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Schools in Cecilton · Cecil County Public Schools

Cecilton’s public schools score below 56% of Maryland districts

The public schools Cecilton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of Maryland’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

61%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
30%
▼ 6 pts vs MD 36%
2020–21
Math proficiency
15%
▼ 4 pts vs MD 19%
2020–21
Graduate on time
93%
▲ 6 pts vs MD 87%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$18.3K
▼ 10% vs MD $20.3K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.3
MD 14.5 · smaller classes
Schools
1
273 students
The School Grade

How Cecilton compares

C+ Test scoresB+ Graduation
Maryland school districts we grade (25)Better than 44%
Lower resultsHigher results
Maryland towns with similar household incomes (173)Better than 61%
High confidence. Built on 7,210 tested students and a graduating class of 1,122; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Maryland’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Maryland only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading30%
State average 35.5%
Math15%
State average 19.2%

Every school in Cecilton

1 school. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

Private & other

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What Cecilton families are saying about school.

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Within reach

Colleges near Cecilton

There’s no college in Cecilton, but 11 are within 30 miles. The closest is Washington College in Chestertown, 16.8 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Cecilton. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 1 more within 30 miles.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Maryland. Stars are from neighbors.

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