La Plata High School

La Plata High School
Location
6035 Radio Station Road La Plata , Maryland 20646 United States
Coordinates	38°32′46.1″N76°57′1.4″W / 38.546139°N 76.950389°W / 38.546139; -76.950389
Information
Established	1927
Principal	Douglass Dolan [1]
Staff	72.00 (FTE) [2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,108 (2017-18) [2]
Student to teacher ratio	15.39 [2]
Colors	Navy Blue and White ██
Athletics conference	Southern Maryland Athletic Conference
Mascot	Warrior [3]
Feeder Schools	Piccowaxen, Somers
Website	https://www.ccboe.com/schools/laplata/

La Plata High School is part of the Charles County Public Schools and is located in La Plata, Maryland, United States. The current school was built in 1979. Before that, it was in the building (built in 1964) which now holds Milton M. Somers Middle School. ^{[4] [5]}

History

On November 9, 1926, the La Plata Elementary School was destroyed by a tornado that killed 13 students. ^{[6] [7]} That two room building was replaced by a new school that housed both an elementary and high school for La Plata. ^[8]

Demographics

As of 2025, La Plata High School has an enrollment of 1,217 students with a demographic profile of 52.67% White, 26.79% Black, 2.55% Asian or Pacific Islander 9.37% Hispanic, 0.33% American Indian, and 7.89% Other Races. ^[2]

Notable alumni

• Matt Dyson, American football coach and a former player
• William Daniel Mayer, former member of Maryland House of Delegates
• Don Money, baseball player
• Paul Thomas, Joel Madden and Benji Madden are members of the band Good Charlotte.
• Daryl Thompson, baseball player
• Zuberi Williams, judge
• Allyn Rose, Miss Maryland USA 2011

References

1. "Administrative Team" . Retrieved June 17, 2020.
2. "La Plata High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
3. School Information Archived 2008-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
4. Partlow, Joshua (January 20, 2005). "Anticipating Growth, Charles Weighs New Government Building". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 24, 2007.
   In turn, Milton Somers was housed until 1964 in the Government Building, on Baltimore Street.
5. Kathryn Cochrane Newcomb (1981). "What's In a Name?". Charles County Board of Education. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
6. Thomas R. Brooks (November 1926). "The Tornado in Southern Maryland, November 3, 1926". Monthly Weather Review. 54, 11 (11). American Meteorological Society: 462. Bibcode:1926MWRv...54..462B. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(1926)54<462:TTISMN>2.0.CO;2 .
7. "La Plata Elementary School". The Historical Marker Database. February 3, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2007.
8. Zilliox, Jacqueline (2007). Charles County. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   978-0-7385-4407-6.