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Berlin Intermediate
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)BeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Berlin Intermediate
Berlin Intermediate, an intimate 6-8 campus in Berlin, Maryland, run under Worcester County Public Schools, instructs 613 students, covering grades 5 through 6.
Within Worcester County Public Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 7,002 students, Berlin Intermediate is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Berlin Intermediate logs that 71% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Berlin Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.5%; this one delivers 57.0%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Worcester County shows median household earnings sit near $81,745, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Worcester County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,002 students), of which Berlin Intermediate is one.
Buckingham Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Berlin Intermediate ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 63.8%.
Berlin Intermediate operates from a town-center location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 23%: 791 students in 2018 compared to 613 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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