The fourth largest school system and the only urban school district in the state of Maryland. City schools has 168 schools and programs with 79,297 students that attend them. Building a Generation: City Schools’ Blueprint for Success lays out City Schools’ vision for unlocking every student’s potential. Based on research and conversations with hundreds of stakeholders, the blueprint focuses on three key areas that go hand-in-hand to support students’ toward graduation and postsecondary success: literacy, student wholeness, and staff leadership.