The top reported proficiency rate is 55% in English language arts. The lowest is 25% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Stevensville Middle School
Stevensville Middle School serves grades six through eight in Queen Anne's County, on Kent Island at the eastern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. It is a regular public school, neither a charter nor a magnet. The student body is predominantly white, with a modest share of Hispanic students and smaller numbers of students who identify as two or more races, Black, or Asian. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a share that places the school in a middle-income range for the area.
On the Maryland state assessments, this school shows a clear pattern by subject. In English language arts, across all three grade levels, the share of students scoring proficient or above is roughly in the mid-fifties. That figure is fairly consistent whether you look at sixth, seventh, or eighth grade. In math, the picture is markedly different. Proficient rates are about half that level, with the eighth-grade math results the weakest of any tested group at the school. Science results for eighth graders land at roughly the midpoint between the school's math and English outcomes, while social studies results for the same grade fall below that. The school also offers Algebra I, and students taking that test performed a bit below half proficient, which is in line with the broader math results. Because only a single year of assessment data was available, there is no trend to judge—these numbers are a snapshot, not a trajectory.
Stevensville is not a walk-to-school town for most of its residents. The middle school, like other public schools in the area, sits on its own campus away from the historic downtown commercial core along Main Street. That downtown is compact and pedestrian-friendly, with a walking tour of historic structures, restaurants, and art galleries, and it comes alive during First Saturday events from May through November. But the broader census-designated place is car-dependent, and most residents commute to jobs off the island, across the Bay Bridge to the Baltimore-Annapolis-Washington corridor. The community has been growing steadily, with rising home values and a population that has expanded over the last decade as the area functions as a commuter suburb.
Housing in the Stevensville ZIP code is expensive relative to national benchmarks. That price point, combined with the fact that the median household income in the area is well above the national average, means the community is an affluent one by national standards, even though a meaningful share of middle school families qualify for meal assistance. The school sits in Queen Anne's County Public Schools, a district for which no recent parent-relevant changes—such as boundary shifts, tax referendums, or program overhauls—were found in available records.
For a family considering this school, the central academic fact is the split between English and math. A student who is strong in reading and writing will find the school performing at a level where roughly half of peers are meeting the state bar. A student who struggles in math will be in a setting where the majority of their classmates are also below that bar. The eighth-grade math results are particularly low. A parent may want to ask the school directly about math intervention supports and how the school addresses the gap between subjects. The school is a traditional public middle school in a growing, prosperous commuter town on the Eastern Shore, and its student body reflects the area's demographics.
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