Wicomico County School District
A Viewer Writes: Look at how poorly the Wicomico County Public Schools have become under Superintendent Donna Hanlin and the current BOE’s leadership! It’s dropped significantly in the last 4 years according to this Review.
For the 2021 school year, there are 24 public schools serving 14,953 students in Wicomico County School District.
This district’s average testing ranking is 4/10, which is in the bottom 50% of public schools in Maryland.
Public Schools in Wicomico County School District have an average math proficiency score of 35% (versus the Maryland public school average of 38%), and reading proficiency score of 40% (versus the 46% statewide average).
The top ranked public schools in Wicomico County School District are North Salisbury Elementary School, Mardela Middle & High School and Northwestern Elementary School. Overall testing rank is based on a school’s combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking. Wicomico County School District has one of the highest concentrations of top ranked public schools in Maryland.
Minority enrollment is 57% of the student body (majority Black), which is less than the Maryland public school average of 63% (majority Black).
And the only solution ever offered by school administrators is “We need more money!”.
She needed to go a long time ago. What’s the holdup?
And they get all the money they ask for
Errors in your article
Wicomico County Public Schools contains 25 schools and 14,949 students.
The district’s minority enrollment is 60%.
If the population is X and you state 60% is the minority? That in itself is wicomico math.
60% is majority bub
Echo chamber until they kick unions out and DEFUND current system,
issue school vouchers. Thats the fix people!!!
Let’s do what Kamala said to do about immigration at the southern border, which is identifying the root causes of the failure.
Let’s see numbers of performance ranked taking into consideration the following,
then show the public the numbers:
Race
Gender
Parental presence/absence
Parental incarceration history
Parental work history
Family income
Social services reliance, including multi-generational
Neighborhood stability
Family/student housing mobility
Law enforcement exposure/criminal history
Social media exposure
Social media choices
Entertainment choices and options
Role model options and choices
Social worker encounters
Unprescribed drug use and sources
Illegal drug use and availability
Mental health screening and treatment
Physical activity levels
Physical activity opportunities
Diet and nutrition
Educational support opportunities and incentives
Stop the whining, stop embarrassing us all with failed education strategies, cull out the dead weight in teachers and administrators and sharpen the tools of those remaining.
Identify the problems and address them, wherever they are found. Stop with the victimhood rhetoric and do your jobs.