Snow Hill Elementary
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Maryland's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Snow Hill Elementary
Snow Hill Elementary is a primary school of intimate scale in Snow Hill, Maryland, overseen by Worcester County Public Schools, serveing 387 students in grades pre-K through 3.
Worcester County Public Schools comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 7,002 students; Snow Hill Elementary is among them.
Demographically, Snow Hill Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Worcester County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Snow Hill Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Snow Hill Elementary sits in the top 10% of Maryland schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 47.9%; actual is 74.8%, +26.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Worcester County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,745 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Snow Hill Elementary is one of 14 public schools in Worcester County (combined enrollment of about 7,002 students).
The closest other public school is Cedar Chapel Special School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Snow Hill Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 56.3%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 5%: 368 students in 2018 compared to 387 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 3% to 7% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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