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Garrett County Public Schools

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Garrett County Public Schools is located in west Maryland. Garrett County Public Schools has 647.10 square miles of land area and 8.63 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Garrett County Public Schools population is 29,945. Garrett County Public Schools median household income is $46,096 in 2010-2014. Garrett County Public Schools median house value is $165,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Garrett County Public Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(11 out of 24, top 46%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	12
Population	29,945 (2010-2014), rank #22
Population Growth	1.06% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	45.67/sq mi, rank #22
Median Household Income:	$46,096 at 2010-2014—5.24% increase since 2005-2009, rank #20
Median House Price:	$165,500 at 2010-2014—1.10% increase since 2005-2009, rank #21
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	647.10 sq mi, rank #2
Water Area:	8.63 sq mi (1.32%), rank #19
State:	Maryland
County:	Garrett County
City:	Oakland, Mountain Lake Park, Loch Lynn Heights, Lonaconing, Grantsville, Frostburg, Hutton, Crellin, Kitzmiller, Swanton, Accident, Bittinger, Barton, Deer Park, Finzel, Gorman, Mc Henry, Friendsville, Bloomington, Westernport, Jennings
Zip:	21550, 21539, 21536, 21532, 21538, 21561, 21520, 21522, 21521, 21541, 21531, 21523, 21562
Area:	Cumberland, MD-WV

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Garrett County Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

40 South Second St

Oakland MD, 21550, Garrett County

Phone: 301-334-8900

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,886	4,004	4,077	4,212	4,311	4,425	4,510
English Language Learner Students:	3	0	0	4	3	NA	NA
Total Teachers:	295.00	301.00	323.00	337.50	349.00	348.00	358.00
Prekindergarten:	4.00	4.00	7.00	8.00	5.00	5.00	6.00
Kindergarten:	17.00	18.00	15.00	14.00	16.00	16.00	19.00
Elementary:	147.50	149.50	167.50	177.00	186.50	190.50	195.00
Secondary:	126.50	129.50	133.50	138.50	141.50	136.50	138.00
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	258.08	262.60	285.85	296.54	289.90	287.70	295.50
Instructional Aides:	47.00	50.00	58.00	62.00	62.00	61.00	61.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	10.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	10.00	9.60	12.60
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.00	3.60	6.10
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	5.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.00	6.00	6.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	5.00	5.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
District Administrators:	12.00	11.00	13.00	14.00	13.00	14.00	12.00
District Administrative Support:	16.00	18.00	17.00	19.00	19.00	18.50	20.50
School Administrators:	18.00	17.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	20.00	20.00
School Administrative Support:	23.00	24.00	27.00	28.50	28.50	28.50	32.50
Student Support Services:	29.10	28.30	29.80	28.30	31.80	30.30	24.20
Other Support Services:	95.98	96.30	103.05	105.74	97.60	96.80	101.70
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.17	13.30	12.62	12.48	12.35	12.72	12.60

Schools

Accident Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	534 Accidentbittinger Rd, Accident MD 21520
Broad Ford Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	607 Harvey Winters Rd, Oakland MD 21550
Crellin Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	115 Kendall Dr, Oakland MD 21550
Friendsville Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	841 First Ave, Friendsville MD 21531
Grantsville Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	120 Grant St, Grantsville MD 21536
Northern Garrett High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	86 Pride Parkway, Accident MD 21520
Northern Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	371 Pride Parkway, Accident MD 21520
Route 40 Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	17764 National Pk, Frostburg MD 21532
Southern Garrett High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	345 Oakland Dr, Oakland MD 21550
Southern Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	605 Harvey Winters Rd, Oakland MD 21550
Swan Meadow School	Grade 1 to Grade 8	6709 Garrett Hwy, Oakland MD 21550
Yough Glades Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	70 Wolf Acres Dr, Oakland MD 21550

