Brunswick High School (Maryland)
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Brunswick High School is a four-year public high school in Brunswick
Brunswick, Maryland
Brunswick is a city in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The population was 5,870 at the 2010 census.- History :The area now known as Brunswick was originally home to the Susquehanna Indians. In 1728 the first settlement was built, and the region became known as Eel Town, because the...

, Frederick County
Frederick County, Maryland
Frederick County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering the southern border of Pennsylvania and the northeastern border of Virginia. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 233,385....

, Maryland
Maryland
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, United States
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Overview

The school is near the Virginia
Virginia
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 border near the Potomac River
Potomac River
The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. The river is approximately long, with a drainage area of about 14,700 square miles...

, just off of Maryland Route 464
Maryland Route 464
Maryland Route 464 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Point of Rocks Road, the state highway runs from MD 17 and MD 79 in Rosemont east to Ballenger Creek Pike in Point of Rocks. MD 464 connects Brunswick with U.S. Route 15 in Point of Rocks in...

, and a couple miles southeast of U.S. Route 340
U.S. Route 340
U.S. Route 340 is a spur of US 40. It currently runs for from Greenville, Virginia at US 11 to Frederick, Maryland at US 40. Between those two states, US 340 also passes briefly through West Virginia. In Virginia and West Virginia, it is signed north–south...

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The current building was constructed in 1965. The building has 79743 square feet (7,408.4 m²) of space on 50.3 acres (20.4 ha) of land. There are two gymnasiums, and a vocational technology wing including automechanics. Brunswick High School has the distinction of being the only school in Frederick County besides CTC with an automechanical program. The original Brunswick High School was built on 4th Avenue around 1911, but it burned down in 1928.

Students

Brunswick High School's graduation rate has been very high over the past 12 years. In 2007 the school graduated 97.04%, though it peaked in 2004 at 98.82% and had a low of 92.99% in 2000.

The school's enrollment grew rapidly between 1993 and 2003 and has curved downward somewhat since then.
Student population
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
571 604 657 724 757 803 813 835 888 940 972 928 893 859 836

Sports

State Champions
State Finalist
State Semi-Finalist
State Quarter-Finalist

See also

  • List of high schools in Maryland
  • Frederick County Public Schools
    Frederick County Public Schools (Maryland)
    Frederick County Public Schools is a public school system run for the residents of Frederick County, Maryland.-High schools:*Brunswick High School*Catoctin High School*Flexible Evening High School*Frederick High School*Governor Thomas Johnson High School...


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