Westside Intermediate
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Westside Intermediate
Located at 8000 Quantico Rd, in Hebron, Maryland, Westside Intermediate is a close-knit primary school that instructs 342 students (grades 2 through 5), run under Wicomico County Public Schools. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Westside Intermediate sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.
Across the 25 schools in Wicomico County Public Schools (15,582 students total), Westside Intermediate accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Westside Intermediate records that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school lists 14% Hispanic, 12% Black, 11% multiracial. Compared to Wicomico County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Wicomico County's rate of about 59%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Westside Intermediate performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.8%, the actual is 53.3%, a residual of +8.5 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wicomico County put 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 Westside Intermediate is one.
Nearest neighbor: Westside Primary, around 4.4 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westside Intermediate ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westside Intermediate has ticked down 16%, going from 406 students in 2018 to 342 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 71% to 62% over that span.
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