Pittsville Elementary & Middle

Located at 34404 Old Ocean City Rd, in Pittsville, Maryland, Pittsville Elementary & Middle is a tight-knit middle school that caters to 325 students (grades 4 through 8), one of the schools within Wicomico County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 57% below the state mean of about 764.

Within Wicomico County Public Schools, which oversees 25 schools and 15,582 students, Pittsville Elementary & Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pittsville Elementary & Middle reports that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pittsville Elementary & Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.2%, the actual is 43.5%, a residual of +3.3 points.

Across the wider county, Wicomico County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,210 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Wicomico County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,582 students), Pittsville Elementary & Middle is one campus in the mix.

Willards Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pittsville Elementary & Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pittsville Elementary & Middle has ticked down 21%, going from 412 students in 2018 to 325 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 5% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.