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Worcester County Public Schools

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Worcester County Public Schools is located in southeast Maryland. Worcester County Public Schools has 468.28 square miles of land area and 226.58 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Worcester County Public Schools population is 51,558. Worcester County Public Schools median household income is $58,820 in 2010-2014. Worcester County Public Schools median house value is $242,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Worcester County Public Schools is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(3 out of 24, top 13%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	14
Population	51,558 (2010-2014), rank #17
Population Growth	5.05% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	74.20/sq mi, rank #20
Median Household Income:	$58,820 at 2010-2014—11.83% increase since 2005-2009, rank #14
Median House Price:	$242,000 at 2010-2014—-16.32% increase since 2005-2009, rank #16
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	468.28 sq mi, rank #7
Water Area:	226.58 sq mi (32.61%), rank #4
State:	Maryland
County:	Worcester County
City:	Ocean City, Berlin, Bishopville, Showell, Ocean Pines, Pocomoke City, Salisbury, Snow Hill, Eden, Stockton, Newark, Whaleyville, West Ocean City, Girdletree
Zip:	21842, 21811, 21813, 21862, 21851, 21804, 21863, 21822, 21864, 21841, 21872, 21829
Area:	Ocean Pines, MD

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Worcester County Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

6270 Worcester Hwy

Newark MD, 21841, Worcester County

Phone: 410-632-5000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	6,649	6,650	6,643	6,699	6,659	6,671	6,745
English Language Learner Students:	137	151	138	138	141	NA	NA
Total Teachers:	592.60	594.61	589.61	591.11	586.31	576.80	581.90
Prekindergarten:	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	10.00	11.00
Kindergarten:	25.00	27.00	25.00	25.00	26.00	23.00	25.00
Elementary:	305.82	300.33	296.83	297.33	293.53	295.50	293.90
Secondary:	250.78	256.28	256.78	257.78	255.78	248.30	252.00
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	517.68	521.78	515.92	532.95	543.39	547.70	554.50
Instructional Aides:	162.00	161.50	156.50	170.50	184.50	187.50	190.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	15.00	15.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	21.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	21.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
Library/Media Support:	6.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
District Administrators:	24.70	24.70	24.70	24.70	24.70	24.70	25.10
District Administrative Support:	19.71	21.71	21.71	22.71	22.71	21.70	23.70
School Administrators:	30.00	30.00	30.00	33.50	33.50	32.80	32.50
School Administrative Support:	53.00	54.00	53.00	52.00	53.00	42.00	40.00
Student Support Services:	45.80	45.80	45.30	45.30	44.30	44.30	46.80
Other Support Services:	140.47	142.07	141.71	141.24	137.68	139.70	140.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.22	11.18	11.27	11.33	11.36	11.57	11.59

Schools

Berlin Intermediate	Grade 4 to Grade 6	309 Franklin Ave, Berlin MD 21811
Buckingham Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	100 Buckingham Rd, Berlin MD 21811
Cedar Chapel Special School	Prekindergarten to Grade 12	510 Coulbourne Ln, Snow Hill MD 21863
Ocean City Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	12828 Center Dr, Ocean City MD 21842
Pocomoke Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 3	2119 Pocomoke Beltway, Pocomoke City MD 21851
Pocomoke High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1817 Old Virginia Rd, Pocomoke City MD 21851
Pocomoke Middle	Grade 4 to Grade 8	800 8th St, Pocomoke City MD 21851
Showell Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 3	11318 Showell School Rd, Berlin MD 21811
Snow Hill Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 3	515 Coulbourne Ln, Snow Hill MD 21863
Snow Hill High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	305 South Church St, Snow Hill MD 21863
Snow Hill Middle	Grade 4 to Grade 8	522 Coulbourne Ln, Snow Hill MD 21863
Stephen Decatur High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	9913 Seahawk Rd, Berlin MD 21811
Stephen Decatur Middle	Grade 7 to Grade 8	9815 Seahawk Rd, Berlin MD 21811
Worcester Technical High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	6268 Worcester Hwy, Newark MD 21841

