The reported proficiency rate for Science is 7%.
Original Research by School Decision on Kent Island High School
Kent Island High School serves Stevensville and surrounding areas of Queen Anne’s County as the sole comprehensive public high school on the island. It is a regular public school serving grades nine through twelve, and it is part of the Queen Anne’s County Public Schools district.
The school’s student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic, Black, and multiracial students. More than a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a figure slightly below the national average. The school is of a moderate size for a high school in this region.
Academically, the picture is mixed. A strong majority of students scored proficient or above in English language arts on the most recent state assessment, a clear strength. In math, however, the proficiency rate was very low, and the same was true for science in a prior assessment year, though that earlier science result came from a small tested group. A parent considering Kent Island High should look into the math pathway—what courses are offered, how students are placed, and what support is available—to understand this gap. The absence of multi-year trend data for most subjects means it is not possible to see whether these results reflect a long-standing pattern or a single-year snapshot.
The school offers its students a typical set of academic pathways for a comprehensive high school. Data on specific Advanced Placement, dual-enrollment, or career and technical education program offerings was not available in the materials reviewed, so a parent would want to confirm those directly with the school or district. The school’s website address was provided and is the appropriate place to look for current course catalogs and program descriptions.
Stevensville itself is a growing commuter community on Kent Island, anchored by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Housing values are above state and national averages, and the community has seen steady population and property value growth in recent years. The downtown offers a walkable historic district with shops and restaurants, but the school is located on a separate campus away from that center. Many residents commute to the Baltimore-Annapolis-Washington corridor, and the local economy is diverse, with professional services, health care, and construction as leading sectors. The district brief turned up no recent major parent-relevant changes—no curriculum overhauls, boundary shifts, or tax referendums—so the school context appears stable.
Because the school is the only regular high school in its district, there are no within-county comparisons available to position its performance against a peer set. For families evaluating Kent Island High, the key academic takeaway is strong English language arts results set against very low math proficiency, a pattern that warrants a direct conversation with the school about math instruction and remediation. The setting is a growing, suburban, largely commuter community with above-average housing costs and a well-regarded historic town center. The school fits a family looking for a standard public high school experience in a community with strong ties to the broader Baltimore metro area, but a parent will want to probe math outcomes and program breadth beyond what the available data shows.
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