Buckingham Elementary

Buckingham Elementary is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in Berlin, Maryland, overseen by Worcester County Public Schools, hosting 518 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Worcester County Public Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,002 students. Buckingham Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Buckingham Elementary records that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 24% Black, 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Worcester County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Buckingham Elementary lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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), Buckingham Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 62.9%, a residual of +17.3 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Worcester County shows the typical household earns roughly $81,745 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Worcester County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,002 students), of which Buckingham Elementary is one.

Berlin Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Buckingham Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 62.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Buckingham Elementary has ticked down 4%, going from 541 students in 2018 to 518 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 50% to 56%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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