Baltimore City Public Schools serves over 77,000 students (three times the total population of Somerset County, Maryland), while Somerset County Public Schools has just 2,900 students.
The state of Maryland assesses students in ELA and mathematics annually for students in grades 3-8 and once in high school in 10th grade. The MCAP fails to assess students K-2, 9th grade, and grades 11-12. Therefore, the MCAP does not accurately assess the academic performance of the entire district, does not identify achievement gaps or struggling students in-between, and fails to assess career or college readiness.
In English Language Arts (ELA), during the 2023/2024 school year, Baltimore City had only 27.7% of students reading at grade level, compared to Somerset having 30.4%.
By the 2024/2025 school year, Baltimore City’s proficiency increased to 31.2%, while Somerset County improved to 35.1%.
In Math, Baltimore City outperformed Somerset County in both years. In 2023/2024, only 9.8% of Somerset County students were proficient in Math, while Baltimore City had a slightly higher rate of 10.2%.
By 2024/2025, Somerset County’s math proficiency reflected a miniscule increase of .03 or 10.1%, while Baltimore City’s rose to 12.6%.
But Somerset County showed improvement, right?
Get this – Baltimore City has 77,000 students, while Somerset County has only 2,900. This significant difference in enrollment size makes expectations more realistic for a smaller county to have a much greater level of performance and improvement. Based on the population size, Baltimore City is outperforming Somerset County at an 8X faster improvement rate.
Baltimore also spends among the top 3 in the country, per student, on education.
And they can’t even read
Meanwhile Worcester County scored the best in the state and these lunatics at the Delmarva PTC still insist our schools are failing.
More like the least worst.
Wanto change the numbers, Somerset? Got more Chinese kids.