Quantico Middle/High School

Quantico Middle High School is a public secondary school on Marine Corps Base Quantico, and in unincorporated Prince William County, Virginia. It is a part of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA).

History

It originated from the Quantico Post School, an elementary through high school on the base.[1] A dedicated secondary school building opened in 1962.[2] The sixth grade was moved to Quantico High in 1988. Quantico Middle School was administratively separated in 1989 with a new separate entrance, but the middle and high schools combined into Quantico Middle High School in 1997.[1]

By 2011 the DOD considered the Quantico Middle High building to be in a "failing" condition. Plans were there for a new building to open in 2015, with a price tag of $44.8 million.[2] However, this building has been delayed and has still not opened as of 2021.

Student body

As the student body is 300 as of 2015, Emily Richmond of The Hechinger Report noted that the school had lower than usual class sizes.[3]

In 2020 it had about 350 students.[4]

References
  1. "Quantico M/HS: About Our School". Quantico Middle High School. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  2. Hester, Wesley P. (2011-10-02). "Military schools 'make do'". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  3. Richmond, Emily (2015-06-21). "Schools on U.S. military installations raising standards, tracking students beyond high school". The Hechinger Report. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  4. "School on Quantico military base closes for deep cleaning after COVID-19 case". 26 August 2020.

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