Worcester County Public Schools 鈥� Newark, MD

Key statistics

7,002

Students enrolled

14

Public schools

599

Classroom teachers (FTE)

11.7:1

Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

Pre-K 549
Kindergarten 424
Grade 1 464
Grade 2 402
Grade 3 491
Grade 4 447
Grade 5 494
Grade 6 491
Grade 7 472
Grade 8 541
Grade 9 576
Grade 10 555
Grade 11 553
Grade 12 543

By race/ethnicity

White 63%
Black or African American 18%
Hispanic/Latino 9%
Two or more races 8%
Asian 2%
American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,414 of 7,002 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 44%
Reduced-price lunch 5%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$24,221 spent per student on day-to-day operations Maryland median: $19,732 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $14,909
Support services $8,683
Other (food service, etc.) $629

Where the money comes from

Local 65%
State 24%
Federal 11%

Total revenue $181.6 milliontotal spending $172.0 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: DistantStudents: 55% town, 45% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,233

District office

6270 Worcester Highway, Newark MD 21841

Phone

(410) 632-5000

County

Worcester County

Official website

NCES District ID

2400720

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About Worcester County Public Schools

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The Mission of the Worcester County Public Schools is to empower all students to: grow physically, intellectually, emotionally, socially, and culturally with enthusiasm for life-long learning; culturally with enthusiasm for life-long learning; culturally with enthusiasm for life-long learning; achieve high academic and performance standards; and to function responsibly as productive citizens.

Public Schools in Worcester County Public Schools (14)

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