County / FIPS 24027
Howard County
Maryland
Howard County runs 78 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
78
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
251
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Howard County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$8.6B
Per resident
$25,853
Change since FY2021
+91%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $4B |
| 2022 | $5B |
| 2023 | $6B |
| 2024 | $9B |
| 2025 | $9B |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Howard County ranks 77th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Howard County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center | Columbia |
Public schools in Howard County
The 40 most complete records of 78. Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atholton Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Columbia | 489 |
| Atholton High | Howard County Public Schools | Columbia | 1,467 |
| Bellows Spring Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Ellicott City | 799 |
| Bollman Bridge Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Jessup | 742 |
| Bonnie Branch Middle | Howard County Public Schools | Ellicott City | 682 |
| Bryant Woods Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Columbia | 361 |
| Burleigh Manor Middle School | Howard County Public Schools | Ellicott City | 806 |
| Bushy Park Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Glenwood | 621 |
| Cedar Lane Special Center | Howard County Public Schools | Fulton | 124 |
| Centennial High | Howard County Public Schools | Ellicott City | 1,392 |
| Centennial Lane Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Ellicott City | 698 |
| Clarksville Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Clarksville | 581 |
| Clarksville Middle | Howard County Public Schools | Clarksville | 649 |
| Clemens Crossing Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Columbia | 543 |
| Cradlerock Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Columbia | 459 |
| Dayton Oaks | Howard County Public Schools | Dayton | 783 |
| Deep Run Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Elkridge | 723 |
| Ducketts Lane | Howard County Public Schools | Elkridge | 617 |
| Dunloggin Middle | Howard County Public Schools | Ellicott City | 617 |
| Elkridge Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Elkridge | 805 |
| Elkridge Landing Middle | Howard County Public Schools | Elkridge | 680 |
| Ellicott Mills Middle | Howard County Public Schools | Ellicott City | 670 |
| Folly Quarter Middle | Howard County Public Schools | Ellicott City | 683 |
| Forest Ridge Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Laurel | 648 |
| Fulton Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Fulton | 879 |
| Glenelg High | Howard County Public Schools | Glenelg | 1,339 |
| Glenwood Middle | Howard County Public Schools | Glenwood | 493 |
| Gorman Crossing Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Laurel | 743 |
| Guilford Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Columbia | 478 |
| Hammond Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Laurel | 651 |
| Hammond High | Howard County Public Schools | Columbia | 1,287 |
| Hammond Middle School | Howard County Public Schools | Laurel | 570 |
| Hanover Hills | Howard County Public Schools | Hanover | 864 |
| Harpers Choice Middle | Howard County Public Schools | Columbia | 497 |
| Hollifield Station Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Ellicott City | 732 |
| Homewood School | Howard County Public Schools | Ellicott City | 88 |
| Howard High | Howard County Public Schools | Ellicott City | 1,741 |
| Ilchester Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Ellicott City | 537 |
| Jeffers Hill Elementary | Howard County Public Schools | Columbia | 408 |
| Lake Elkhorn Middle | Howard County Public Schools | Columbia | 598 |