West Salisbury

West Salisbury operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Salisbury, Maryland. Enrolled students number 409 students, in pre-K through 2.

Besides West Salisbury, Wicomico County Public Schools runs 24 other schools. The district enrolls 15,582 students.

Black students make up a majority at West Salisbury, at 54%. The remaining students are 23% Hispanic, 11% White, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Wicomico County is about 27% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at West Salisbury total 31 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.2:1. That matches the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 68%. The 59% average for public schools in Wicomico County is 9 points lower.

Within Wicomico County, the median household income is $76,210, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Wicomico County has 25 public schools and roughly 15,582 students.

The school nearest to West Salisbury is Salisbury Middle, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

West Salisbury is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.

Enrollment is up 33% from 2020-21, when West Salisbury had 307 students, to 2024-25, when it had 409. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 11.4:1 to 13.2:1.

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