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Upper Marlboro, Maryland · NCES district 2400510

Prince George's County Public Schools

District spending, enrollment and school closures

FY 2024 Census per-pupil spending
$21,592
Fall 2024 NCES membership
132,123
Closed school entries in available years
16

NCES fall membership changed -2.8% from 135,952 in 2019 to 132,123 in 2024.

The median reported per-pupil spending among 24 Maryland elementary and secondary districts with FY 2024 data here was $19,732. Each district counts once.

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Spending, enrollment and closures by school year

Each row pairs fall membership and school statuses with the Census fiscal year that uses that fall for its enrollment count. The newest school-status release, 2025–26, is preliminary.

District timeline
School yearCensus fiscal yearCurrent spendingCensus per-pupil spendingFall enrollment in Census financeFall membership in NCESOperating schoolsClosedNewReopened
2018–192019$2,097,659,000$15,782132,657UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2019–202020$2,166,445,000$15,913135,952135,952207110
2020–212021$2,259,337,000$17,155131,646131,646209020
2021–222022$2,478,381,000$19,234128,770128,770206300
2022–232023$2,598,887,000$19,789131,133131,133199700
2023–242024$2,841,171,000$21,592131,310131,310199220
2024–25UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable132,123199220
2025–26UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable198100

Why did spending per enrolled student change?

The calculation divides district current spending in 2024 dollars by the enrollment in the same Census finance row. It averages the spending and enrollment effects in both calculation orders so they sum to the change before rounding.

FY 2019 to FY 2024 · 2024 dollars per enrolled student

+$2,235 · +11.5% change in the calculated ratio

Change in real spending+$2,026
Change in enrollment+$209

Real current spending +10.4% · Census fall enrollment -1%

Which schools changed status?

16 school entries have a Closed status in the available directory years. The table includes openings, temporary closures, reopenings and agency changes when they appear in the same records.

District directory coverage · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26. The 2025–26 entries are preliminary.

School status changes reported to NCES
SchoolReporting yearStatusCharter classificationNCES school ID
Excel Academy Public Charter2025–26ClosedCharter240051001540
Concord Elementary2024–25ClosedNoncharter240051001013
Rose Valley Elementary2024–25ClosedNoncharter240051001148
Ellen Ochoa Middle2024–25NewNoncharter240051090501
Friendship Aspire Bowie Charter2024–25NewCharter240051090502
Isaac J. Gourdine Middle2023–24ClosedNoncharter240051001095
Potomac Landing Elementary2023–24ClosedNoncharter240051001132
Colin L Powell Academy2023–24NewNoncharter240051090492
Sonia Sotomayor Middle at Adelphi2023–24NewNoncharter240051090493
Annapolis Road Academy2022–23ClosedNoncharter240051000865
Career and Technical Education Evening High2022–23ClosedNoncharter240051001755
Community Based Classrooms2022–23ClosedNoncharter240051001067
Croom High2022–23ClosedNoncharter240051001463
Green Valley Academy at Edgar Allan Poe2022–23ClosedNoncharter240051001047
Margaret Brent Regional Center2022–23ClosedNoncharter240051001419
Tall Oaks High2022–23ClosedNoncharter240051001424
Crossland Evening/Saturday High2021–22ClosedNoncharter240051001062
Middleton Valley Academy2021–22ClosedNoncharter240051001544
Northwestern Evening/Saturday High2021–22ClosedNoncharter240051001054
James Ryder Randall Early Childhood Center2020–21NewNoncharter240051001763
Legend Public Charter School2020–21NewCharter240051001764
Tanglewood Regional Center2019–20ClosedNoncharter240051001169
Career and Technical Education Evening High2019–20NewNoncharter240051001755

Where the district’s money came from and went

Figures are in the dollars reported for each year. Census revenue and expenditure totals describe different transactions in the survey.

Census finance by fiscal year
Fiscal yearTotal revenueFederal revenueState revenueLocal revenueInstructionSupport servicesCapital outlayTotal expendituresCensus fall enrollment flag
FY 2019$2,410,181,000$152,333,000$1,287,575,000$970,273,000$1,274,195,000$747,609,000$153,126,000$2,336,421,000Alternative source
FY 2020$2,517,293,000$143,464,000$1,350,027,000$1,023,802,000$1,321,244,000$775,678,000$135,130,000$2,393,113,000Alternative source
FY 2021$2,646,083,000$163,743,000$1,444,259,000$1,038,081,000$1,430,194,000$780,737,000$226,698,000$2,577,578,000Alternative source
FY 2022$2,899,648,000$350,773,000$1,482,580,000$1,066,295,000$1,515,969,000$884,955,000$235,368,000$2,800,853,000Alternative source
FY 2023$2,970,798,000$334,621,000$1,504,346,000$1,131,831,000$1,568,222,000$947,570,000$243,594,000$2,935,235,000Alternative source
FY 2024$3,353,655,000$292,115,000$1,753,111,000$1,308,429,000$1,687,708,000$1,062,779,000$316,083,000$3,254,246,000Alternative source

Sources and methodology

America.co analysis of public federal data, compiled 2026-11-13.

Census finance tables · NCES enrollment and directory files · 2025–26 preliminary directory · BLS inflation data