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Enrollment
1,153
High
DISTRICT 1,149 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240054001076
Kent Island High School
900 Love Point Rd, Stevensville, MD 21666 · (410) 604-2070 · Queen Anne's County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL1,153 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Maryland public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
363 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 290 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 307 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 283 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 273 | 24% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
75.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
10.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.8% | 10.1% |
| 2023-24 | 73.5% | 18.8% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kent Island High School
Kent Island High School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Island High School this school | 1,153 | 31.5% | 44.5% |
| Manchester Valley High Manchester | 1,339 | 28.4% | 45.3% |
| Rising Sun High North East | 1,074 | 34.5% | 40.8% |
| Chopticon High Morganza | 1,526 | 34.7% | 41.9% |
| Sparrows Point High Sparrows Point | 1,095 | 38.5% | 35.2% |
| C. Milton Wright High Bel Air | 1,291 | 25.3% | 39.3% |
Matched among Maryland high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kent Island High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #47 of 203 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #124 of 206 ▼ 78 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #45 of 206 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,153 | #123 of 234 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #76 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.0% | #155 of 211 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #161 of 212 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #48 of 76 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,153
-21 (-2%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 1,087
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,153 | 74 | 15.6:1 | 31% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 1,147 | 74 | 15.5:1 | 31% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 1,164 | 77 | 15.1:1 | 29% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 1,174 | 75 | 15.7:1 | 19% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 1,206 | 76 | 15.9:1 | 19% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 1,153 | 77 | 15.0:1 | 14% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 1,230 | 77 | 16.0:1 | 13% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 1,087 | 68 | 16.0:1 | 11% (120) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kent Island High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,206 to 1,153); teachers down 3% (76 to 74).
About Kent Island High School
A mid-sized high school in Stevensville, Maryland, Kent Island High School is part of Queen Anne's County Public Schools. In all, 1,153 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12.
Queen Anne's County Public Schools enrolls 7,478 students, and its 14 schools include Kent Island High School.
More than half of enrollment at Kent Island High School is White: 77%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kent Island High School scores 39%.
Its ratio of 15.6:1 is based on 74 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Maryland is about 15.3:1. In all, 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Queen Anne's County average 39%.
On the allk12 Grade, Kent Island High School lands at A-, ahead of 77% of Maryland public high schools.
Compared with Maryland schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Kent Island High School's results are 11.0 points below predicted: 44.5% against 55.6%.
In Queen Anne's County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $112,826 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Public schools in Queen Anne's County number 14, with about 7,478 students.
Bayside Elementary School is the nearest public school to Kent Island High School, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Kent Island High School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Kent Island High School in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
The school's size has been steady, with 1,174 students in 2020-21 and 1,153 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Kent Island High School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Queen Anne's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,825
Census ACS
Median income
$112,826
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
7,478 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Queen Anne's County Public Schools
- Queen Anne's County High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Centreville Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Centreville Middle SchoolMiddle · 501 students
- Kennard Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Grasonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Matapeake Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
Other schools in Stevensville
- Matapeake Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Kent Island Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Stevensville Middle SchoolMiddle · 452 students
- Bayside Elementary SchoolElementary · 368 students
- Matapeake Middle SchoolMiddle · 360 students
Nearby schools
- Bayside Elementary School0.6 mi · 368
- Kent Island Elementary School0.8 mi · 452
- Stevensville Middle School0.9 mi · 452
- Matapeake Elementary School2.4 mi · 472
- Matapeake Middle School2.5 mi · 360
- Grasonville Elementary School6.8 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About Kent Island High SchoolHow many students attend Kent Island High School?
Kent Island High School enrolls approximately 1,153 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Kent Island High School serve?
Kent Island High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Kent Island High School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Kent Island High School.
How diverse is Kent Island High School?
Kent Island High School reports a student body of 77% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Kent Island High School public or private?
Kent Island High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Queen Anne's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.