Public Schools	Private Schools
Number:	Elementary: 5	Total: 5
	Middle/Combined: 2
	High: 2
Enrollment:	5,635 (97-98)
Cost/pupil:	5,631 (96-97)
Staff/ 1K Students:	67 (97-98)
SAT Scores:	486 (Math)/489 (Verbal) (1998)
Educational Attainment (age 25 and over):
	High School Graduate or Higher	66.8%
	Bachelor's Degree or Higher	10.8%

Career and Technical Education (CTE): Courses are offered through the hight schools and the Career and Technology Center. Instruction is offered in agriculture/aquaculture production, business education and data processing, construction and maintenance trades, health occupations, and mechanics.

Higher Education: Chesapeake College, a two-year regional community college, serves County residents by offering courses of study for an AA degree, certificate, and Letter of Recognition in both academic and career programs. It is at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and Maryland Route 213. Washington College in Kent County, Salisbury State University in Wicomico County, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore located in Somerset County are four-year colleges nearby. Delaware Technical and Community College, a two-year college in nearby Georgetown, offers vocational courses.

Maryland Department of Education and Higher Education Commission; U.S. Bureau of the Census