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Wicomico County Public Schools is the public school district for
Wicomico County, Maryland Wicomico County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Maryland, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 103,588. The county seat is ...
. WCPS has 24 schools, consisting of 16 elementary, 1 elementary/middle, 3 middle, 1 middle/high, and 3 high schools. The district has over 15,000 students and close to 1,300 teachers. It is the largest school district on the Eastern Shore.


Demographics

Ethnic composition of the district in 2020 was 44% Caucasian, 37% African American, 11% Hispanic/Latino, 3% Asian, 8% two races. As of 2020, the 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate was 83.93%.


Board of education

The Wicomico County Board of Education was previously appointed by the governor of Maryland. Beginning with the November 2018 election, the board transitioned to fully elected. It has one member elected from each of the five council districts, plus two elected at-large, in a non-partisan manner.


List of Schools

The following are statistics from the FY 2024 Educational Facilities Master Plan - Facilities Inventory.


Elementary

Delmar Elementary was previously until grade 6, but changed to being up to grade 5 in 2000 upon the opening of the new Delmar Middle School/ Delmar High School complex of the Delmar School District. Residents of Delmar, Maryland may attend the Delmar, Delaware schools or they may attend Wicomico Middle School.


Middle

In the late 1990s there was a movement to have Salisbury Middle School named after Charles Chipman, an African-American teacher who worked at Wicomico County schools. He originated from
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* {{School Districts in the State of Maryland School districts in Maryland Education in Wicomico County, Maryland Education in Sussex County, Delaware