Baltimore County Public Schools
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Baltimore County Public Schools is the school district
School district
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in charge of all public schools in Baltimore County
Baltimore County, Maryland
Baltimore County is a county located in the northern part of the US state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 805,029. It is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Towson. The name of the county was derived from the barony of the Proprietor of the Maryland...
, Maryland
Maryland
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, United States
United States
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. The nation's 25th largest school system as of 2005, it is managed by the Board of Education, headquartered in Towson
Towson, Maryland
Towson is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 at the 2010 census...
. The Superintendent is Dr. Joe A. Hairston.
Schools
All areas in Baltimore County are unincorporatedUnincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
; as there are no incorporated cities in Baltimore County, all place names are neighborhoods, and have no legal jurisdiction over their areas.
Middle Schools
In the mid-1980s, Baltimore County shifted the grades in the intermediate-level schoolsMiddle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
. Until this time, the schools were called "junior high schools" and had grades 7-9. The 9th grade was moved into the high school and the 6th grade was moved in from nearby elementary schools, creating the current "middle school" model with grades 6-8.
High Schools
- Carver Center for Arts and TechnologyCarver Center for Arts and TechnologyCarver Center for Arts and Technology is a public magnet high school located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland. In any given year, about 800 students attend, and typical class size is just under 20. The school is primarily known for its ten primes, for which students must apply in order to...
- Catonsville High SchoolCatonsville High SchoolCatonsville High School is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is located on the southwest side of the county close to the Baltimore City border near Anne Arundel and Howard County, just outside of the Baltimore Beltway.-History:Catonsville High School...
- Chesapeake High SchoolChesapeake High SchoolThe following schools are named Chesapeake High School:* Chesapeake High School * Chesapeake High School...
- Dulaney High SchoolDulaney High SchoolDulaney High School is a secondary school in Timonium, Baltimore County, Maryland. The school serves a generally middle- to upper-middle class suburban community, with students from Timonium and surrounding areas in Baltimore County. Dulaney is a Blue Ribbon School and ranked #259 nationwide in...
- Dundalk High SchoolDundalk High SchoolDundalk High School is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The school was opened in 1959.-About the School:...
- Franklin High School
- Hereford High SchoolHereford High School, ParktonHereford High School is a four-year public high school located in the rural northern Baltimore County town of Parkton, Maryland, USA, as part of the Baltimore County Public Schools. The school was established in 1954....
- Kenwood High SchoolKenwood High SchoolKenwood High School is a Baltimore County public high school located in Essex, Maryland.-About the School:Kenwood has been educating students since 1931. The school was originally housed at 6700 Kenwood Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21237, which is now Golden Ring Middle School...
- Lansdowne High SchoolLansdowne High SchoolLansdowne High School , formerly known as Lansdowne Sr. High School, and currently known as the Lansdowne High School Academy for Advanced Professional Studies, is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States....
- Loch Raven High SchoolLoch Raven High SchoolLoch Raven High School is a high school in Baltimore County, Maryland. Its name is derived from its proximity to the Loch Raven Reservoir.-History:The school was founded in 1972 and is part of the system...
- Milford Mill AcademyMilford Mill AcademyMilford Mill Academy is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is located on the west side of the county close to the Baltimore City border just outside of the Baltimore Beltway.-About the School:...
- New Town High SchoolNew Town High School (Maryland)New Town High School is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is located on the northwest side of the county west of I-795 in Owings Mills, MD.-About the School:...
- Overlea High SchoolOverlea High SchoolOverlea High School is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The school was opened in 1961.-About the School:...
& Academy of Finance - Owings Mills High SchoolOwings Mills High SchoolOwings Mills High School is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools consolidated school district.-About the School:...
- Parkville High SchoolParkville High SchoolParkville High School is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The school was originally opened in 1953 on what has become the current location of Parkville Middle School.-About the School:...
and Center for Math, Science, and Computer Science - Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts
- Perry Hall High SchoolPerry Hall High SchoolPerry Hall High School is a growing high school established in 1963 and is the largest public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, enrolling about 2,300 students a year. Located in the northeastern Baltimore suburb of Perry Hall and serving the surrounding communities, such as Kingsville and...
