Queen Anne’s County is the central gateway to Maryland’s Eastern Shore located in close proximity to Delaware and within a 1.5 hour drive to major cities such as Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The school system provides innovative educational practices, up-to-date equipment, curriculum study and development, and reasonable pupil-teacher ratios. Quality instruction combined with teacher commitment provides excellent instructional programs across the county. The vision for QACPS is that all students experience academic success, learn personal responsibility, and achieve career readiness for the 21st century.