Wicomico County Public Schools


Wicomico County Public Schools is the public school district in Wicomico County, Maryland. WCPS has 24 schools, consisting of 16 elementary, 1 elementary/middle, 3 middle, 1 middle/high, and 3 high schools.
The district had 14,889 students, 1,108 certified teachers, and 1,218 other staff. It is the largest school district on the Eastern Shore.

Demographics

Ethnic composition of the district in 2017 was 44.16% Caucasian, 35.95% African American, 9.33% Hispanic/Latino, 2.97% Asian, 0.55% American Indian and 6.99% two races. As of 2017, the 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate was 83.79% and drop out rate was 10.46%.

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 manor.

List of Schools

The following are statistics from the FY 2019 Educational Facilities Master Plan - Facilities Inventory.

Elementary

Middle

High