White Marsh Elementary

White Marsh Elementary is one of the compact primary schools in Trappe, Maryland, one of the schools within Talbot County Public Schools, with 289 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 481.

Talbot County Public Schools comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,485 students; White Marsh Elementary is among them.

Demographically, White Marsh Elementary reports that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 19% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, White Marsh Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting White Marsh Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, White Marsh Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 40.4%; White Marsh Elementary posts 55.5%, +15.1 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Talbot County) logs that median household earnings sit near $84,811, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Talbot County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,485 students), of which White Marsh Elementary is one.

Easton High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, White Marsh Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at White Marsh Elementary has ticked down 26%, going from 391 students in 2018 to 289 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 8% to 19%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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