- Pikesville High SchoolPikesville High SchoolPikesville High School is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools consolidated school district...
- Randallstown High SchoolRandallstown High SchoolRandallstown High School is a public high school located in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It serves students in the Randallstown, Woodlawn, and Owings Mills areas. It is a part of Baltimore County Public Schools...
- Sparrows Point High SchoolSparrows Point High SchoolSparrows Point High is a comprehensive high school for students in grades 9 - 12 and is one of the 24 high schools in the Baltimore County Public Schools. The current enrollment is 883 with an average of 27 students per class. The school was established in 1908 and is located on a campus in the...
- Towson High SchoolTowson High SchoolTowson High School is a high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, founded in 1873. The school's current stone structure was built in 1949. Located in the northern Baltimore suburb of Towson and serving the surrounding communities of Towson, Lutherville, and Ruxton, it is part of the Baltimore...
- Woodlawn High SchoolWoodlawn High School (Baltimore)Woodlawn High School is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. A high school was built in Woodlawn in 1922, but housed only 9th through 12th grade. The first 4-year high school was built in 1941. In 1948, a new school was constructed, and in 1958, another...
Pure magnet schools
These schools have no attendance boundaries (except for Carver Center). Students attend these schools as full-time students, or part-time as a supplement to a student's core high school.- Carver Center for Arts and TechnologyCarver Center for Arts and TechnologyCarver Center for Arts and Technology is a public magnet high school located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland. In any given year, about 800 students attend, and typical class size is just under 20. The school is primarily known for its ten primes, for which students must apply in order to...
- Eastern Technical High SchoolEastern Technical High SchoolEastern Technical High School is a 1997, 2009, and 2010 Maryland Blue Ribbon High School a 2010 National Blue Ribbon High School, and a 1999 USDE New American High School located in Essex, Baltimore County, Maryland. Along with their regular classes, students enrolled at this magnet school...
- Sollers Point Technical High SchoolSollers Point Technical High SchoolSollers Point Technical High School is a public magnet school in Dundalk, Maryland. It is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools system.The school draws students from other public high schools in the system...
- Western School of Technology and Environmental Science
Specialty Schools
- Battle Monument
- Bridge Center
- Campfield Early Childhood Center
- Imagine Discovery Public Charter School
- Maiden Choice School
- R.I.C.A. Catonsville Education Center
- Ridge Ruxton School
- Rosedale Center Middle and High School
- White Oak School
Issues
In 1978, due to a dip in enrollment projections the elimination of six elementary schools and the repurposing of two middle schools was proposed by the board and eventually implemented by then superintendent Robert Y. Dubel despite significant public objection . At the January 11, 1978 board meeting: Dundalk, Gray Manor, Inverness, Lutherville, Parkville, and Towson elementary schools were proposed to be closed; Eastwood and Ruxton elementary schools proposed to be repurposed as special education facilities; and Towsontown Junior to be repurposed as Central Vocational-Technical Center.Overcrowding in some elementary schools due to population growth became an issue in 2007, particularly at four elementary schools in the Towson area — Hampton, Riderwood, Rodgers Forge, and Stoneleigh — which were said to have 451 more children than their 1,665-pupil capacity. In December 2007, a parents' advocacy group, Towson Families United, called for construction of a new elementary school to alleviate overcrowding, with the group threatening a demonstration near the courthouse office of Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith, Jr.
James T. Smith, Jr.
James T. Smith Jr. is the former County Executive of Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Smith was elected in 2002 as a Democrat and ended his 8 year tenure on December 6, 2010. His successor is former county councilman Kevin B...
. On May 6, 2008, the School Board announced that a new school would open in 2010 near the existing Ridge Ruxton School on Charles Street.