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Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Bennett Middle, Fruitland, MD

CEP schoolBennett Middle is a public middle school in Fruitland, part of Wicomico County Public Schools. It enrolled 963 students in 2024-25, with 11.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
963
Teachers (FTE)
81.0
Students per teacher
11.9
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is 0.8 lower than the district figure of 12.7. The Maryland average across schools is 14.6. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.9
District12.7
Maryland14.6
United States15.3

School details

Address
532 S. Division Street, Fruitland, MD 21826
Phone
(410)677-5140
District
Wicomico County Public Schools
County
Wicomico County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Small
NCES school ID
240069001299
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
521
Reduced-price lunch
50
Free or reduced-price lunch
57159.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
538Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Wicomico County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.