Southern Maryland Regional Library Association, Inc. is a regional resource center for the public libraries in Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties. It was formed in 1959 to provide additional services to the citizens of rural Maryland through their local county libraries. It is part of a statewide resource network of three regional centers, working in collaboration with the State Library Resource Center, to provide efficient, economical and coordinated library services county libraries cannot adequately provide themselves.

The St. Mary's County Public School System is a quality prekindergarten through 12th grade system located in beautiful Southern Maryland.  The system has 19 elementary schools (including a public charter school), 4 middle schools, 3  high schools, and a career/technology center.  The system also provides a comprehensive special education program for students ages birth through 21, middle and  high school summer school programs, and Educational Pathways--STEM Academies at all three levels that provide a rigorous curriculum focused on mathematics and science with an infusion of technology and engineering; an Academy of Finance; Academy of Visual and Performing Arts; Global and International Studies Academy; and alternative pathways to high school success (Fairlead Academy i and II which are 9th-12th grade programs geared toward preventing high school dropouts).