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
HSA Test
2004	Algebra	End of course	% met std	78.9%	58.8%
2005	Algebra	End of course	% met std	58.9%	53.8%
2006	Algebra	End of course	% met std	75.3%	66.6%
2007	Algebra	End of course	% met std	83.3%	63.5%
2008	Algebra	End of course	% met std	87.2%	85.9%
2009	Algebra	End of course	% met std	88.5%	85.1%
2010	Algebra	End of course	% met std	86.5%	83.6%
2011	Algebra	End of course	% met std	91.4%	83.6%
2012	Algebra	End of course	% met std	91.1%	83.9%
2004	Biology	End of course	% met std	68%	60.9%
2005	Biology	End of course	% met std	58.6%	57.6%
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	72.2%	67.7%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	84.6%	70.3%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	88.2%	83.1%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	88.5%	82.6%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	90.6%	80.9%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	91.6%	81.3%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	90.8%	81.7%
2005	English 2	End of course	% met std	54.3%	57.3%
2006	English 2	End of course	% met std	60%	60.1%
2007	English 2	End of course	% met std	76.4%	70.9%
2008	English 2	End of course	% met std	82.7%	83.1%
2009	English 2	End of course	% met std	87.1%	83.5%
2010	English 2	End of course	% met std	80.8%	80.2%
2011	English 2	End of course	% met std	87.2%	81.6%
2012	English 2	End of course	% met std	90.4%	83.1%
2004	Government	End of course	% met std	72%	65.9%
2005	Government	End of course	% met std	73.1%	66.4%
2006	Government	End of course	% met std	73.6%	74.2%
2007	Government	End of course	% met std	79.6%	73.5%
MSA Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.4%	66.0%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.7%	67.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.0%	72.2%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	76.8%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	79.1%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	78.6%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	82.6%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	84.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	86.0%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	86.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	82.2%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.5%	71.0%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.0%	75.8%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	78.3%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.0%	80.5%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	83.0%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.7%	84.9%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	84.0%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	85.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	85.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.1%	82.6%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.4%	69.6%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	76.5%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	82.1%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	86%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	88.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	89.2%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	90.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	90.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.0%	89.8%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	88.8%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.5%	75.1%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	81.0%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	81.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	86.0%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.7%	88.4%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	86.7%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.0%	87.4%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	88.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	89.8%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	88.2%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.6%	63.1%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	69.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.0%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	78.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	81.2%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	83.2%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	82.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	85.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	80.8%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	68.4%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	74.3%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	76.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	76.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	86.7%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.3%	89.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.7%	89.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.2%	90.2%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.0%	90.0%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	88.4%
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	49.6%	50.3%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.5%	60.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	65.6%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.7%	71.9%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.9%	75.8%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.2%	77.1%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.2%	79.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	81.0%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.0%	83.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.9%	77.1%
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.7%	68.3%
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.1%	70.3%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.3%	71.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	76.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.0%	81.7%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.3%	84.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.5%	86.1%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.7%	83.8%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.9%	84.5%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.1%	84.1%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.5%	49.8%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.2%	55.4%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	60.1%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.4%	61.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	68.2%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.2%	73.1%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.5%	72.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	74.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	76.4%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.9%	72.6%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	67.0%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.8%	67.2%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.7%	71.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.7%	70.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.1%	81.2%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	83.1%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	81.9%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.4%	84.0%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.2%	81.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.4%	85.0%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.1%	45.8%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	55.0%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.8%	56.7%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	61.8%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	67.2%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	65.4%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	66.1%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	69.3%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	67.0%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	63.8%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.5%	66.4%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.0%	67%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.6%	68.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	72.8%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	81.4%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.8%	80.3%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.0%	82.7%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.1%	80.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.4%	81.0%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$58,139,000	$14,260		$61,524,000	$14,607		$61,918,000	$14,363
Federal:	$4,962,000	$1,217	8.5%	$7,828,000	$1,858	12.7%	$6,850,000	$1,589	11.1%
State:	$26,897,000	$6,597	46.3%	$26,611,000	$6,318	43.3%	$28,124,000	$6,524	45.4%
Local:	$26,280,000	$6,446	45.2%	$27,085,000	$6,430	44.0%	$26,944,000	$6,250	43.5%
Total Expenditures:	$59,543,000	$14,605		$60,803,000	$14,436		$62,018,000	$14,386
Total Current Expenditures:	$57,736,000	$14,161		$59,189,000	$14,052		$59,249,000	$13,744
Instructional Expenditures:	$33,583,000	$8,237	58.2%	$34,851,000	$8,274	58.9%	$35,297,000	$8,188	59.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$5,557,000	$1,363	9.6%	$5,420,000	$1,287	9.2%	$5,640,000	$1,308	9.5%
Administration:	$6,269,000	$1,538	10.9%	$5,062,000	$1,202	8.6%	$4,395,000	$1,019	7.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$12,327,000	$3,024	21.4%	$13,856,000	$3,290	23.4%	$13,917,000	$3,228	23.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$527,000	$129		$459,000	$109		$1,462,000	$339
Construction:	$148,000	$36		$86,000	$20		$845,000	$196
Total Other:	$270,000	$66		$258,000	$61		$261,000	$61
Interest on Debt:	$0	$0		$33,000	$8		$68,000	$16

Total Salary:	$31,561,000	$7,741		$32,962,000	$7,826		$33,651,000	$7,806
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$22,063,000	$5,412	69.9%	$23,188,000	$5,505	70.3%	$24,051,000	$5,579	71.5%
Other Salary:	$9,498,000	$2,330	30.1%	$9,774,000	$2,321	29.7%	$9,600,000	$2,227	28.5%
Total Benefit:	$14,838,000	$3,639		$14,504,000	$3,443		$13,761,000	$3,192
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$10,519,000	$2,580	70.9%	$10,487,000	$2,490	72.3%	$9,998,000	$2,319	72.7%
Other Benefit:	$4,319,000	$1,059	29.1%	$4,017,000	$954	27.7%	$3,763,000	$873	27.3%

* Garrett County Public Schools was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.