000	33.38%	$83,174,000	6.75%	$12,211,000	0.99%	$46,210,000	3.75%	$1,231,603,000
2007	$733,250,000	51.75%	$444,364,000	31.36%	$174,936,000	12.35%	$12,694,000	0.90%	$51,630,000	3.64%	$1,416,874,000
2008	$772,638,000	58.01%	$472,438,000	35.47%	$22,238,000	1.67%	$11,741,000	0.88%	$52,916,000	3.97%	$1,331,971,000
2009	$782,446,000	57.33%	$494,872,000	36.26%	$22,303,000	1.63%	$11,797,000	0.86%	$53,508,000	3.92%	$1,364,926,000

2010	$840,520,000	54.78%	$512,456,000	33.40%	$117,559,000	7.66%	$11,224,000	0.73%	$52,707,000	3.43%	$1,534,466,000
2011	$839,877,000	54.62%	$524,049,000	34.08%	$108,662,000	7.07%	$13,101,000	0.85%	$51,891,000	3.37%	$1,537,580,000
2012	$837,765,000	53.67%	$522,949,000	33.50%	$150,059,000	9.61%	$14,445,000	0.93%	$35,689,000	2.29%	$1,560,907,000
2013	$860,662,000	55.08%	$551,478,000	35.30%	$101,770,000	6.51%	$11,597,000	0.74%	$36,943,000	2.36%	$1,562,450,000
Avg.	$590,180,048	53.96%	$376,050,857	34.85%	$79,532,286	7.29%	$8,108,905	0.71%	$35,793,048	3.19%	$1,089,665,143

Debt

The table below shows the amount of debt retired, issued, and outstanding in the district for each year.

Debt
Fiscal Year	Retired	Issued	Outstanding

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1993	$5,405,000	$6,261,000	$62,899,000
1994	$5,564,000	$31,505,000	$79,797,000
1995	$5,269,000	$0	$93,933,000
1996	$6,325,000	$48,300,000	$173,163,000
1997	$5,671,000	$0	$141,027,000
1998	$16,647,000	$40,862,000	$164,545,000
1999	$8,220,000	$0	$123,577,000
2000	$9,603,000	$0	$113,584,000
2001	$9,152,000	$0	$104,432,000
2002	$8,500,000	$50,000,000	$145,932,000
2003	$60,592,000	$49,937,000	$128,777,000
2004	$13,676,000	$144,973,000	$259,574,000
2005	$9,297,000	$0	$249,277,000
2006	$11,369,000	$0	$235,908,000
2007	$12,000,000	$6,000,000	$287,908,000
2008	$14,417,000	$55,000,000	$274,491,000
2009	$20,654,000	$5,622,000	$268,459,000

2010	$15,708,000	$64,020,000	$316,771,000
2011	$18,327,000	$89,000,000	$342,444,000
2012	$19,761,000	$20,000,000	$342,683,000
2013	$21,652,000	$80,245,000	$401,276,000
Avg.	$14,181,381	$32,939,286	$205,259,857

Teacher salaries

The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.

Year	Minimum	Maximum
2020-2021[11]	$49,967	$104,813

Academic performance

Proficiency assessments

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.[12]

Mathematics

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:[13]

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2018-2019	31	56	15	18	15-19	30	46
2017-2018	N/A[14]	N/A[15]	N/A[16]	N/A[17]	N/A[18]	N/A[19]	N/A[20]
2016-2017	36	57	22	22	20-24	34	50
2015-2016	38	60	24	25	25-29	35	51
2014-2015	33	55	21	22	15-19	30	44
2013-2014	74	89	62	68	65-69	75	83
2012-2013	81	92	71	79	70-74	83	88
2011-2012	83	95	73	83	80-84	88	90
2010-2011	81	95	72	81	80-84	87	88

Reading/language arts

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:[13]

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2018-2019	39	60	25	25	25-29	41	53
2017-2018	N/A[21]	N/A[22]	N/A[23]	N/A[24]	N/A[25]	N/A[26]	N/A[27]
2016-2017	37	57	23	24	20-24	37	49
2015-2016	40	59	28	27	30-34	38	51
2014-2015	48	69	35	38	35-39	48	59
2013-2014	83	91	76	80	75-79	87	89
2012-2013	86	91	79	84	80-84	89	91
2011-2012	86	92	80	85	80-84	89	91
2010-2011	87	93	80	84	85-89	90	92

