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What's one thing Prince Street School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
976
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICOMICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240069001314
Prince Street School
400 Prince Street, Salisbury, MD 21804 · (410) 677-5813 · Wicomico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL976 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
712 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 95 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 166 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 146 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 142 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 160 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (166) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (130).
Student demographics
62%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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
29.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
42.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +19.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 19 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.2% | 42.4% |
| 2023-24 | 21.3% | 23.3% |
% 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
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Prince Street School
Prince Street School's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Street School this school | 976 | 73.0% | 29.1% |
| Beaver Run School Salisbury | 741 | 71.1% | N/A |
| Old Post Road Elementary Abingdon | 850 | 79.6% | 38.0% |
| Deerfield Elementary Edgewood | 708 | 74.9% | 32.6% |
| Cross Country Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 740 | 75.5% | 38.6% |
| Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 774 | 73.5% | 32.6% |
Matched among Maryland elementary 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 Prince Street School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Wicomico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #657 of 853 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #401 of 853 ▲ 245 | #6 of 11 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #730 of 853 ▲ 39 | #11 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 976 | #12 of 898 | #1 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #619 of 857 | #12 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #343 of 857 | #8 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #245 of 885 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.2% | #62 of 294 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
976
+245 (+34%) vs 2020
+110% since 1990-91, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 976 | 64 | 15.3:1 | 73% (712) |
| 2023-24 | 878 | 58 | 15.1:1 | 75% (655) |
| 2022-23 | 854 | 56 | 15.3:1 | 64% (548) |
| 2020-21 | 731 | 58 | 12.6:1 | 74% (539) |
| 2017-18 | 786 | 54.5 | 14.4:1 | 100% (786) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 44 | 16.2:1 | 85% (602) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 81% (472) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 64% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 465 | 28 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prince Street School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (786 to 976); teachers up 17% (54.5 to 64).
About Prince Street School
Located in Salisbury, Maryland, Prince Street School is a high-enrollment elementary school. It had 976 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 481 students for elementary schools in Maryland.
Prince Street School falls under Wicomico County Public Schools, which has 25 schools enrolling 15,582 students.
At Prince Street School, 54% of students are Black. Other students are 27% Hispanic, 9% White, and 7% multiracial. That is higher than the 27% Black share among all Wicomico County residents. The diversity index for Prince Street School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 64 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. The school's 15.3:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for elementary schools in Maryland. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 73%. The rate at public schools in Wicomico County averages 59%, lower than here.
Prince Street School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 21% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Prince Street School is 2.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (29.1% versus 31.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
In the surrounding county, Wicomico County, median household income comes to about $76,210, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 25 public schools and about 15,582 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, James M. Bennett High, is about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Prince Street School places 3rd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 976, up from 731 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 15.3:1, from 12.6:1.
This page is set up for the Prince Street School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Bennett MiddleMiddle · 963 students
- Delmar ElementaryElementary · 914 students
- Salisbury MiddleMiddle · 847 students
Other schools in Salisbury
- James M. Bennett HighHigh · 1,474 students
- Wicomico HighHigh · 1,304 students
- Parkside HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Salisbury MiddleMiddle · 847 students
- Wicomico MiddleMiddle · 827 students
- Beaver Run SchoolElementary · 741 students
Nearby schools
- James M. Bennett High0.7 mi · 1,474
- Wicomico Middle0.7 mi · 827
- Wicomico High0.8 mi · 1,304
- Parkside High1.0 mi · 1,272
- Wicomico County Evening High1.0 mi · 35
- Pinehurst Elementary1.3 mi · 564
Frequently asked questions
About Prince Street SchoolHow many students attend Prince Street School?
Prince Street School enrolls approximately 976 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Prince Street School serve?
Prince Street School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Prince Street School have?
Prince Street School employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prince Street School?
At Prince Street School, the student body is approximately 9% White, 27% Hispanic, 54% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Prince Street School public or private?
Prince Street School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wicomico County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.