The top reported proficiency rate is 29% in English language arts. The lowest is 24% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Sudlersville Elementary School
Sudlersville Elementary School is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through fourth grade in the small, rural town of Sudlersville, Maryland. It is part of Queen Anne’s County Public Schools, a district for which no recent major parent-relevant changes, such as curriculum overhauls or property-tax shifts, were publicly identified in the available research. The school itself is the only elementary option within the town and draws its student body from the surrounding agricultural community.
The student population is small and economically diverse in a specific way. A substantial majority of the students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, which places the school in a context of higher economic need than many of its peers. Racially and ethnically, the enrollment is roughly half white and just over a third Hispanic, with the remainder composed of students who identify as two or more races, Black, or American Indian or Alaska Native. This composition gives the school a demographic profile distinct from many other elementary schools in Queen Anne’s County, though the grade band is limited to early elementary.
Academically, the available state assessment results from the most recent testing year provide a mixed picture. In reading, fourth graders reached a point where two out of every five students met the state’s proficiency standard, which is a stronger showing than in math. Third-grade reading results were lower, with fewer than two in ten students meeting that mark. In mathematics, both tested grades showed results below that reading level; roughly one in five third graders and a little more than one in four fourth graders scored proficient. For a family, these numbers raise a clear question. The school serves only through fourth grade, so there is no graduation rate to consider, but the academic foundation laid here will matter for the middle school years that follow. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly to understand what interventions and supports are in place in the early grades.
Because Queen Anne’s County has only a single school district that is coterminous with the county itself, no within-county comparison of districts is possible. The proficiency data stands on its own without a local benchmark.
The town of Sudlersville is a quiet, rural place with a small population. Its civic life is centered on Main Street and Church Street, where the Town Hall and the Sudlersville Memorial Library are located. Other anchors include the Sudlersville Train Station Museum and the Jimmie Foxx Museum. The town has seen modest population growth over many years, but no major new housing developments were mentioned in publicly available sources. The primary means of travel is by road, served by two state highways.
For a family considering Sudlersville Elementary, the key takeaway is that of a small, rural school serving a high-needs population through the fourth grade. The academic results are soft in early literacy and especially in math, and the student body reflects the economic circumstances of the surrounding community. The setting is a quiet, slow-growing town with a few civic touchpoints but little in the way of major employment or development. This is a school that fits a family looking for a very small, neighborhood elementary experience in a rural Maryland town, but one where the academic numbers warrant attention and follow-up with the school itself.
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