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What's one thing North Salisbury Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICOMICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240069001307
North Salisbury Elementary
1213 Emerson Ave, Salisbury, MD 21801 · (410) 677-5807 · Wicomico County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
258 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 | 187 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 166 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 173 | 33% |
Student demographics
72%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
61.9%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
58.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.9% | 58.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.2% | 62.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 North Salisbury Elementary
North Salisbury Elementary's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Salisbury Elementary this school | 526 | 49.0% | 61.6% |
| Odenton Elementary Odenton | 587 | 44.1% | 44.9% |
| Villa Cresta Elementary Baltimore | 609 | 52.9% | 37.5% |
| Quarterfield Elementary Severn | 544 | 52.6% | 40.5% |
| Havre de Grace Elementary Havre De Grace | 593 | 49.4% | 43.8% |
| Pocomoke Elementary Pocomoke City | 491 | 55.4% | 70.0% |
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 North Salisbury Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Wicomico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #199 of 853 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #207 of 853 ▼ 49 | #3 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #263 of 853 ▼ 72 | #2 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #327 of 898 | #5 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #274 of 857 | #8 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #129 of 857 | #2 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #531 of 885 | #14 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #213 of 551 | #4 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
526
+55 (+12%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 881
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 526 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 49% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 43 | 12.1:1 | 49% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 41 | 12.3:1 | 38% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 39 | 12.1:1 | 62% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 47 | 13.3:1 | 65% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 36 | 12.4:1 | 56% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 38 | 13.5:1 | 51% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 680 | 40 | 17.0:1 | 27% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 881 | 43 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Salisbury Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (624 to 526); teachers down 13% (47 to 41).
About North Salisbury Elementary
North Salisbury Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Salisbury, Maryland. Total enrollment is 526 students, and the grades served are 3 through 5.
North Salisbury Elementary is part of Wicomico County Public Schools, where 25 schools serve 15,582 students.
The student body at North Salisbury Elementary has no majority group. Black students lead at 38%. Next come 33% White, 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 27% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
North Salisbury Elementary reports a ratio of 12.8 students per teacher, from 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average ratio is 13.8:1. Lunch program data show 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Wicomico County, the average eligibility rate is 59%.
North Salisbury Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 86% of Maryland public elementary schools.
North Salisbury Elementary beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 16.4 points (61.6% versus 45.2%), a top-10% result in Maryland on BeatsExpectations.
In Wicomico County, home to about 104,914 people, the median household earns about $76,210 a year, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. North Salisbury Elementary shares Wicomico County with 24 other public schools.
North Salisbury Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Charles H. Chipman Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 27.4% on proficiency, and North Salisbury Elementary is above that at 61.6%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 12% increase took enrollment from 471 in 2020-21 to 526 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
- 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
- Charles H. Chipman Elementary0.6 mi · 303
- Salisbury Middle0.8 mi · 847
- Wicomico Middle0.9 mi · 827
- East Salisbury Elementary1.0 mi · 486
- Wicomico High1.1 mi · 1,304
- West Salisbury1.2 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About North Salisbury ElementaryHow large is North Salisbury Elementary?
North Salisbury Elementary enrolls approximately 526 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does North Salisbury Elementary serve?
North Salisbury Elementary serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at North Salisbury Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at North Salisbury Elementary is approximately 12.8:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at North Salisbury Elementary?
At North Salisbury Elementary, the student body is approximately 33% White, 15% Hispanic, 38% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is North Salisbury Elementary in?
North Salisbury Elementary is part of Wicomico County Public Schools.
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