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Arundel High School is a public high school located in Gambrills, Maryland, a suburb of Anne Arundel County.
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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]
Attendance
Arundel High School's September enrollments, 2004 – present:
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Year | Students |
2022 |
1,617[11] |
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] |
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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.
Rankings
Arundel High School frequently ranks among the top high schools in AACPS:
- Currently, in 2023, Arundel High School is ranked as the 18th best high school in the state of Maryland and the 2nd best comprehensive high school in AACPS by schooldigger.com[29]
- As of 2023, Arundel High School is rated a 9/10 overall and has a college readiness rating of 9/10 on GreatSchools, the leading school rating website in the United States.[30]
- In 2013, Newsweek ranked Arundel High School as the 2nd best high school in Anne Arundel County and one of the top 20 high schools in Maryland. Arundel was placed in the top 5% of public high schools in the United States.[31]
- In 2012 and 2013, Arundel High School was ranked as one of the DC area's most challenging high schools by the Washington Post. Arundel ranked in the top 5% of the most challenging high schools in the country. The criteria for the ratings measured college readiness by comparing AP participation rates at different high schools.[32]
- In 2015, Arundel High School was 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 and in 2015 was ranked as the 2nd best among high schools in Anne Arundel County.[33]
- 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.[34]
- As of 2021, Arundel High School was ranked in the top 15% of public high schools in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.
- As of 2021, Arundel High School has the second highest equity rating of all non-charter public high schools in Anne Arundel County on GreatSchools, with the first highest being Severna Park High. The equity section measures the academic performance of underserved students relative to the state average in a given school, as well as how well schools are closing the academic achievement gap.[35]
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]
- Baseball - 1976, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2006
- Boys Basketball - 1964
- Boys Lacrosse - 1980, 1981, 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,
"Arundel High". School Directory Information. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
O'Malley, Pat (September 24, 1995). "Hall inductions bring back Arundel's best for homecoming". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 5, 2015. 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
"Wizards Radio Network". NBA.com. Retrieved January 6, 2015. 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
"Dave Johnson". Linked in. Retrieved January 6, 2015. Arundel High School 1978–1982
"Varsity All-Anne Arundel". The Baltimore Sun. December 11, 2008. p. G.7. All-county offense.... Alec Lemon, Arundel, Senior, WR
"About". DarnerienMcCants.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2006. Retrieved December 22, 2016. 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.
Katz, Lee (11 June 2010). "Funny Girl". Washingtonian. Retrieved 18 June 2024.