Quantico Middle High School is a public secondary school on
Marine Corps Base Quantico
Marine Corps Base Quantico (commonly abbreviated MCB Quantico) is a United States Marine Corps installation located near Triangle, Virginia, covering nearly of southern Prince William County, Virginia, northern Stafford County, and southeaster ...
, and in
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Prince William County
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,
Virginia
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. It is a part of the
Department of Defense Education Activity
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(DoDEA).
History
It originated from the Quantico Post School, an elementary through high school on the base.
A dedicated secondary school building opened in 1962.
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.
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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.][ 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
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noted that the school had lower than usual class sizes.
In 2020 it had about 350 students.
References
Further reading
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External links
Quantico Middle High School
- VMDO (architectural firm page about the construction)
Department of Defense Education Activity
Public middle schools in Virginia
Public high schools in Virginia
Schools in Prince William County, Virginia
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