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Kent County Public Schools

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Kent County Public Schools is located close to the center of Maryland. Kent County Public Schools has 277.03 square miles of land area and 136.41 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Kent County Public Schools population is 20,016. Kent County Public Schools median household income is $58,201 in 2010-2014. Kent County Public Schools median house value is $244,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Kent County Public Schools is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(17 out of 24, bottom 29%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	20,016 (2010-2014), rank #24
Population Growth	0.09% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	48.41/sq mi, rank #21
Median Household Income:	$58,201 at 2010-2014—20.54% increase since 2005-2009, rank #16
Median House Price:	$244,600 at 2010-2014—-9.21% increase since 2005-2009, rank #14
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	277.03 sq mi, rank #20
Water Area:	136.41 sq mi (32.99%), rank #9
State:	Maryland
County:	Kent County
City:	Chestertown, Rock Hall, Tolchester, Georgetown, Fairlee, Edesville, Worton, Betterton, Still Pond, Butlertown, Kennedyville, Millington, Massey, Galena
Zip:	21620, 21661, 21678, 21610, 21667, 21645, 21651, 21650, 21635

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Kent County Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

5608 Boundary Ave

Rock Hall MD, 21661, Kent County

Phone: 410-778-1595

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,117	2,130	2,162	2,183	2,184	2,219	2,274
English Language Learner Students:	65	75	77	63	59	NA	NA
Total Teachers:	160.49	148.50	173.00	184.00	176.17	175.10	178.00
Prekindergarten:	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Kindergarten:	7.00	5.00	10.00	10.00	9.00	8.00	8.00
Elementary:	87.66	70.50	86.00	91.50	80.85	82.40	82.90
Secondary:	61.83	69.00	72.00	77.50	81.32	79.70	82.10
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	146.37	160.89	164.74	169.55	175.18	178.30	174.50
Instructional Aides:	13.00	28.10	30.00	30.00	32.00	34.00	40.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	3.50	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	6.50	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.50	5.50	5.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.50	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.50	4.50	4.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	4.00	7.00	5.00	5.00	7.00	8.00	6.00
District Administrators:	9.00	10.00	9.00	13.00	10.46	11.00	10.00
District Administrative Support:	14.55	15.00	17.00	16.00	20.00	18.00	18.00
School Administrators:	10.00	13.00	13.00	14.00	14.54	16.50	12.00
School Administrative Support:	34.50	17.00	17.00	19.00	16.00	14.00	12.00
Student Support Services:	11.80	10.20	10.10	8.80	10.80	8.80	7.30
Other Support Services:	35.52	46.59	49.64	48.75	49.38	53.50	54.20
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.19	14.34	12.50	11.86	12.40	12.67	12.78

Schools

Galena Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	114 South Main St, Galena MD 21635
H. H. Garnett Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	320 Calvert St, Chestertown MD 21620
Kent County High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	25301 Lambs Meadow Rd, Worton MD 21678
Kent County Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	402 East Campus Ave, Chestertown MD 21620
Millington Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	172 Sassafras St, Millington MD 21651
Rock Hall Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	21203 Sharp St, Rock Hall MD 21661
Worton Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	11085 Worton Rd, Worton MD 21678

