Kennard Elementary School

Kennard Elementary School is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in Centreville, Maryland, overseen by Queen Anne's County Public Schools, with 477 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5.

Kennard Elementary School is one of 14 schools operated by Queen Anne's County Public Schools, a district that educates 7,478 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Kennard Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Queen Anne's County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Kennard Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Kennard Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.1%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of -6.8 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Queen Anne's County shows median household earnings sit near $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%. Across Queen Anne's County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,478 students), Kennard Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Queen Anne's County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kennard Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Kennard Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 519 (now 477). Over the same period, the White share fell from 82% to 74%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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