1
What's one community event at East Salisbury Elementary more people should show up to?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICOMICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240069001301
East Salisbury Elementary
1201 Old Ocean City Rd, Salisbury, MD 21804 · (410) 677-5803 · Wicomico County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
357 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 156 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 168 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 162 | 33% |
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
29.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +9.5pp since 2023
Math
25.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.5% | 25.1% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 29.1% |
% 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 East Salisbury Elementary
East Salisbury Elementary's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Salisbury Elementary this school | 486 | 73.5% | 25.9% |
| George Washington Carver Elementary Great Mills | 460 | 76.3% | 36.1% |
| Edgewood Elementary Edgewood | 428 | 72.7% | 32.5% |
| Oakleigh Elementary Baltimore | 452 | 73.5% | 25.5% |
| Mars Estates Elementary Baltimore | 400 | 75.8% | 27.1% |
| Lexington Park Elementary Lexington Park | 383 | 76.0% | 22.0% |
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 East Salisbury Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Wicomico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #701 of 853 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #659 of 853 ▼ 103 | #11 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #725 of 853 ▲ 53 | #10 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #407 of 898 | #7 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #271 of 857 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #308 of 857 | #5 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #240 of 885 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #495 of 551 | #10 of 10 |
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
486
+87 (+22%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 486 | 38 | 12.8:1 | 73% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 38 | 12.6:1 | 70% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 37 | 11.4:1 | 70% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 35 | 11.4:1 | 72% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 81% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 35 | 12.7:1 | 84% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 370 | 28 | 13.2:1 | 84% (309) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 31 | 12.4:1 | 60% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 636 | 32 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Salisbury Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (499 to 486); teachers up 9% (35 to 38).
About East Salisbury Elementary
At 1201 Old Ocean City Rd in Salisbury, Maryland, East Salisbury Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Students in grades 3 through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 486 students.
East Salisbury Elementary reports to Wicomico County Public Schools, which has 25 schools and 15,582 students.
The share of Black students at East Salisbury Elementary is 53%, a majority. The school is also 21% Hispanic, 16% White, and 9% multiracial. That is higher than the 27% Black share among all Wicomico County residents. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at East Salisbury Elementary are from different groups.
East Salisbury Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1, with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Maryland, 13.8:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 73% at East Salisbury Elementary. Compared with the 59% average for public schools in Wicomico County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, East Salisbury Elementary outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
East Salisbury Elementary is 4.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (25.9% versus 30.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
In Wicomico County, home to about 104,914 people, the median household earns about $76,210 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Wicomico County number 25, with about 15,582 students.
The closest school to East Salisbury Elementary is Wicomico High, located about 0.7 miles away. East Salisbury Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts East Salisbury Elementary at 5th of 7.
Under the NCES locale system, East Salisbury Elementary is City: Small.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 87 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 11.4 to 12.8 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for East Salisbury Elementary lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Delmar ElementaryElementary · 914 students
Other schools in Salisbury
- James M. Bennett HighHigh · 1,474 students
- Wicomico HighHigh · 1,304 students
- Parkside HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Prince Street SchoolElementary · 976 students
- Salisbury MiddleMiddle · 847 students
- Wicomico MiddleMiddle · 827 students
Nearby schools
- Wicomico High0.7 mi · 1,304
- Wicomico Middle0.9 mi · 827
- North Salisbury Elementary1.0 mi · 526
- Glen Avenue School1.2 mi · 386
- Prince Street School1.5 mi · 976
- Charles H. Chipman Elementary1.5 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About East Salisbury ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at East Salisbury Elementary?
East Salisbury Elementary enrolls approximately 486 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does East Salisbury Elementary serve?
East Salisbury Elementary serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at East Salisbury Elementary?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at East Salisbury Elementary.
How diverse is East Salisbury Elementary?
East Salisbury Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 21% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees East Salisbury Elementary?
East Salisbury 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.