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Wicomico County Public Schools is located in southeast Maryland. Wicomico County Public Schools has 374.44 square miles of land area and 25.79 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Wicomico County Public Schools population is 100,376. Wicomico County Public Schools median household income is $52,301 in 2010-2014. Wicomico County Public Schools median house value is $175,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Wicomico County Public Schools is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(21 out of 24, bottom 13%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	25
Population	100,376 (2010-2014), rank #14
Population Growth	8.13% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	250.79/sq mi, rank #12
Median Household Income:	$52,301 at 2010-2014—1.85% increase since 2005-2009, rank #19
Median House Price:	$175,500 at 2010-2014—-7.39% increase since 2005-2009, rank #20
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	374.44 sq mi, rank #14
Water Area:	25.79 sq mi (6.44%), rank #14
State:	Maryland
County:	Wicomico County
City:	Nanticoke, Bivalve, Quantico, Tyaskin, Whitehaven, Waterview, Nanticoke Acres, Jesterville, Salisbury, Eden, Fruitland, Hebron, Delmar, Pittsville, Willards, Mardela Springs, Sharptown, Allen, Parsonsburg, Powellville
Zip:	21840, 21814, 21856, 21865, 21804, 21822, 21826, 21801, 21830, 21875, 21850, 21874, 21802, 21837, 21861, 21810, 21849
Area:	Salisbury, MD

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Wicomico County Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

101 Long Ave

Salisbury MD, 21802, Wicomico County

Phone: 410-677-4400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	14,431	14,489	14,520	14,382	14,619	14,590	14,399
English Language Learner Students:	602	548	486	400	359	NA	NA
Total Teachers:	1,083.54	1,084.10	1,077.94	1,071.84	1,087.10	1,095.40	1,075.90
Prekindergarten:	22.71	22.00	21.00	19.00	20.00	16.00	14.00
Kindergarten:	52.00	47.00	49.00	49.50	49.50	52.00	52.00
Elementary:	574.03	579.30	575.22	573.17	588.80	580.50	576.50
Secondary:	434.80	435.80	432.72	430.17	428.80	446.90	433.40
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	1,121.02	1,143.00	1,136.31	1,173.72	1,175.50	1,161.50	1,159.40
Instructional Aides:	360.00	371.50	382.89	398.22	386.92	372.90	380.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	27.00	28.00	28.00	27.00	32.00	34.00	33.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	67.00	68.00	67.00	66.00	72.00	60.70	55.70
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	36.00	36.00	34.00	33.00	38.00	28.30	26.80
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	31.00	32.00	33.00	33.00	34.00	32.40	28.90
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	17.00	17.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00	10.00
District Administrators:	60.43	59.50	60.50	65.00	66.10	66.00	58.50
District Administrative Support:	57.00	60.00	57.00	61.00	61.00	65.00	62.00
School Administrators:	61.00	62.00	59.00	59.00	59.00	62.30	61.30
School Administrative Support:	126.00	128.00	128.00	130.00	131.00	123.00	128.00
Student Support Services:	71.50	70.00	65.50	70.10	72.10	69.00	69.50
Other Support Services:	274.09	279.00	273.42	282.40	280.38	283.60	285.30
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.32	13.37	13.47	13.42	13.45	13.32	13.38

Schools

Beaver Run School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	31481 Ocean City Rd, Salisbury MD 21804
Bennett Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	200 East College Ave, Salisbury MD 21804
Charles H. Chipman Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	711 Lake St, Salisbury MD 21801
Delmar Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	811 South Second St, Delmar MD 21875
East Salisbury Elementary	Grade 3 to Grade 5	1201 Old Ocean City Rd, Salisbury MD 21804
Fruitland Intermediate	Grade 3 to Grade 5	208 West Main St, Fruitland MD 21826
Fruitland Primary	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	301 North Division St, Fruitland MD 21826
Glen Avenue School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	1615 Glen Ave, Salisbury MD 21804
James M. Bennett High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	300 East College Ave, Salisbury MD 21804
Mardela Middle & High	Grade 6 to Grade 12	24940 Delmar Rd, Mardela Springs MD 21837
North Salisbury Elementary	Grade 3 to Grade 5	1213 Emerson Ave, Salisbury MD 21801
Northwestern Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	9975 Sharptown Rd, Mardela Springs MD 21837
Parkside High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1015 Beaglin Park Dr, Salisbury MD 21804
Pemberton Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1300 Pemberton Dr, Salisbury MD 21801
Pinehurst Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	520 South Pinehurst Ave, Salisbury MD 21801
Pittsville Elementary & Middle	Grade 3 to Grade 8	34404 Old Ocean City Rd, Pittsville MD 21850
Prince Street School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	400 Prince St, Salisbury MD 21804
Salisbury Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	607 Morris St, Salisbury MD 21801
West Salisbury Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	1321 West Rd, Salisbury MD 21801
Westside Intermediate	Grade 2 to Grade 5	8000 Quantico Rd, Hebron MD 21830
Westside Primary	Prekindergarten to Grade 1	6046 Quantico Rd, Quantico MD 21856
Wicomico County Evening High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	201 Long Ave, Salisbury MD 21802
Wicomico High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	201 Long Ave, Salisbury MD 21804
Wicomico Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	635 East Main St, Salisbury MD 21804
Willards Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	36161 Richland Rd, Willards MD 21874

