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Teacher Attrition In Pgcps

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Teacher attrition in PGCPS is just below the national average for urban school districts. The Maryland Teacher Staffing Report (2012) produced by the Maryland State Department of Education shows that between October, 2010 and October, 2011, PGCPS had a 13.3% teacher attrition rate compared to 4.5% in Montgomery County, and 5.9% in Anne Arundel County. Kent County had the lowest teacher attrition rate of all Maryland districts at 2.3%. Only Baltimore City Public Schools had a comparable rate of teacher attrition as PGCPS at 12.2 percent see Table 1. Between October 16, 2010 and October 14, 2011, 698 (9%) teachers with less than one year to five years of experience left PGCPS. During the same period,159 (2%) teachers left Montgomery County,

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