Maryland

School Choice Programs

Maryland offers K–12 students and their families a few types of school choice, including one private school choice program, charter schools, magnet schools and home schooling. Maryland does not offer any type of public school choice through open enrollment.

1 Program

Available School Choice Programs

Voucher(1 program)

Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today (BOOST) Program

Maryland’s Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today (BOOST) Program, the state’s first school choice program, provides vouchers to low-income students to attend private schools.

2,942 students

Since 2016

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Private School Choice

Maryland has one private school choice program, a school voucher. This program helps families send their children to participating private schools. * Maryland Voucher [Learn More](https://www.edchoice.org/school-choice/programs/maryland-broadening-options-opportunities-students-today-boost-program/)

Public School Choice

Maryland does not have intra-district or inter-district open enrollment policies, which would allow parents to transfer their children to traditional public schools outside of and within their district. Maryland does have magnet schools.

Charter School Choice

Maryland has a few charter schools. Charter schools are publicly funded schools that are free of many of the regulations that restrict traditional public schools.

Home School Choice

Parents have to follow certain laws in Maryland when homeschooling their children.

State Statistics

Total Programs

Program Types

2,942

Total Students Participating

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