In early 1990, Queenston instituted a tax increase that gave its school system a larger operating budget  The school system used the larger budget to increase the total number of teachers in the system by 30 percent between 1990 and 1993
Nevertheless, there was no change in the average number of students per teacher between 1990 and 1993
The quality of education in Queenston's school system improved between 1990 and 1993.