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
HSA Test
2004	Algebra	End of course	% met std	56.2%	58.8%
2005	Algebra	End of course	% met std	52.3%	53.8%
2006	Algebra	End of course	% met std	67.9%	66.6%
2007	Algebra	End of course	% met std	67.3%	63.5%
2008	Algebra	End of course	% met std	80.6%	85.9%
2009	Algebra	End of course	% met std	78.3%	85.1%
2010	Algebra	End of course	% met std	78.9%	83.6%
2011	Algebra	End of course	% met std	77.4%	83.6%
2012	Algebra	End of course	% met std	81.3%	83.9%
2004	Biology	End of course	% met std	61.5%	60.9%
2005	Biology	End of course	% met std	54.1%	57.6%
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	67%	67.7%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	65.8%	70.3%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	75.4%	83.1%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	75.7%	82.6%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	72.9%	80.9%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	75.7%	81.3%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	80.3%	81.7%
2005	English 2	End of course	% met std	60.2%	57.3%
2006	English 2	End of course	% met std	58%	60.1%
2007	English 2	End of course	% met std	65.1%	70.9%
2008	English 2	End of course	% met std	76.6%	83.1%
2009	English 2	End of course	% met std	77.9%	83.5%
2010	English 2	End of course	% met std	74.8%	80.2%
2011	English 2	End of course	% met std	78.1%	81.6%
2012	English 2	End of course	% met std	79.6%	83.1%
2004	Government	End of course	% met std	71.4%	65.9%
2005	Government	End of course	% met std	75.2%	66.4%
2006	Government	End of course	% met std	75.1%	74.2%
2007	Government	End of course	% met std	74.4%	73.5%
MSA Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.4%	66.0%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.5%	72.2%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.9%	76.8%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.0%	79.1%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.7%	78.6%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	82.6%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.0%	84.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	86.0%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	86.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.0%	82.2%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.1%	71.0%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	75.8%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	78.3%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.5%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	83.0%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	84.9%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	84.0%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	85.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	85.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	82.6%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.5%	69.6%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	76.5%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	82.1%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	86%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	88.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	89.2%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	90.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	90.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	89.8%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.0%	88.8%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.7%	75.1%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.0%	81.0%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	81.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	86.0%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	88.4%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.0%	86.7%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	87.4%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	88.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	89.8%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.0%	88.2%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.2%	63.1%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.5%	69.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.0%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	78.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.0%	80.5%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	81.2%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	83.2%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	85.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	80.8%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	68.4%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	74.3%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	76.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	76.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	86.7%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	89.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	89.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.8%	90.2%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.0%	90.0%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	88.4%
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	42.3%	50.3%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.2%	60.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.6%	65.6%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.8%	71.9%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	75.8%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	77.1%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.4%	79.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	81.0%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.5%	83.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.5%	77.1%
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.9%	68.3%
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.2%	70.3%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.7%	71.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.0%	76.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.6%	81.7%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	84.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.5%	86.1%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.6%	83.8%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.7%	84.5%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.1%	84.1%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	43.2%	49.8%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.7%	55.4%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.6%	60.1%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.8%	61.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.1%	68.2%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	73.1%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	72.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.5%	74.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	76.4%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.3%	72.6%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.2%	67.0%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.7%	67.2%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.8%	71.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	70.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	81.2%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	83.1%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.2%	84.0%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.4%	81.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.0%	85.0%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36.6%	45.8%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39.7%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	55.0%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.1%	56.7%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	61.8%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.6%	67.2%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.3%	65.4%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.7%	66.1%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70%	69.3%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	67.0%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.4%	63.8%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.1%	66.4%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.5%	67%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	68.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.2%	72.8%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	81.4%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	80.3%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.0%	82.7%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.7%	80.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	81.0%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$199,852,000	$13,764		$213,211,000	$14,825		$224,755,000	$15,374
Federal:	$16,433,000	$1,132	8.2%	$21,731,000	$1,511	10.2%	$16,626,000	$1,137	7.4%
State:	$130,716,000	$9,002	65.4%	$131,192,000	$9,122	61.5%	$138,321,000	$9,462	61.5%
Local:	$52,703,000	$3,630	26.4%	$60,288,000	$4,192	28.3%	$69,808,000	$4,775	31.1%
Total Expenditures:	$194,631,000	$13,404		$207,463,000	$14,425		$231,439,000	$15,831
Total Current Expenditures:	$182,868,000	$12,594		$192,090,000	$13,356		$190,330,000	$13,019
Instructional Expenditures:	$110,168,000	$7,587	60.2%	$111,853,000	$7,777	58.2%	$113,166,000	$7,741	59.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$23,450,000	$1,615	12.8%	$23,738,000	$1,651	12.4%	$24,427,000	$1,671	12.8%
Administration:	$19,746,000	$1,360	10.8%	$24,070,000	$1,674	12.5%	$20,433,000	$1,398	10.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$29,504,000	$2,032	16.1%	$32,429,000	$2,255	16.9%	$32,304,000	$2,210	17.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$8,090,000	$557		$11,415,000	$794		$36,682,000	$2,509
Construction:	$4,518,000	$311		$7,636,000	$531		$27,863,000	$1,906
Total Other:	$192,000	$13		$155,000	$11		$692,000	$47
Interest on Debt:	$3,259,000	$224		$3,533,000	$246		$3,415,000	$234

Total Salary:	$107,445,000	$7,400		$110,499,000	$7,683		$114,129,000	$7,807
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$72,671,000	$5,005	67.6%	$74,448,000	$5,176	67.4%	$76,835,000	$5,256	67.3%
Other Salary:	$34,774,000	$2,395	32.4%	$36,051,000	$2,507	32.6%	$37,294,000	$2,551	32.7%
Total Benefit:	$47,118,000	$3,245		$46,925,000	$3,263		$42,770,000	$2,926
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$33,215,000	$2,288	70.5%	$32,651,000	$2,270	69.6%	$29,815,000	$2,039	69.7%
Other Benefit:	$13,903,000	$958	29.5%	$14,274,000	$992	30.4%	$12,955,000	$886	30.3%

* Wicomico County Public Schools was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.