Graduation rates

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:[13][28]

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2017-2018	89	97	89	76	≥80	85-89	91
2016-2017	89	96	90	77	≥80	85-89	89
2015-2016	89	95	90	78	≥80	85-89	90
2014-2015	88	94	88	75	≥80	85-89	88
2013-2014	88	96	87	80	80-89	80-84	88
2012-2013	86	95	85	76	70-79	80-84	88
2011-2012	84	92	81	73	70-79	75-79	86
2010-2011	82	93	80	68	60-69	80-84	84

Student enrollment

Year[29]	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2018-2019	113,814	0.5
2017-2018	113,282	1.0
2016-2017	112,139	0.9
2015-2016	111,138	1.2
2014-2015	109,830	1.5
2013-2014	108,191	1.2
2012-2013	106,927	1.7
2011-2012	105,153	1.0
2010-2011	104,160	0.8
2009-2010	103,324	0.1
2008-2009	103,180	-1.1
2007-2008	104,283	-1.5
2006-2007	105,839	-1.1
2005-2006	107,043	-0.6
2004-2005	107,701	-0.8
2003-2004	108,523	0.2
2002-2003	108,297	1.0
2001-2002	107,212	0.3
2000-2001	106,898	0.4
1999-2000	106,465	0.5
1998-1999	105,914	1.2
1997-1998	104,708	0.6
1996-1997	104,073	2.5
1995-1996	101,564	2.4
1994-1995	99,231	2.9
1993-1994	96,402	3.4
1992-1993	93,270	3.7
1991-1992	89,964	3.7
1990-1991	86,737	3.1
1989-1990	84,133	2.5
1988-1989	82,086	1.2
1987-1988	81,152	1.1
1986-1987	80,259	-

About the district

Baltimore County Public Schools is located in Baltimore County, Maryland.

Baltimore County Public Schools is located in Baltimore County, Maryland. It is classified as a large suburban school district by the National Center for Education Statistics. The district served 113,814 students during the 2018-2019 school year and comprised 174 schools.[30]

During the 2018-2019 school year, 49.6% of the district's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 6.7% were English language learners, and 13.6% of students had an Individual Education Plan (IEP).[31]

Racial Demographics, 2018-2019
Race	Baltimore County Public Schools (%)	Maryland K-12 students (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.4	0.3
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	7.2	6.6
Black	39.4	33.6
Hispanic	10.5	18.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	N/A	0.1
Two or More Races	5.0	4.7
White	37.4	36.5

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Contact information

Baltimore County Public Schools
6901 Charles St.
Towson, MD 21204
Phone: 443-809-4554

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Baltimore County Public Schools, "Darryl L. Williams, Ed.D., Superintendent - Full Bio," accessed November 9, 2019
↑ Patch.com, "Verletta White To Get Contract For Interim Superintendent," June 7, 2018
↑ The Baltimore Sun, "Baltimore County school board names Verletta White as interim superintendent," May 23, 2017
↑ Baltimore County Public Schools, "Verletta White—Interim Superintendent, Baltimore County Public Schools," accessed July 4, 2017
↑ The Baltimore Sun, "Baltimore County school superintendent lands new job," June 29, 2017
↑ Baltimore County Public Schools, "S. Dallas Dance, Ph.D.," accessed July 18, 2016
↑ The Baltimore Sun, "Dallas Dance resigns as Baltimore County Schools superintendent," April 18, 2017
↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Baltimore County Public Schools, "BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD: 2015-2016 BOARD HANDBOOK," accessed March 29, 2021
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ United States Census Bureau, "Public School System Finances: Historical Data," accessed December 1, 2015
↑ Teachers Association of Baltimore County, "Salary Scales (2020-2023 Tentative Agreement)," accessed March 29, 2021
↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 To protect student privacy, percentages were reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five (5) or fewer students were included in a data set, the data was replaced by "PS."
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ Maryland did not submit data by the final due date, according to the U.S. Department of Education's data documentation.
↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "Four-Year Adjusted-Cohort Graduation Rates - School Year 2017-18 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ElSi tableGenerator," accessed March 8, 2021
↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Search for Public School Districts," accessed March 8, 2021
↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," accessed March 8, 2021

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Who is responsible for Baltimore city schools?

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