The reported proficiency rate for Science is 25%.
Original Research by School Decision on Queen Anne's County High School
Queen Anne’s County High School serves the town of Centreville and the surrounding county as the district’s comprehensive high school for grades nine through twelve. The school building sits on Ruthsburg Road just outside Centreville’s compact historic downtown, a traditional small town that is the county seat and the largest incorporated municipality in Queen Anne’s County. The town’s central business district has shops, service businesses, restaurants, and government offices, and the courthouse remains a focal point of downtown life. The Corsica River waterfront offers public access with a boardwalk, boat slips, and a kayak launch, and Millstream Park provides a paved walking trail. Growth has been slow; the town peaked in population in recent decades, and development plans focus on extending trail connections rather than large-scale expansion. US Route 301 bypasses the town to the southeast, providing highway access toward Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
The school enrolls a student body that is predominantly white, with Hispanic students making up the second largest group and Black students the third. Just over two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a share that places the school in a moderate range for economic disadvantage. The district did not report data on students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those populations and the support available.
Academically, the picture is mixed. On the state’s 2024-25 assessments, English language arts proficiency was strong, with the large majority of students meeting or exceeding the standard. Mathematics proficiency was very low, a pattern that is common in schools where many students take Algebra I as ninth graders and the test captures their first high school encounter with the subject. Science results from an earlier year, from the MISA Early Fall 2021 assessment, showed a quarter of tested students reaching proficiency; that assessment has since changed in name and format, so a parent should treat that single snapshot with caution and ask the school for more recent science outcomes. Only one year of data is available for each subject, so there is no trend to evaluate. Because the comparison set included only one district in Queen Anne’s County, a county-level ranking was not possible.
The school did not provide a graduation rate in the data received. For a comprehensive high school, this is an essential measure, and its absence leaves a significant gap for any parent evaluating whether students complete on time. Chronic absenteeism data and discipline data were also not reported. A parent should ask the school for its four-year graduation rate, attendance patterns, and discipline framework.
The district itself, Queen Anne’s County Public Schools, does not appear to have undergone major structural or financial changes recently that would affect a family’s decision; the district brief found no references to referendums, curriculum overhauls, or property-tax shifts. The school remains a regular public high school with no charter or magnet designation. Course access details and program offerings were not provided in the data, so a parent interested in Advanced Placement, dual enrollment, career and technical education, or arts pathways should request the full course catalog directly from the guidance office.
Housing in the area is moderately priced relative to national benchmarks, with home values slightly above the state average. A 30-year fixed mortgage rate near recent norms and a typical price-to-income ratio above the national midpoint means that homebuying requires a solid household income, though the area remains more affordable than parts of the nearby suburban Washington D.C. corridor. The town itself is walkable in its core, with civic and school facilities integrated into the downtown fabric rather than isolated on a distant campus.
This is a school with a clear strength in English language arts and a notable weakness in mathematics that warrants close attention. It serves a largely white student body in a slow-growing, historic small town with a moderate share of economically disadvantaged students. A parent shopping for a high school here will want to fill the missing pieces—graduation rate, special education and English learner services, and program breadth—before making a judgment about fit.
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