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Carroll County schools post modest gains on Maryland report card; district targets chronic absenteeism
Summary
District staff presented 2024–25 Maryland report card results showing modest score increases at elementary, middle and high school levels and outlined specific attendance interventions — home visits, PPW support, CC Stars and a parent messaging campaign — aimed at reducing chronic absenteeism.
Carroll County Public Schools presented the system's 2024–25 Maryland report card and a plan to reduce chronic absenteeism at the Board of Education meeting on Nov. 12, 2025.
The district's director of curriculum and instruction, Steve Wernick, summarized statewide and local results, saying the county's overall star rating remained at an average of four stars. He reported an elementary-level county average of 66.8 out of 100, a middle-school average of 62.2 and a high-school average of 63.9, with gains in academic achievement and school quality but mixed performance for subgroups including multilingual learners and students with disabilities. "We experienced improvements in all four indicators at the elementary level," Wernick said, while flagging subgroup gaps that continue to affect some schools.
Wernick and accountability staff noted the Maryland…
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