Wicomico Middle

Wicomico Middle, a medium-sized middle-grades school in Salisbury, Maryland, overseen by Wicomico County Public Schools, works with 827 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Wicomico County Public Schools runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 15,582 students. Wicomico Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Wicomico Middle logs that 51% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 21% Hispanic, 18% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Wicomico County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. The state averages around 14.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Wicomico County's rate of about 59%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wicomico Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.9%; actual is 20.1%, a gap of -13.8 points.

Around the school, Wicomico County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,210, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wicomico County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,582 students), Wicomico Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wicomico High, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wicomico Middle at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 32.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 13%: 729 students in 2018 compared to 827 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 26% to 18% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the Wicomico Middle community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.