Regular local school district · Wicomico County
Wicomico County Public Schools, MD: schools, enrollment and spending
Wicomico County Public Schools runs 25 public schools with 15,582 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.7 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the Maryland figure of 14.6.
At a glance
- Schools
- 25
- Students
- 15,582
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,228
- Students per teacher
- 12.7
- MD: 14.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2424 Northgate Drive Suite 100, Salisbury, MD 21801
- Phone
- (410)677-4400
- County
- Wicomico County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2400690
- State district ID
- MD-22
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,628
- School counselors (FTE)
- 82.0About 190 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 68.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.7
Maryland14.6
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (14,354), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $277.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $28.2 million
- State revenue
- $191.2 million
- Local revenue
- $58.0 million
- Total spending
- $279.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,500
- Salaries
- $138.0 million49.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $103.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.2%
- State: 68.9%
- Local: 20.9%
Maryland overall
- Federal: 7.0%
- State: 43.0%
- Local: 50.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,500
Maryland$18,655
United States$16,826
Schools in Wicomico County Public Schools
By level: 5 high, 4 middle, 16 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Beaver Run SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 741 | 14.5 |
| Bennett MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 963 | 11.9 |
| Charles H. Chipman ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 303 | 12.6 |
| Delmar ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 914 | 17.2 |
| East Salisbury ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 486 | 12.8 |
| Fruitland IntermediateCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 343 | 11.8 |
| Fruitland PrimaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 445 | 12.4 |
| Glen Avenue SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 386 | 10.4 |
| James M. Bennett HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,474 | 15.5 |
| Mardela Middle & HighCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 742 | 14.3 |
| North Salisbury ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 526 | 12.8 |
| Northwestern ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 340 | 15.5 |
| Parkside HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,272 | 11.8 |
| Pemberton ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 506 | 11.5 |
| Pinehurst ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 564 | 12.5 |
| Pittsville Elementary & MiddleCEP school | Middle | 4 to 8 | 325 | 9.6 |
| Prince Street SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 976 | 15.2 |
| Salisbury MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 847 | 8.8 |
| West SalisburyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 409 | 13.2 |
| Westside IntermediateCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 342 | 13.7 |
| Westside PrimaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 201 | 15.5 |
| Wicomico County Evening High | High | 9 to 12 | 35 | 3.2 |
| Wicomico HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,304 | 14.2 |
| Wicomico MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 827 | 11.2 |
| Willards ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 311 | 16.4 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.