{"id":531,"date":"2026-09-01T14:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachcoalition.org\/research\/?p=531"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:40:10","slug":"update-on-maryland-jewish-enrollment-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachcoalition.org\/research\/update-on-maryland-jewish-enrollment-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on Maryland Jewish Enrollment, 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, the Maryland Department of Education released updated enrollment data for Maryland nonpublic schools. This data reflects the enrollment published in April 2026, for the 2025-2026 school year.<\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Overall Nonpublic Enrollment.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In September 2025, MD K-12 nonpublic school enrollment was 103,627 \u2013 a minor decrease (-2.1%)<\/b> from the previous year\u2019s enrollment of 105,838. This is the third consecutive year of decline following a peak of 111,622 students in 2022-23 \u2013 the highest enrollment level in the eighteen years of available data. Enrollment has fallen 7.7% since that peak.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2.\u00a0 Enrollment Trends in Jewish Schools.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In the 2025-26 school year, Jewish enrollment in Maryland reached 8,817, marking the highest level since the 2010-2011 school year. Since the 2013-14 school year, Jewish enrollment has grown for twelve consecutive years, with an average annual growth rate of 1.8%.<\/p>\n

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This continued growth reflects a healthy pipeline of students. A closer look at the components of that growth \u2013 new students entering the youngest grades versus losses among continuing students \u2013 is shown below.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0<\/span>2025-26 Jewish Enrollment Change by Region.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Growth in Jewish schools over the past year was concentrated in the Baltimore Area (+120, +1.9%),<\/strong> consisting of schools in Baltimore City and Baltimore County.<\/p>\n

We saw modest growth in the Montgomery County Area (+16, +0.7%)<\/strong>, consisting of schools in Bethesda, Rockville, and Silver Spring.<\/p>\n

For the first time a new Jewish school was reported in Columbia<\/strong>: Tamim Academy enrolling five Kindergarten students. The single Jewish school in Washington D.C. \u2013 <\/strong>the Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School \u2013 is not accounted for in this report.<\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0 2025-26 Jewish Enrollment Change by Affiliation.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Most Jewish categories grew in 2025-26.<\/p>\n

Orthodox \u2013 Single Gender Schools<\/strong> (referred to as Yeshivish in the prior report) \u2013 defined as Orthodox schools where students are gender-segregated \u2013 grew by 82 students (+1.4%)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Orthodox \u2013 Coed Schools<\/strong> (referred to as Modern Orthodox in the prior report) \u2013 defined as Orthodox schools that are coed \u2013 grew by 32 students (+3.3%)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Non-Orthodox Schools<\/strong> grew by 27 students (+1.5%)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

No growth was observed in Chassidic Schools<\/strong>.1<\/a><\/p>\n

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1<\/a>Cheder D’Kahal Chassidim is Maryland’s only Chassidic school in the dataset (43 students in 2024-25). Enrollment data was not available for 2025-26 so the previous year\u2019s enrollment was used as an estimate and shifted up one year.<\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Long-Term Jewish Enrollment Trends by Region.<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Growth in Jewish school enrollment since 2022-23 was concentrated almost entirely in the Baltimore Area <\/strong>(+416 students, +6.7%)<\/strong>. In contrast, enrollment declined since 2022-23 in the Montgomery County<\/strong> area (-61 students, -2.7%)<\/strong>, which includes Bethesda, Rockville, and Silver Spring.<\/p>\n

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6.\u00a0 Enrollment Trends by Jewish Affiliation.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Changes in Jewish school enrollment since 2022-23 varied substantially by affiliation. Yeshivish (Orthodox, single-gender) schools<\/strong> accounted for nearly all enrollment growth, increasing by 401 students (+7.3%)<\/strong> to 5,904 students<\/strong> in 2025-26. This was the largest increase among all affiliation groups and continues a long-term pattern of sustained growth in the Yeshivish sector.<\/p>\n

Modern Orthodox (coeducational) schools<\/strong> experienced modest growth, increasing by 24 students (+2.4%)<\/strong> to 1,004 students<\/strong>. In contrast, Non-Orthodox schools<\/strong> declined by 34 students (-1.8%)<\/strong> to 1,866 students<\/strong>, while Chassidic schools<\/strong> decreased by 31 students (-41.9%)<\/strong> to 43 students<\/strong>. Although the percentage decline among Chassidic schools was large, the change represented a relatively small number of students.<\/p>\n

Overall, recent enrollment growth was driven almost entirely by gains in the Yeshivish sector, while enrollment in other affiliation groups remained stable or declined slightly, reinforcing an a long-standing pattern of growth in Jewish schools nationwide.<\/p>\n

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Recently, the Maryland Department of Education released updated enrollment data for Maryland nonpublic schools. This data reflects the enrollment published in April 2026, for the 2025-2026 school year. 1.\u00a0 Overall Nonpublic Enrollment. In September 2025, MD K-12 nonpublic school enrollment was 103,627 \u2013 a minor decrease (-2.1%) from the previous year\u2019s enrollment of 105,838. 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