Old Mill High School

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Old Mill High School
Location
Old Mill High School
600 Patriot Lane
Millersville, Maryland

United States
Coordinates 39°7′22″N76°37′42″W / 39.12278°N 76.62833°W / 39.12278; -76.62833
Information
Type Public, Secondary
Established1975
School district Anne Arundel County Public Schools
PrincipalAlison Mikeska [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,364 (2020-2021 school year) [2]
Campus typeLarge suburb [3]
Color(s)Red, White, and Blue
MascotPatriot
RivalSevern Run High
Website AACPS website, School website

Old Mill High School is a public high school in Millersville, Maryland, serving students in grades 9 through 12. It was occupied in 1975 and is administered by Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS). The school was built to alleviate overcrowding at Arundel and Severna Park High Schools. The school has no walls or ceilings in some classrooms, only partitions to separate classrooms. Along with Annapolis High School and Meade Senior High School, Old Mill Senior High is one of the three IB World Schools in America. The school mascot is, "The Patriots".

Contents

The school building also houses the high school's feeder school, Old Mill Middle School North.

Students

The Old Mill feeder system/cluster is the most geographically expansive cluster in the Anne Arundel County Public Schools district. The feeder covers areas as far south as Crownsville and Annapolis and as far South as Glen Burnie and Severn. The Old Mill feeder system also covers portions of the Millersville, Gambrills, and Odenton as well. As such, Old Mill High School is one of the most racially and socio-economically diverse high schools in Anne Arundel County—the second most diverse public high school in Anne Arundel County, according to Niche. [4] As of the 2019-2020 school year, the racial composition of the 2,281 Old Mill High School students was 39.1% white, 36% Black or African American, 13.6% Hispanic, 4.6% Asian, and 6.1% two or more races. Further, 34.6% of students qualified for free and reduced price meals, and approximately 3% of students are English Language Learners. [5] The Old Mill cluster is bordered by the Meade cluster to the northwest, the Arundel and Crofton clusters to the midwest, the South River and Annapolis clusters to the southwest, the Severna Park cluster to the south, the Glen Burnie and South County clusters to the South, and the Glen Burnie and Chesapeake clusters to the east. Thus, Old Mill High School's attendance boundaries share a border with all but three of the 12 other high schools in the Anne Arundel County Public Schools district.

Academics

Old Mill High School is a public magnet school. It has 2,364 students in grades 9-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 16 to 1. According to state test scores, 92% of students are at least proficient in math and 91% in reading. [6]

Since 1977, [7] Old Mill has been accredited by the Commission on Secondary Schools of the Middle States Association. Newsweek magazine also ranked Old Mill in their 2007 Top 1300 Public High Schools in the Country List, at number 773. [8]

U.S. News & World Report ranked Old Mill High School as the 36th best high school in Maryland in 2015. [9]

Old Mill High School ranks 106th out of 170 schools in Maryland on School Digger.

In addition to offering its IB magnet program, Old Mill also offers 24 AP classes, exceeding the state average of 18. [10]

International Baccalaureate (IB)

Old Mill High School has been an IB World School since April 2005. [11] It offers the IB Diploma Programme, preceded by the Extended Learning Program (ELP), or more commonly known as Pre-IB. [12] The school offers a variety of standard level (SL) and higher level (HL) courses. The IB program is coordinated in Old Mill by Mrs. Sutherin and Mrs. Romanoski, and Ms. Klimes is the guidance counselor for all the IB students.

Old Mill High School is currently an IB Middle Years Programme candidate school, with the intention being that Old Mill will be 'whole-school' International Baccalaureate eventually. This is in conjunction with the two other IB World Schools currently in place in Anne Arundel County, Annapolis High School and Meade High School.

Other programs

Extracurricular activities

Students at Old Mill Senior High School are encouraged to participate in extracurricular, community, social and professional development organizations including:

Athletics

The Old Mill Patriots participate in a variety of interscholastic sports and activities, including:

Notable alumni

School staph infections

In October 2007, Old Mill High School was listed as one of four high schools in Anne Arundel County that had outbreaks of staph infections. 28 cases of the infection have also been reported at Severna Park High School, Glen Burnie High School, and Chesapeake High School. [19]

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