Summary:
Zip code 21601 in Easton, Maryland, is served by a single high school, Easton High, which educates students in grades 9 through 12 as part of the Talbot County Public Schools district.
Easton High presents a striking contrast in academic performance. The school excels in English Language Arts (ELA), with 62.5% of students proficient in the 2025-2026 school year, significantly outperforming both the district (46.8%) and state (51.7%) averages. However, mathematics proficiency is critically low, with only 6.2% of all students proficient in the same year, compared to 20.7% for the district and 27.1% for the state. A particularly alarming data point is that 0% of students taking the Geometry End-of-Course exam in 2025-2026 were proficient, while the state average was 44.5%. The school also faces challenges with chronic absenteeism, which stands at 34.3%, well above the district average of 25.2%. Over half of the student body (59.12%) is eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage.
Despite these struggles, Easton High maintains a strong graduation rate of 93.4% (2018-2019) and has shown some improvement in Algebra II proficiency, rising from 14.3% to 21.1% between 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. The school's state ranking has been volatile, dropping from a 4-star rating in 2023-2024 to a 2-star rating in 2024-2025, before recovering to a 3-star rating in 2025-2026. The district spends $16,469 per student, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. For parents, this data suggests a school with strong literacy programs but significant, targeted needs in mathematics instruction and student attendance.
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