Pocomoke High

Pocomoke High is an one-room-style 9-12 campus in Pocomoke City, Maryland, run under Worcester County Public Schools. The school serves 374 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 68% smaller than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 1,185 students.

Pocomoke High is one of 13 schools operated by Worcester County Public Schools, a district that caters to 7,002 students overall.

Demographically, Pocomoke High lists that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 39% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the resource side, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Worcester County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pocomoke High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.5%, the actual is 38.2%, a residual of +3.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Worcester County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,745 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Worcester County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,002 students), Pocomoke High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pocomoke Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pocomoke High comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pocomoke High has increased 9%, going from 342 students in 2018 to 374 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 46% to 39% over that span.

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