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
HSA Test
2004	Algebra	End of course	% met std	62.6%	58.8%
2005	Algebra	End of course	% met std	62.9%	53.8%
2006	Algebra	End of course	% met std	76.1%	66.6%
2007	Algebra	End of course	% met std	73.8%	63.5%
2008	Algebra	End of course	% met std	91.3%	85.9%
2009	Algebra	End of course	% met std	91.4%	85.1%
2010	Algebra	End of course	% met std	93.2%	83.6%
2011	Algebra	End of course	% met std	93%	83.6%
2012	Algebra	End of course	% met std	94.1%	83.9%
2004	Biology	End of course	% met std	63.5%	60.9%
2005	Biology	End of course	% met std	58%	57.6%
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	69.9%	67.7%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	75.6%	70.3%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	84.8%	83.1%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	85.5%	82.6%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	85.9%	80.9%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	87.8%	81.3%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	86.8%	81.7%
2005	English 2	End of course	% met std	60.3%	57.3%
2006	English 2	End of course	% met std	65%	60.1%
2007	English 2	End of course	% met std	72.7%	70.9%
2008	English 2	End of course	% met std	82.4%	83.1%
2009	English 2	End of course	% met std	82.3%	83.5%
2010	English 2	End of course	% met std	79.1%	80.2%
2011	English 2	End of course	% met std	84.2%	81.6%
2012	English 2	End of course	% met std	88.6%	83.1%
2004	Government	End of course	% met std	71%	65.9%
2005	Government	End of course	% met std	64.4%	66.4%
2006	Government	End of course	% met std	77%	74.2%
2007	Government	End of course	% met std	72.6%	73.5%
MSA Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.7%	66.0%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.5%	67.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	72.2%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	76.8%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.0%	79.1%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.7%	78.6%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	82.6%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	84.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.6%	86.0%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	99.3%	86.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.6%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.7%	82.2%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	71.0%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.0%	75.8%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.0%	78.3%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.6%	80.5%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.4%	83.0%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.0%	84.9%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	84.0%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97.2%	85.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.6%	85.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.4%	82.6%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	69.6%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	76.5%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	82.1%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	86%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.0%	88.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	89.2%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	90.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.9%	90.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.7%	89.8%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.8%	88.8%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	75.1%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	81.0%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	81.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	86.0%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.6%	88.4%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	86.7%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.0%	87.4%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	88.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	89.8%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95.8%	88.2%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	63.1%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	69.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	78.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	80.5%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	81.2%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	83.2%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	82.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.9%	85.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	80.8%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	68.4%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	74.3%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	76.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	76.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.8%	86.7%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.8%	89.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	89.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.5%	90.2%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.8%	90.0%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.7%	88.4%
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	50.3%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.0%	60.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.1%	65.6%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	71.9%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	75.8%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.5%	77.1%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	79.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.4%	81.0%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.6%	83.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.9%	77.1%
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	68.3%
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.3%	70.3%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.7%	71.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.2%	76.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.5%	81.7%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.4%	84.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.9%	86.1%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.6%	83.8%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93%	84.5%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.0%	84.1%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.4%	49.8%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.1%	55.4%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.0%	60.1%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.8%	61.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	68.2%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.6%	73.1%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.3%	72.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.8%	74.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.1%	76.4%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.0%	72.6%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	67.0%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.0%	67.2%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.0%	71.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.0%	70.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.7%	81.2%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.5%	83.1%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	81.9%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.7%	84.0%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.3%	81.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	95.4%	85.0%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.6%	45.8%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.1%	55.0%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.0%	56.7%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	61.8%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.3%	67.2%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	65.4%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.1%	66.1%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	69.3%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.3%	67.0%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	63.8%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	66.4%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	67%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	68.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	72.8%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.4%	81.4%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.0%	80.3%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.3%	82.7%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	80.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.6%	81.0%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$112,484,000	$16,933		$128,507,000	$19,183		$129,916,000	$19,510
Federal:	$9,470,000	$1,426	8.4%	$10,946,000	$1,634	8.5%	$8,751,000	$1,314	6.7%
State:	$26,403,000	$3,975	23.5%	$24,609,000	$3,674	19.1%	$23,855,000	$3,582	18.4%
Local:	$76,611,000	$11,533	68.1%	$92,952,000	$13,876	72.3%	$97,310,000	$14,613	74.9%
Total Expenditures:	$115,349,000	$17,364		$122,769,000	$18,326		$123,610,000	$18,563
Total Current Expenditures:	$107,840,000	$16,234		$109,814,000	$16,393		$106,254,000	$15,956
Instructional Expenditures:	$69,182,000	$10,414	64.2%	$69,508,000	$10,376	63.3%	$68,113,000	$10,229	64.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$11,618,000	$1,749	10.8%	$11,295,000	$1,686	10.3%	$9,958,000	$1,495	9.4%
Administration:	$8,797,000	$1,324	8.2%	$9,032,000	$1,348	8.2%	$9,130,000	$1,371	8.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$18,243,000	$2,746	16.9%	$19,979,000	$2,982	18.2%	$19,053,000	$2,861	17.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$4,251,000	$640		$9,179,000	$1,370		$13,514,000	$2,029
Construction:	$3,582,000	$539		$8,038,000	$1,200		$11,779,000	$1,769
Total Other:	$301,000	$45		$288,000	$43		$325,000	$49
Interest on Debt:	$2,885,000	$434		$3,147,000	$470		$3,369,000	$506

Total Salary:	$63,628,000	$9,578		$63,999,000	$9,554		$63,654,000	$9,559
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$45,628,000	$6,869	71.7%	$45,973,000	$6,863	71.8%	$46,113,000	$6,925	72.4%
Other Salary:	$18,000,000	$2,710	28.3%	$18,026,000	$2,691	28.2%	$17,541,000	$2,634	27.6%
Total Benefit:	$26,255,000	$3,952		$25,380,000	$3,789		$23,734,000	$3,564
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$19,230,000	$2,895	73.2%	$18,878,000	$2,818	74.4%	$17,690,000	$2,657	74.5%
Other Benefit:	$7,025,000	$1,058	26.8%	$6,502,000	$971	25.6%	$6,044,000	$908	25.5%

* Worcester County Public Schools was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.