Wicomico County Public Schools is the public school district for
Wicomico County, Maryland
Wicomico County () is located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Maryland, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,588. The county seat is Salisbury. The county was named for the Wicomico River, whi ...
. 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 2023 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
Delmar High School is a public high school in Delmar, a community in Sussex County, Delaware
Sussex County is located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23 ...
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
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...
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