Regular local school district · Worcester County
Worcester County Public Schools, MD: schools, enrollment and spending
Worcester County Public Schools runs 14 public schools with 7,002 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.7 students per teacher is 2.9 lower than the Maryland figure of 14.6.
At a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 7,002
- Teachers (FTE)
- 599
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- MD: 14.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 6270 Worcester Highway, Newark, MD 21841
- Phone
- (410)632-5000
- County
- Worcester County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2400720
- State district ID
- MD-23
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,232
- School counselors (FTE)
- 25.0About 280 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 31.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.7
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 (6,711), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $143.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.8 million
- State revenue
- $29.5 million
- Local revenue
- $103.0 million
- Total spending
- $140.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,862
- Salaries
- $75.7 million54.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.5%
- State: 20.6%
- Local: 71.9%
Maryland overall
- Federal: 7.0%
- State: 43.0%
- Local: 50.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,862
Maryland$18,655
United States$16,826
Schools in Worcester County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 4 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Berlin IntermediateCEP school | Middle | 5 to 6 | 613 | 12.0 |
| Buckingham ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 518 | 12.0 |
| Cedar Chapel Special SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 51 | 3.9 |
| Ocean City Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 566 | 11.8 |
| Pocomoke ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 491 | 13.3 |
| Pocomoke HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 374 | 11.3 |
| Pocomoke MiddleCEP school | Middle | 4 to 8 | 465 | 10.3 |
| Showell Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 638 | 11.6 |
| Snow Hill ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 387 | 12.9 |
| Snow Hill HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 368 | 11.5 |
| Snow Hill MiddleCEP school | Middle | 4 to 8 | 404 | 9.6 |
| Stephen Decatur High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,462 | 17.4 |
| Stephen Decatur Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 665 | 12.8 |
| Worcester Technical High School | High | 9 to 12 | 0 |
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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.