Greenwood Elementary School

Set in Princess Anne, Maryland, Greenwood Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school, overseen by Somerset County Public Schools. It enrolls 507 students across grades 2 through 5.

Greenwood Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Somerset County Public Schools, a district that educates 2,901 students overall.

On demographics, Greenwood Elementary School reports that Black students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school records 18% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 82% of students at Greenwood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Greenwood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.4%, the actual is 34.9%, a residual of +9.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Somerset County put median household income runs about $64,943, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Somerset County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,901 students), Greenwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Princess Anne Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Greenwood Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

Greenwood Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Greenwood Elementary School has edged up 3%, going from 492 students in 2018 to 507 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 64% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

On this page, the feed for Greenwood Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.