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Does Delmar Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
914
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICOMICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240069001300
Delmar Elementary
811 S Second Street, Delmar, MD 21875 · (410) 677-5178 · Wicomico County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL914 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
277 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 60 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 153 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 173 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 156 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 194 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 178 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 14% smaller than its 4th grade class (178).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
48.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
51.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.8% | 51.1% |
| 2023-24 | 43.9% | 49.6% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Delmar Elementary
Delmar Elementary's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delmar Elementary this school | 914 | 30.3% | 48.4% |
| Brunswick Elementary Brunswick | 804 | 32.8% | 58.3% |
| Walter J. Mitchell Elementary School La Plata | 663 | 36.3% | 49.6% |
| Evergreen Elementary School California | 715 | 23.5% | 57.1% |
| Spring Ridge Elementary Frederick | 605 | 31.1% | 65.8% |
| Windy Hill Elementary Owings | 598 | 30.6% | 66.0% |
Matched among Maryland elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Delmar Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Wicomico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #357 of 853 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #287 of 853 ▲ 2 | #5 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #445 of 853 ▲ 5 | #5 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 914 | #15 of 898 | #2 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #810 of 857 | #16 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #316 of 857 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.3% | #711 of 885 | #16 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #180 of 294 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
914
+71 (+8%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 897
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 16.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 914 | 53 | 17.3:1 | 30% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 882 | 54 | 16.3:1 | 31% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 858 | 52 | 16.5:1 | 37% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 843 | 52 | 16.2:1 | 51% (430) |
| 2017-18 | 857 | 51 | 16.8:1 | 56% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 50 | 17.1:1 | 59% (502) |
| 2010-11 | 831 | 53 | 15.7:1 | 54% (448) |
| 2000-01 | 925 | 56 | 16.5:1 | 44% (409) |
| 1990-91 | 897 | 44 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delmar Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (857 to 914); teachers up 4% (51 to 53).
About Delmar Elementary
Delmar Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Delmar, Maryland. Classes run from pre-K through 4, and the school has 914 students. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students, so this school is 90% above average.
Wicomico County Public Schools has 15,582 students spread across 25 schools.
Delmar Elementary is 54% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 20% Black, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Delmar Elementary's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Delmar Elementary is 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. About 30% of students, or 277, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Wicomico County report 59%.
Delmar Elementary scores 48.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 56.3%.
Wicomico County has about 104,914 residents, and the median household income is $76,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides Delmar Elementary, Wicomico County has 24 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Delmar Middle School, at about 0.9 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Delmar Elementary ranks 2nd on proficiency.
NCES assigns Delmar Elementary the locale Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at Delmar Elementary climbed 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 843 to 914 students. The ratio was 16.2:1 in 2020-21 and 17.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Wicomico County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,914
Census ACS
Median income
$76,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
15,582 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wicomico County Public Schools
- James M. Bennett HighHigh · 1,474 students
- Wicomico HighHigh · 1,304 students
- Parkside HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Prince Street SchoolElementary · 976 students
- Bennett MiddleMiddle · 963 students
- Salisbury MiddleMiddle · 847 students
Nearby schools
- Delmar Middle School0.9 mi · 732
- Delmar High School0.9 mi · 713
- West Salisbury4.5 mi · 409
- Salisbury Middle4.8 mi · 847
- North Salisbury Elementary4.9 mi · 526
- East Salisbury Elementary5.1 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Delmar ElementaryHow large is Delmar Elementary?
Delmar Elementary enrolls approximately 914 students in grades PK-04.
Is Delmar Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Delmar Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Delmar Elementary?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Delmar Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Delmar Elementary?
At Delmar Elementary, the student body is approximately 54% White, 12% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Delmar Elementary?
Delmar Elementary is overseen by Wicomico County Public Schools in Wicomico County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.