Wicomico High

Wicomico High operates as an average-sized 9-12 campus in Salisbury, Maryland, run under Wicomico County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,304 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Wicomico High is one of 25 schools operated by Wicomico County Public Schools, a district that works with 15,582 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Wicomico High reports that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 20% Hispanic, 18% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Wicomico County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Wicomico High has 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Wicomico High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.9%, the actual is 23.6%, a residual of -11.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Wicomico County shows median household income runs about $76,210, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Wicomico County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,582 students), Wicomico High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wicomico Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wicomico High at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 32.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 25%: 1,043 students in 2018 compared to 1,304 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 32% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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