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Enrollment
404
Middle
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WORCESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240072001333
Snow Hill Middle
522 Coulbourne Ln, Snow Hill, MD 21863 · (410) 632-5240 · Worcester County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Maryland public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
220 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 92 | 23% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
61.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.6% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.4% | 58.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% 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 19 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Snow Hill Middle
Snow Hill Middle's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Hill Middle this school | 404 | 54.5% | 60.6% |
| Southern Middle Lusby | 442 | 50.5% | 29.6% |
| Mill Creek Middle Lusby | 436 | 53.2% | 35.3% |
| Cherry Hill Middle Elkton | 387 | 49.9% | 30.0% |
| North Dorchester Middle School Hurlock | 414 | 62.8% | 42.6% |
| Bohemia Manor Middle Chesapeake City | 473 | 50.7% | 37.9% |
Matched among Maryland middle 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 Snow Hill Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #20 of 223 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #4 of 223 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #68 of 223 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #211 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #2 of 225 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #125 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #103 of 227 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #68 of 95 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
404
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 404 | 42.5 | 9.5:1 | 54% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 43.5 | 9.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 44 | 9.2:1 | 59% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 44 | 9.3:1 | 54% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 41.5 | 9.4:1 | 52% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 360 | 42 | 8.6:1 | 50% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 44 | 9.2:1 | 49% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 40 | 12.8:1 | 41% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 33 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Snow Hill Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (390 to 404); teachers up 2% (41.5 to 42.5).
About Snow Hill Middle
Federal records list Snow Hill Middle as a middle school in Snow Hill, Maryland. It covers grades 4 through 8, with a total enrollment of 404 students. Statewide, middle schools in Maryland average about 764 students each.
Worcester County Public Schools is made up of 13 schools with 7,002 students in all.
A majority of students at Snow Hill Middle, 59%, are White. The next largest groups are 25% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The school's White share is 19 points below the 79% share among Worcester County residents. By the diversity index, Snow Hill Middle comes in at 58%.
The count of teachers at Snow Hill Middle is 42.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 9.5:1. Among middle schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 14.3:1. The school counts 220 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 54%.
The allk12 Grade for Snow Hill Middle is A+. Compared with Maryland public middle schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Snow Hill Middle is in the top 10% of Maryland schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.0%. The school's actual rate is 60.6%, 18.6 points higher.
Within Worcester County, median household income is about $81,745, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 14 public schools in Worcester County, with a combined enrollment of about 7,002.
Cedar Chapel Special School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Snow Hill Middle ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 60.6% against a local average of 58.3%.
NCES describes the area around Snow Hill Middle as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 407 to 404.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Worcester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,700
Census ACS
Median income
$81,745
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
7,002 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Worcester County Public Schools
- Stephen Decatur HighHigh · 1,462 students
- Stephen Decatur MiddleMiddle · 665 students
- Showell ElementaryElementary · 638 students
- Berlin IntermediateMiddle · 613 students
- Ocean City ElementaryElementary · 566 students
- Buckingham ElementaryElementary · 518 students
Other schools in Snow Hill
- Snow Hill ElementaryElementary · 387 students
- Snow Hill HighHigh · 368 students
- Cedar Chapel Special SchoolCombined · 51 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Chapel Special School0.1 mi · 51
- Snow Hill Elementary0.2 mi · 387
- Snow Hill High0.4 mi · 368
- Pocomoke High11.2 mi · 374
- Pocomoke Middle11.5 mi · 465
- Pocomoke Elementary11.6 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About Snow Hill MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Snow Hill Middle?
Snow Hill Middle enrolls approximately 404 students in grades 04-08.
What age range does Snow Hill Middle serve?
Snow Hill Middle serves students from grade 04 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Snow Hill Middle have?
Snow Hill Middle employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Snow Hill Middle?
Student demographics at Snow Hill Middle are roughly 59% White, 8% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Snow Hill Middle public or private?
Snow Hill Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Worcester County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.