Schools in Fishing Creek · Dorchester County Public Schools
Fishing Creek’s public schools score below 88% of Maryland districts
The public schools Fishing Creek’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 88% of Maryland’s districts on state tests and graduation.
Reading proficiency
23%
▼ 13 pts vs MD 36%
2020–21
Math proficiency
10%
▼ 9 pts vs MD 19%
2020–21
Graduate on time
79%
▼ 8 pts vs MD 87%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$26.3K
▲ 30% vs MD $20.3K
FY2024
Schools
0
In brief
Fishing Creek’s schools, in brief
High spending, low results
Fishing Creek spends $26,300 per student, 30% more than the state average. Results haven’t kept pace: the schools beat 12% of districts. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With seven elementary, three middle and two high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from D− to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
The School Grade
How Fishing Creek compares
D Test scoresD Graduation
Maryland school districts we grade (25)Better than 12%
Lower resultsHigher results
High confidence. Built on 2,100 tested students and a graduating class of 299; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Fishing Creek.
7 schools teach Pre-K in Fishing Creek’s district. Which one depends on your address: Maple Elementary School, Sandy Hill Elementary, Hurlock Elementary School and Warwick Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach K in Fishing Creek’s district. Which one depends on your address: Maple Elementary School, Sandy Hill Elementary, Hurlock Elementary School and Warwick Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 1st grade in Fishing Creek’s district. Which one depends on your address: Maple Elementary School, Sandy Hill Elementary, Hurlock Elementary School and Warwick Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 2nd grade in Fishing Creek’s district. Which one depends on your address: Maple Elementary School, Sandy Hill Elementary, Hurlock Elementary School and Warwick Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 3rd grade in Fishing Creek’s district. Which one depends on your address: Maple Elementary School, Sandy Hill Elementary, Hurlock Elementary School and Warwick Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 4th grade in Fishing Creek’s district. Which one depends on your address: Maple Elementary School, Sandy Hill Elementary, Hurlock Elementary School and Warwick Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 5th grade in Fishing Creek’s district. Which one depends on your address: Maple Elementary School, Sandy Hill Elementary, Hurlock Elementary School and Warwick Elementary School and more.
St. Mary's College of MarylandUniversity or college · Public · St. Mary's City
15.4 mi1,587 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Fishing Creek. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
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.