Glen Avenue School

Glen Avenue School is one of the intimate elementary-level communitys in Salisbury, Maryland, one of the schools within Wicomico County Public Schools, with 386 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 5.

Glen Avenue School is one of 25 schools operated by Wicomico County Public Schools, a district that instructs 15,582 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Glen Avenue School lists that 66% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 13% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wicomico County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glen Avenue School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Wicomico County put median household earnings sit near $76,210, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wicomico County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,582 students), Glen Avenue School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wicomico County Evening High, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glen Avenue School. On composite proficiency, Glen Avenue School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glen Avenue School has decreased 7%, going from 415 students in 2018 to 386 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 21% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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