📍 800 8th St, Pocomoke City, Worcester County, 21851
Pocomoke Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Pocomoke City, Worcester County. The school has 448 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Worcester County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 4–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Pocomoke Middle enrolls 448 students across grades 4–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 42 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Black or African American, 41% White and 6.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 198 | 44% |
| White | 182 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 29 | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 6% |
| Asian | 12 | 2.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
321 of the school's 448 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 306 qualify for free lunch and 15 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.
Pocomoke Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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.
Pocomoke Middle 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 448 students, Pocomoke Middle is close to the district average of about 500 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant