School district · Maryland
Worcester County Public Schools
Worcester County Public Schools in Maryland: 14 public schools with 7,002 students and 11.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $24,221 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 7,002
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- MD 14.1 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $24,221
- MD $20.2K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 599
- Counselors (FTE)
- 25.0
- Students per counselor
- 280
- MD 309 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 4.0
- Librarians (FTE): 12.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Maryland's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Maryland: 49%69%proficient
−0.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 96% of school districts in Maryland
Median 48% · 25 school districts compared
2,865 students tested, grades 3–8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Maryland: 28%53%proficient
+4.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 96% of school districts in Maryland
Median 30% · 25 school districts compared
2,793 students tested, grades 3–8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 11% · $20.3M
- State
- 24% · $43.5M
- Local
- 65% · $117.7M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $14,909
- Support services
- $8,683
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $3.2M
- Long-term debt
- $5.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buckingham ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 518 | 11.9 | 61% | 65% |
| Pre-K–4 | 566 | 11.8 | 84% | 74% | |
Pocomoke ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 491 | 13.1 | 63% | 68% |
| Pre-K–4 | 638 | 11.5 | 74% | 65% | |
Snow Hill ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 387 | 12.9 | 78% | 74% |
Berlin IntermediateFree meals for all | 5–6 | 613 | 12.0 | 69% | 50% |
Pocomoke MiddleFree meals for all | 4–8 | 465 | 10.3 | 55% | 35% |
Snow Hill MiddleFree meals for all | 4–8 | 404 | 9.5 | 60% | 41% |
| 7–8 | 665 | 12.8 | 78% | 54% | |
Pocomoke HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 374 | 11.3 | — | — |
Snow Hill HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 368 | 11.5 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 1,462 | 17.4 | — | — | |
Worcester Technical High SchoolCareer and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Cedar Chapel Special SchoolSpecial educationFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 51 | 3.9 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 6270 Worcester Highway, Newark, MD 21841
- Phone
- (410)632-5000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.