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
HSA Test
2004	Algebra	End of course	% met std	52.4%	58.8%
2005	Algebra	End of course	% met std	42.4%	53.8%
2006	Algebra	End of course	% met std	51.1%	66.6%
2007	Algebra	End of course	% met std	44.7%	63.5%
2008	Algebra	End of course	% met std	77.3%	85.9%
2009	Algebra	End of course	% met std	83.6%	85.1%
2010	Algebra	End of course	% met std	73.1%	83.6%
2011	Algebra	End of course	% met std	80.5%	83.6%
2012	Algebra	End of course	% met std	79.5%	83.9%
2004	Biology	End of course	% met std	60.3%	60.9%
2005	Biology	End of course	% met std	59.5%	57.6%
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	65.4%	67.7%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	66.3%	70.3%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	82%	83.1%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	88.7%	82.6%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	74.3%	80.9%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	74.4%	81.3%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	68.9%	81.7%
2005	English 2	End of course	% met std	51.9%	57.3%
2006	English 2	End of course	% met std	55.4%	60.1%
2007	English 2	End of course	% met std	67.3%	70.9%
2008	English 2	End of course	% met std	73.4%	83.1%
2009	English 2	End of course	% met std	83.4%	83.5%
2010	English 2	End of course	% met std	77.9%	80.2%
2011	English 2	End of course	% met std	81.4%	81.6%
2012	English 2	End of course	% met std	77.2%	83.1%
2004	Government	End of course	% met std	53.9%	65.9%
2005	Government	End of course	% met std	52.5%	66.4%
2006	Government	End of course	% met std	61.2%	74.2%
2007	Government	End of course	% met std	28.8%	73.5%
MSA Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	61.2%	66.0%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	56.5%	67.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.7%	72.2%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	76.8%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.7%	79.1%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	78.6%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.0%	82.6%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	84.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	86.0%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	86.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.2%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	71.0%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	75.8%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	78.3%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	80.5%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	83.0%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.9%	84.9%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.7%	84.0%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	85.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.9%	85.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	82.6%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	69.6%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	76.5%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	82.1%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.4%	86%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	88.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	89.2%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	90.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	90.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	89.8%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.0%	88.8%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.0%	75.1%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	81.0%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	81.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.0%	86.0%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	88.4%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	86.7%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	87.4%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	88.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.4%	89.8%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	88.2%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.7%	63.1%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	69.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	78.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	81.2%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	83.2%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	82.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	85.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	80.8%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	68.4%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	74.3%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	76.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.0%	76.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	86.7%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	89.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	89.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.9%	90.2%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	90.0%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	88.4%
2004	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.1%	50.3%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.4%	60.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.5%	65.6%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.1%	71.9%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.4%	75.8%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.9%	77.1%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	79.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.1%	81.0%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.1%	83.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.0%	77.1%
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	68.3%
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.3%	70.3%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.5%	71.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.8%	76.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	81.7%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	84.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	86.1%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.9%	83.8%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.0%	84.5%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	84.1%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.9%	49.8%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.3%	55.4%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50.0%	60.1%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.3%	61.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.7%	68.2%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.9%	73.1%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	72.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.3%	74.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.7%	76.4%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.0%	72.6%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	67.0%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	67.2%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.7%	71.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.3%	70.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.9%	81.2%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.6%	83.1%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.1%	81.9%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	84.0%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	81.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.0%	85.0%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	37.7%	45.8%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.6%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.9%	55.0%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48%	56.7%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.5%	61.8%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	67.2%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	65.4%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.6%	66.1%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.9%	69.3%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.0%	67.0%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.6%	63.8%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	66.4%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	67%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	68.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	72.8%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	81.4%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	80.3%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.0%	82.7%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	80.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.0%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$31,833,000	$14,724		$33,253,000	$15,233		$35,974,000	$16,472
Federal:	$3,375,000	$1,561	10.6%	$4,114,000	$1,885	12.4%	$4,603,000	$2,108	12.8%
State:	$11,771,000	$5,444	37.0%	$11,212,000	$5,136	33.7%	$12,516,000	$5,731	34.8%
Local:	$16,687,000	$7,718	52.4%	$17,927,000	$8,212	53.9%	$18,855,000	$8,633	52.4%
Total Expenditures:	$31,977,000	$14,790		$33,202,000	$15,209		$35,606,000	$16,303
Total Current Expenditures:	$31,442,000	$14,543		$32,700,000	$14,979		$32,884,000	$15,057
Instructional Expenditures:	$17,874,000	$8,267	56.8%	$18,564,000	$8,504	56.8%	$18,589,000	$8,511	56.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,339,000	$1,544	10.6%	$3,492,000	$1,600	10.7%	$3,498,000	$1,602	10.6%
Administration:	$5,922,000	$2,739	18.8%	$3,915,000	$1,793	12.0%	$6,473,000	$2,964	19.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,307,000	$1,992	13.7%	$6,729,000	$3,082	20.6%	$4,324,000	$1,980	13.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$423,000	$196		$406,000	$186		$2,331,000	$1,067
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$75,000	$35		$96,000	$44		$94,000	$43
Interest on Debt:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0

Total Salary:	$17,699,000	$8,186		$18,870,000	$8,644		$18,877,000	$8,643
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$11,764,000	$5,441	66.5%	$12,459,000	$5,707	66.0%	$12,435,000	$5,694	65.9%
Other Salary:	$5,935,000	$2,745	33.5%	$6,411,000	$2,937	34.0%	$6,442,000	$2,950	34.1%
Total Benefit:	$6,826,000	$3,157		$6,668,000	$3,055		$6,685,000	$3,061
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,798,000	$2,219	70.3%	$4,751,000	$2,176	71.3%	$4,818,000	$2,206	72.1%
Other Benefit:	$2,028,000	$938	29.7%	$1,917,000	$878	28.7%	$1,867,000	$855	27.9%

* Kent County Public Schools was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.