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Worcester County Public Schools

NCES agency ID 2400720 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

At a glance

Reported students

7,002

NCES CCD 2024–25

Open schools

14

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Student–teacher ratio

11.7:1

Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE

Spending per pupil

$22,643

Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33

Instruction per pupil

$13,961

Calculated from FY 2023 F-33

Grades served

PK–12

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Historical enrollment and staffing · CRDC 2021–22

These older figures are kept separate from 2024–25 statistics and benchmarks. Agency figures aggregate matched current school records; they may not cover the complete historical district.

Students
6,670
Teachers (FTE)
599
Student–teacher ratio
11.1:1

What current records say about Worcester County Public Schools

Worcester County Public Schools operates 14 current public-school records serving grades PK–12 in Newark, Maryland. NCES reports 7,002 students and 599 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.

Within Maryland agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 18 of 24 with reported enrollment. That position describes scale only—it does not say whether individual schools are a good fit for a particular student.

FY 2023 finance records show $22,643 in current expenditure per pupil and $13,961 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 3 of 24 in Maryland. Local wages, transportation, special education, facilities, and agency responsibilities all affect this comparison.

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Reported needs and resources

English learners
2%
Students with disabilities (IDEA)
9.6%
Classroom teachers (FTE)
599
Current expenditure (FY 2023)
$154,901,000

Context measures describe who a district serves and its resources. They are not negative rating inputs.

Worcester County Public Schools

Newark, Maryland

NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 38.2223, -75.3404

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Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White62.5%
  • Hispanic9.2%
  • Black18.5%
  • Asian1.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0%
  • Multiracial8%

Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22 matched schools. Totals can differ due to rounding or source privacy rules.

Explore schools in Worcester County Public Schools

14 current directory entries

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Showing 1–14 of 14 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.

Schools, grade spans, enrollment, and student–teacher ratios
SchoolLevel / gradesStudentsRatioCompare
Berlin IntermediateMiddle05–0661312:1
Buckingham ElementaryElementaryPK–0451811.9:1
Cedar Chapel Special SchoolOtherPK–12513.9:1
Ocean City ElementaryElementaryPK–0456611.8:1
Pocomoke ElementaryElementaryPK–0349113.1:1
Pocomoke HighHigh09–1237411.3:1
Pocomoke MiddleMiddle04–0846510.3:1
Showell ElementaryElementaryPK–0463811.5:1
Snow Hill ElementaryElementaryPK–0338712.9:1
Snow Hill HighHigh09–1236811.5:1
Snow Hill MiddleMiddle04–084049.5:1
Stephen Decatur HighHigh10–121,46217.4:1
Stephen Decatur MiddleMiddle07–0866512.8:1
Worcester Technical High SchoolHigh09–1200:1