School Type: Independent, nonprofit,
nonsectarian, coeducational, college preparatory high school
Address: 911 Gunston Road, P.O. Box 200,
Centreville, MD 21617
Telephone: (410) 758-0620
School founded: 1911 by Samuel and Mary
Middleton
Headmaster: Mr. John A. Lewis, IV,
appointed July 2010
Assistant Headmaster: Mrs. Christie B.
Grabis, appointed 1984
2012-2013 total enrollment: 148
students
Student Profile: Gunston draws students
from six Maryland counties (Queen Anne’s, Kent, Talbot,
Dorchester, Anne Arundel, and Baltimore), Delaware, and from
overseas. International students reside with host
families.
Campus: 32-acre waterfront campus on the
Corsica River.
Total faculty: 29 (full and
part-time)
Average student to teacher ratio:
9:1
Average instructional class size in Upper
School: 8-12
Average size of graduating class: 40
students
Financial aid: Approximately $800,000
per year; approximately 45% of students receive need and/or
merit-based aid.
Accreditation: Middle States Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Association of
Independent Maryland and DC Schools
Memberships and Recognition: National
Association of Independent Schools, Association of Independent
Maryland and DC Schools, National Association of College Admissions
Counselors, Potomac and Chesapeake Association of College
Admissions Counselors, Maryland Green Schools, Council for the
Advancement and Support of Education, Educational Records Bureau,
Secondary School Admission Test Board
Special events: Embarkation and
Disembarkation, Green and White Days, In Celebration of Books,
International Day, Grandparents and Special Friends Day,
Headmaster’s Holiday, Earth Day, Senior Internships, and Bay
Studies Week.
School colors: Green and White
School mascot: Heron
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