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Black student results in Dorchester

Across 6 schools in Dorchester, 17.1% of Black students meet proficient. That is 11.7 points below the Maryland average for Black students.

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24.1%
All students
17.1%
Black
23.1%
Hispanic
34.3%
White

Average across the 6 schools in Dorchester with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 6 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Hurlock Elementary School reports 24.5% of Black students meeting the standard. Mace's Lane Middle School, in the same district, reports 8.5%. That is a 16-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Dorchester

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Hurlock Elementary School 34.7% 24.5% 41.1%
North Dorchester Middle School 35.2% 22.6% 28.4% 40.4%
Maple Elementary School 26.7% 21% 33.6% 25.9%
Choptank Elementary School 16.2% 15.6% 18.8%
Sandy Hill Elementary 19.8% 10.2% 35.4%
Mace's Lane Middle School 11.8% 8.5% 11.4% 28.9%

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How to read this. Maryland suppresses results for groups with too few students tested, and reports by grade rather than by school, so many schools fall below the threshold — 868 of Maryland's schools have reportable Black student results. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Maryland figures should not be compared against another state's.

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