ANNAPOLIS - Despite a sharp improvement in student-teacher rations in Maryland schools in the past decade, the state has only managed to keep pace with other states, going from 27th place to 32nd place during that period. The improvement in Maryland has been attributed to a steady rise in teacher hiring while the student population has slowed or fallen in some counties.

COUNTY STUDENT CHANGE TEACHER* CHANGE STUDENTS TEACHERS

NAME 1995-2005 1995-2005 PCT. CHG. PCT. CHG.

Allegany -1,585 +17.3 -14.0% 2.5%

Anne Arundel 2,182 807.3 3.1 21.0

Baltimore City -22,337 -303.3 -20.3 -5.0

Baltimore Co. 5,479 1,101.4 5.4 18.2

Calvert 3,972 413.1 29.4 64.3

Caroline 49 71.0 0.9 24.3

Carroll 3,532 389.2 13.9 28.6

Cecil 1,881 226.4 12.8 26.6

Charles 5,440 461.8 25.9 42.6

Dorchester -562 37.1 -10.8 12.8

Frederick 6,906 644.5 21.1 34.3

Garrett -522 2.2 -10.1 0.6

Harford 3,392 317.8 9.2 14.5

Howard 11,049 1,211.0 29.4 53.7

Kent -423 -5.7 -14.8 -3.3

Montgomery 19,107 2,379.4 15.9 34.9

Prince George's 10,910 1,545.0 8.9 23.1

Queen Anne's 1,509 131.8 24.1 37.1

St. Mary's 2,699 253.9 19.3 32.6

Somerset -362 34.0 -11.0 17.3

Talbot 55 23.1 1.2 8.7

Washington 1,317 181.3 6.6 15.2

Wicomico 695 196.8 5.0 23.9

Worcester 94 155.3 1.4 39.9

* Measures full-time equivalent teachers.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education.

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