Maryland school board elections, 2014
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A total of 12 Maryland school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for 43 seats. Each district held elections on November 4, 2014.
Here are several quick facts about Maryland's school board elections in 2014:
- Note: The Anne Arundel County Public Schools Board of Education only holds retention elections and is, therefore, excluded from the statistics below.
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- 64.29 percent of the incumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election in 2014, and they retained 47.62 percent of the total seats up for election.
- A total of 22 newcomers were elected to school boards in Maryland. They took 52.38 percent of the total seats in 2014, which was higher than the 38.19 percent of school board seats that went to newcomers nationally.
- The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Montgomery County Public Schools with 144,023 K-12 students.
- The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Cecil County Public Schools with 15,937 K-12 students.
- Charles County Public Schools had the most seats on the ballot in 2014 with seven seats up for election.
- Calvert County Public Schools and St. Mary's County Public Schools had the fewest seats on the ballot in 2014 with two seats up for election in each district.
The districts listed below served 568,601 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.[1] Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.
| 2014 Maryland School Board Elections | ||||
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| District | Date | Seats up for election | Total board seats | Student enrollment |
| Anne Arundel County Public Schools | 11/4/2015 | 1 | 9 | 41,947 |
| Calvert County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 2 | 5 | 16,795 |
| Carroll County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 5 | 27,334 |
| Cecil County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 5 | 15,937 |
| Charles County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 7 | 7 | 26,850 |
| Frederick County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 4 | 7 | 40,188 |
| Harford County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 6 | 9 | 38,394 |
| Howard County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 4 | 7 | 50,994 |
| Montgomery County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 4 | 7 | 144,023 |
| Prince George's County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 4 | 9 | 126,662 |
| St. Mary's County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 2 | 5 | 17,271 |
| Washington County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 22,206 |
State profile
| Demographic data for Maryland | ||
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| Maryland | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 5,994,983 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 9,707 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 57.6% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 29.5% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 6% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 3% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 9% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 89.4% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 37.9% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $74,551 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 10.7% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Maryland. **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. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Maryland
Maryland voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
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Academic performance
- See also: Public education in Maryland
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NAEP scores
- See also: NAEP scores by state
The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Compared to three neighboring states (Delaware, New Jersey, and Virginia), Maryland had the highest share of the fourth graders who scored at or above proficient in reading during the 2012-2013 school year.[2]
| Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013 | ||||
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| Math - Grade 4 | Math - Grade 8 | Reading - Grade 4 | Reading - Grade 8 | |
| Maryland | 47% | 37% | 45% | 42% |
| Delaware | 42% | 33% | 38% | 33% |
| New Jersey | 49% | 49% | 42% | 46% |
| Virginia | 47% | 38% | 43% | 36% |
| U.S. average | 41% | 34% | 34% | 34% |
| Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014 | ||||
Graduation, ACT and SAT scores
The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Maryland and surrounding states for 2012 and 2013.[2][3][4]
| Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores* | |||||||
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| State | Graduation rate, 2012 | Average ACT composite, 2012 | Average SAT composite, 2013 | ||||
| Percent | Quintile ranking** | Score | Participation rate | Score | Participation rate | ||
| Maryland | 84% | Second | 22.1 | 21% | 1,483 | 73% | |
| Delaware | 80% | Third | 22.6 | 14% | 1,351 | 100% | |
| New Jersey | 86% | First | 23.4 | 20% | 1,521 | 78% | |
| Virginia | 83% | Second | 22.4 | 25% | 1,528 | 71% | |
| U.S. average | 80% | 21.1 | 1,498 | ||||
| *Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Rate (except for Idaho, Kentucky, Oklahoma, which did not report “Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate,” but instead used their own method of calculation). **Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally. Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express | |||||||
Dropout rate
- See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states
The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades 9–12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–11 and school year 2011–12. The event dropout rate for Maryland was on par with the national average at 3.3 percent in the 2010-2011 school year. The dropout rate was higher than the national average at 3.8 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.[5]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed March 21, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ ACT, "2012 ACT National and State Scores," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT Scores by State 2013," October 10, 2013
- ↑ United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data (CCD), State Dropout and Graduation Rate Data File, School Year 2010-11, Provision Version 1a and School Year 2011-12, Preliminary Version 1a," accessed May 13, 2014
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