Enrollment
325
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICOMICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240069001312
Pittsville Elementary & Middle
34404 Old Ocean City Rd, Pittsville, MD 21850 · (410) 677-5811 · Wicomico County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Maryland public middle schools
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
187 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 71 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 18% |
Student demographics
40%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wicomico County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
53.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
44.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +14.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 44.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 30.4% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Pittsville Elementary & Middle
Pittsville Elementary & Middle's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsville Elementary & Middle this school | 325 | 57.5% | 43.5% |
| Clear Spring Middle Clear Spring | 301 | 52.2% | 49.8% |
| Northern Middle School Accident | 305 | 55.1% | 38.2% |
| Cherry Hill Middle Elkton | 387 | 49.9% | 30.0% |
| Bohemia Manor Middle Chesapeake City | 473 | 50.7% | 37.9% |
| Westmar Middle Lonaconing | 258 | 63.6% | 25.4% |
Matched among Maryland middle 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 Pittsville Elementary & Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #74 of 223 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #34 of 223 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #96 of 223 ▲ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #217 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #3 of 225 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #187 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #85 of 227 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #11 of 123 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
325
-62 (-16%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 325 | 34 | 9.6:1 | 58% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 34 | 9.0:1 | 57% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 34 | 9.7:1 | 55% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 35 | 11.1:1 | 53% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 37 | 11.1:1 | 49% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 35 | 11.1:1 | 51% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 38 | 11.8:1 | 46% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 652 | 40 | 16.3:1 | 25% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 31 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsville Elementary & Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (412 to 325); teachers down 8% (37 to 34).
About Pittsville Elementary & Middle
Pittsville Elementary & Middle is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Pittsville, Maryland, one of the schools in Wicomico County Public Schools. The school reports 325 students in grades 4 through 8. The school's enrollment is 57% smaller than the 764 average for middle schools in Maryland.
Wicomico County Public Schools runs 25 schools with a combined 15,582 students. Pittsville Elementary & Middle is one of them.
A majority of students at Pittsville Elementary & Middle, 76%, are White. Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Black. Wicomico County's residents are about 59% White, 17 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Pittsville Elementary & Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
Dividing enrollment by its 34 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 9.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Maryland is 14.3:1, higher than at this school. Pittsville Elementary & Middle reports 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 59% average for public schools in Wicomico County.
The allk12 Grade for Pittsville Elementary & Middle is A-. Compared with Maryland public middle schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 40.2% at Pittsville Elementary & Middle; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.5%.
Within Wicomico County, median household income is about $76,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Wicomico County number 25 and enroll about 15,582.
The next-closest public school is Willards Elementary, about 3.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Pittsville Elementary & Middle. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Pittsville Elementary & Middle is 2nd of 6 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 387 to 325. Students per teacher fell from 11.1 in 2020-21 to 9.6 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Nearby schools
- Willards Elementary3.4 mi · 311
- Beaver Run School5.6 mi · 741
- Glen Avenue School8.1 mi · 386
- East Salisbury Elementary8.5 mi · 486
- Wicomico County Evening High8.8 mi · 35
- Parkside High8.8 mi · 1,272
Frequently asked questions
About Pittsville Elementary & MiddleHow large is Pittsville Elementary & Middle?
Pittsville Elementary & Middle enrolls approximately 325 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does Pittsville Elementary & Middle serve?
Pittsville Elementary & Middle serves grades 04-08.
How many students per teacher at Pittsville Elementary & Middle?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at Pittsville Elementary & Middle.
What is the student diversity at Pittsville Elementary & Middle?
Student demographics at Pittsville Elementary & Middle are roughly 76% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Pittsville Elementary & Middle in?
Pittsville Elementary & Middle is part of Wicomico County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.