Church Hill Elementary School
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Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Church Hill Elementary School
Set in Church Hill, Maryland, Church Hill Elementary School is a compact elementary campus, operated by Queen Anne's County Public Schools. It instructs 329 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 32% below the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.
Across the 14 schools in Queen Anne's County Public Schools (7,478 students total), Church Hill Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Church Hill Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder is composed of 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Queen Anne's County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Church Hill Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.6%; this one delivers 45.6%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Queen Anne's County indicate median household income runs about $112,826, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Church Hill Elementary School is one of 14 public schools in Queen Anne's County (combined enrollment of about 7,478 students).
Nearest neighbor: Kent County Middle School, around 6.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Church Hill Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 37.2%.
Church Hill Elementary School operates from an outlying location.
Five-year trend. Church Hill Elementary School's enrollment has increased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 285 (now 329). Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.
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