Prince Street School

Located at 400 Prince Street, in Salisbury, Maryland, Prince Street School is a substantial elementary school that caters to 976 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Wicomico County Public Schools. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Prince Street School sits 103% above that benchmark.

Within Wicomico County Public Schools, which oversees 25 schools and 15,582 students, Prince Street School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Prince Street School shows that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Wicomico County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Wicomico County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Prince Street School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Wicomico County shows median household income runs about $76,210, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Wicomico County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,582 students), of which Prince Street School is one.

Nearest neighbor: James M. Bennett High, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prince Street School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prince Street School has ticked up 24%, going from 786 students in 2018 to 976 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 16% to 27%.

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