Deal Island School

Deal Island School is one of the rural-scale elementary campuss in Deal Island, Maryland, one of the schools within Somerset County Public Schools, with 117 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 76% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Somerset County Public Schools runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,901 students. Deal Island School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Deal Island School records that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at Deal Island School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Somerset County's rate of about 76%.

With demographic context factored in, Deal Island School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.4%, the actual is 52.5%, a residual of +9.1 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Somerset County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $64,943 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Deal Island School is one of 9 public schools in Somerset County (combined enrollment of about 2,901 students).

The closest other public school is Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School, roughly 12.8 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Deal Island School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 25.6%.

Deal Island School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Deal Island School has remained close to its prior level, going from 119 students in 2018 to 117 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 68% across the same window.

On allk12, the feed for Deal Island School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.