Arundel High School | |
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1001 Annapolis Road , 21054 United States | |
Coordinates | 39°4′27.34″N76°40′49.31″W / 39.0742611°N 76.6803639°W |
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Type | Public secondary |
Motto | Mihi curui futuri |
Established | 1854 |
Principal | Kimberly Winterbottom [1] |
Teaching staff | 96.74 [2] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Gender | Co-ed |
Enrollment | 1,722 (2021–22) [2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 17.91 [2] |
Hours in school day | 8:30am – 3:18pm [3] |
Campus type | Large suburb [4] |
Color(s) | Kelly green and white |
Mascot | Wildcats |
Newspaper | The Pulse [5] |
Yearbook | Panorama |
Website | www |
Arundel High School is a public high school located in Gambrills, Maryland, a suburb of Anne Arundel County.
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. The current school building was built in 1949 and first occupied in 1950, with additions/renovations in 1966, 1986, 1987, 2006, and 2008. [10]
Arundel High School's September enrollments, 2004 – present:
Year | Students | 2022 | 1,617 [11] |
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2021 | 1,733 [12] | ||
2020 | 1,876 [13] | ||
2019 | 2,203 [14] | ||
2018 | 2,132 [15] | ||
2017 | 2,118 [10] | ||
2016 | 2,089 [8] | ||
2015 | 2,043 [16] | ||
2014 | 2,021 [17] | ||
2013 | 1,963 [18] | ||
2012 | 1,949 [19] | ||
2011 | 1,972 [20] | ||
2010 | 1,887 [21] | ||
2009 | 1,910 [22] | ||
2008 | 1,942 [23] | ||
2007 | 1,993 [24] | ||
2006 | 2,095 [25] | ||
2005 | 2,072 [26] | ||
2004 | 1,973 [27] |
Arundel High School only has one feeder middle school, Arundel Middle School. Arundel Middle School has 5 feeder elementary schools: Piney Orchard, Waugh Chapel, Odenton, Four Seasons and Two Rivers.
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. [28] 13% of students receive free and reduced–price meals as of 2020.
Arundel High School frequently ranks among the top high schools in AACPS:
Arundel High School competes in the Anne Arundel County Division of Maryland's 4A subdivision
Arundel High has won 33 State Championships dating back to 1908 in various sports: [52]
Graduated from Maryland's Arundel High School in May 2000
Former Arundel running back Louis Carter, who went on to become an All-American at Maryland and play in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders
The 2014/2015 season marks Dave Johnson's 18th consecutive campaign as the voice of the Wizards on the Wizards Radio Network. ... his role as the television play-by-play voice of Major League Soccer's DC United on Comcast SportsNet
Arundel High School 1978–1982
All-county offense.... Alec Lemon, Arundel, Senior, WR
At Arundel High School in Gambrills, Md., he was an All-State, All-County and All-Metro selection in his only season of organized high school football. He led his teams to county and regional championships in football.