Arundel High School
Arundel High School is a public high school located in the suburban CPD of Gambrills, Maryland, Anne Arundel County, which lies 15 minutes away from Annapolis, and 30 minutes from both Baltimore and Washington D.C., in the United States.
Arundel High School | |
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Address | |
1001 Annapolis Road , 21054 United States | |
Coordinates | 39°4′27.34″N 76°40′49.31″W |
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Type | Public secondary |
Motto | Mihi curui futuri |
Established | 1854 |
Principal | Gina Davenport[1][2] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Gender | Co-ed |
Enrollment | 2,200 (fall 2019)[3] |
Hours in school day | 7:30am – 2:18pm[1] |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) | Kelly green and white |
Mascot | Wildcats |
Rival | South River High School[4] |
Newspaper | The Pulse[5] |
Yearbook | Panorama |
Website | www |
The school is part of the Anne Arundel County Public School system, and is the primary high school for Gambrills and portions of the Odenton area.[6] Originally, the school was the Anne Arundel Academy, a prestigious one-room private school founded in 1854.[7][8] That institution became Arundel High School in 1926.[9] It is one of the oldest public high schools in the country, and the oldest mainstream public school in the state of Maryland. The current school building was built in 1949 and first occupied in 1950, with additions/renovations in 1966, 1986, 1987, 2006, and 2008.[10]
Size of existing building: 292,177 sq.ft.[10]
Acreage of site: 62.21 acres (Shares site with Arundel Middle)[10]
Students
Attendance
Arundel High School is co-ed and handicap accessible.
Arundel High School's September enrollments, 2004 – present:
Year | Students |
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2019 | 2,203 |
2018 | 2,132 |
2017 | 2,118[10] |
2016 | 2,089[8] |
2015 | 2,043[11] |
2014 | 2,021[12] |
2013 | 1,963[13] |
2012 | 1,949[14] |
2011 | 1,972[15] |
2010 | 1,887[16] |
2009 | 1,910[17] |
2008 | 1,942[18] |
2007 | 1,993[19] |
2006 | 2,095[20] |
2005 | 2,072[21] |
2004 | 1,973[22] |
Arundel High School only has one feeder middle school, Arundel Middle School. Arundel Middle School has 4 feeder elementary schools: Piney Orchard, Waugh Chapel, Odenton, and Four Seasons. Prior to the opening of Crofton High School, Crofton Middle School was also included in the Arundel High School feeder system. In the Fall of 2020, Arundel High School students from the Crofton area who were in grade 9 during the 2019-2020 school year will be relocated to Crofton High School. However, because Crofton High will only serve students in grades 9 and 10 during the 2020-2021 school year, Arundel High students from the Crofton area who will be in grades 11 and 12 in the fall of 2020 will remain at Arundel High School.[23]
The student body is 55% White, 24% Black, 8.0% Hispanic and Latino, 6% Asian, and 7% of students identify as being of two or more races.[24]
Academics and rankings
Rankings
In 2013, Arundel High School was ranked as one of the top 20 high schools in Maryland and one of the top 1,000 in the country by Newsweek.[25] It was ranked among the top 15 high schools in Maryland and top 1,000 in the country (out of 26,000 public high schools) by U.S. News & World Report in 2015.[26]
In the latest 2019 ratings, Arundel High School received a 4-star rating by the Maryland State Department of Education, which began assigning schools a star rating out of 5 in 2018. Arundel High School, Arundel Middle School, and the four elementary feeder schools (collectively referred to as the “Arundel cluster”) had the third best scores of any cluster in Anne Arundel County. Arundel Middle and Odenton Elementary also received 4-star ratings, while Piney Orchard, Four Seasons, and Waugh Chapel Elementary Schools received 5/5 star ratings. The Severna Park cluster ranked as the best in the county and the Broadneck cluster ranked as the 2nd best in the county.[27]
Notable former students
- Stephen Bainbridge (1980), Professor of Law at UCLA Law School, legal scholar, blogger[28]
- Kyle Beckerman (2000), Major League Soccer midfielder[29]
- Elizabeth Ann Bennett, film and television actress
- Jill E. Brown, first female African American pilot for a major American passenger airline[30]
- Louis Carter (1971), NFL player[31]
- Crystal Chappell (1981), actress on Guiding Light and Days of Our Lives; creator, producer, writer and actor; Venice: The Series
- Steven Thomas Fischer (1990), two-time Emmy Award nominated filmmaker and cartoonist[32]
- R.J. Harris (2010), Canadian Football League wide receiver
- Dave Johnson (1982), play-by-play announcer for the Washington Wizards on 106.7 the fan and DC United on CSN Mid Atlantic[33][34]
- Chris Kubasik (1979), former President and Chief Operating Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation[35]
- Alec Lemon (2009), wide receiver in the NFL for the Houston Texans[36][37]
- Darnerien McCants (1996), National Football League wide receiver[38][39]
- Mark McEwen (1972), TV personality[40]
- Denny Neagle (1986), Major League Baseball pitcher[41]
- Edward Snowden, NSA whistleblower, dropped out midway through the 1998-99 school year[42]
- Wanda Sykes (1982), comedian[43]
Athletics
Arundel High School competes in the Anne Arundel County Division of Maryland's 4A subdivision
Arundel High has won 29 State Championships dating back to 1908 in various sports:[44]
- Baseball - 1976, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2006
- Boys Basketball - 1964
- Boys Lacrosse - 1995
- Boys Soccer - 1987
- Boys Track and Field - 1970, 1971
- Fall Cheerleading - 2016
- Football - 1975
- Girls Basketball - 1996, 2000, 2004, 2010
- Golf -1991, 1992
- Softball - 1983
- Unified Bocce - 2012, 2017
- Wrestling - 1985,1998
- Wrestling Duals - 1997
- Volleyball - 1953, 2019
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