Pocomoke Elementary

Pocomoke Elementary is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in Pocomoke City, Maryland, part of Worcester County Public Schools, enrolling 491 students in grades pre-K through 3.

Worcester County Public Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,002 students. Pocomoke Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Pocomoke Elementary lists that 43% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 37% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at school resources, Pocomoke Elementary records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pocomoke Elementary sits in the top 10% of Maryland schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 41.4%; actual is 70.0%, +28.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Worcester County) shows that median household earnings sit near $81,745, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Pocomoke Elementary is one of 14 public schools in Worcester County (combined enrollment of about 7,002 students).

Pocomoke High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Pocomoke Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pocomoke Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 50.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 24%: 397 students in 2018 compared to 491 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 37% across the same window.

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