Maryland County Education Metrics: Attainment, Enrollment, and Expenditures

County-level data from Maryland's open data portal includes metrics like High School Attainment (%) and Public School Expenditures Per Pupil. The dataset covers K-12 and higher education indicators such as college enrollment numbers and student-teacher ratios. It was last updated on May 13, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Public School Expenditures Per Pupil and Public School Student-Teacher Ratio across counties.
• Model Bachelor's Degree Attainment (%) using predictors like Number of 4-Year Colleges and Universities and High School Attainment (%).
• Compare educational infrastructure by visualizing the distribution of Number of 2-Year Colleges and 4-Year College/University Enrollment per county.

Strengths

• Includes 10 distinct columns covering educational attainment, enrollment, and financial metrics.
• Data is provided at the county level, enabling granular geographic analysis within Maryland.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

opendata.maryland.gov

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 16:46:24; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maryland counties