Summary:
Zip code 21623, serving the Church Hill, Maryland area, is home to a single elementary school, Church Hill Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 4th grade as part of the Queen Anne's County Public Schools district.
Church Hill Elementary School enrolls 329 students with a favorable student-teacher ratio of 13.1 to 1 and spends a substantial $21,073 per student. The school shows strong academic performance in 3rd grade, significantly outpacing both district and state averages in math and English Language Arts (ELA). However, a sharp and concerning drop occurs in 4th-grade math, where proficiency plummets to just 26.4%, well below the district average of 41%. This 31-point decline from 3rd grade suggests a potential curriculum gap or instructional challenge that warrants immediate attention. The school's overall state ranking has also slipped from the 64th percentile to the 51st percentile over the past two years, indicating that while test scores remain solid, other schools are improving at a faster pace.
Despite high per-pupil spending, the school's results are mixed. While math proficiency for all grades (41.9%) exceeds the state average (27.1%), ELA proficiency (55.2%) is only slightly above the state (51.7%) and below the district (57.9%). A bright spot is the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 17.3%, which is notably lower than the district's 22.4%, reflecting strong student engagement. As a PK-4 feeder school, the significant 4th-grade math slump is particularly critical, as these students will soon transition to a new middle school, which must be prepared to address potential foundational gaps.
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