Executive Summary

Calvert County Public Schools (CCPS) shows broad progress across the five Blueprint pillars. Four pillars are rated Meets or Exceeds, and one is rated Approaching. Pillar 2 (High Quality & Diverse Teachers and Leaders) is rated Exceeds. AIB fully approved the district's Career Ladder on Nov. 20, 2025, the minimum teacher salary of $62,226 in SY26 exceeds the $60,000 requirement, and active National Board Certified teachers grew roughly 350%.^{[1] [8] [20]} Teacher vacancies fell from 15.5 in 2023-2024 to 7.5 in 2025-2026, although retention of 74.8% remains below the district's 78.5% target.^[1]

Student outcomes and access are moving in the right direction. Total Pre-K enrollment rose from 97 in 2022-2023 to 317 in 2025-2026.^[1] Grades 3-8 ELA proficiency climbed from 52.5% to 64.3% since 2021-2022, and K-3 at-risk readers dropped from 21.4% to 5.27% within one year of systemwide LETRS training.^{[1] [30]} Chronic absenteeism fell 13.0 points, from 30.3% in 2021-2022 to 17.3% in 2024-2025.^{[1] [19]} Governance is on track: AIB approved all seven 2024 plan components on Nov. 21, 2024, and the district met or exceeded minimum school funding at the LEA level.^{[1] [31] [12]}

Several gaps remain. Pillar 4 is rated Approaching: the district had no designated community schools through SY24-25, and proficiency gaps for students with disabilities have widened.^[30] In Pillar 1, KRA readiness is 45.9% overall (20.5% for students with disabilities and 4.3% for multilingual learners), and no private 3-year-old Pre-K enrollment has been recorded since 2022-2023.^[1] Pillar 2 faces a conditionally licensed teacher rate that rose to 7.5% and a Level 4 launch date that has not been settled between SY2026-27 and SY2027-28.^{[1] [2]}