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Buckingham Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 100 Buckingham Rd, Berlin, Worcester County, 21811

515
Pupils
11.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Buckingham Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Berlin, Worcester County. The school has 515 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Worcester County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Worcester County Public Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Buckingham Elementary enrolls 515 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 45 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.

Male students
268 (52%)
Female students
247 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
45
Student-teacher ratio
11.4:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“4

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 24% Black or African American and 9.5% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White29557%
Black or African American12624%
Two or more races499.5%
Hispanic or Latino397.6%
Asian61.2%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

300 of the school's 515 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 295 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades Pre-Kโ€“4Title I

Buckingham Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-10, state senate district 38.

School district: Worcester County Public Schools

Buckingham Elementary is one of 14 schools in Worcester County Public Schools, based in Newark, Maryland. The district serves 7,002 students district-wide and employs 598 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 515 students, Buckingham Elementary is close to the district average of about 500 students per school.

7,002
District students
14
Schools
598
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

27%
Reading proficient
17%
Math proficient
19%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Town - Distant

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