Parkville High School is a four-year public high school

High school

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 in Baltimore County

Baltimore County, Maryland

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, Maryland

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, United States

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. The school was originally opened in 1953 on what has become the current location of Parkville Middle School.

About the School

The school is located just northeast of Baltimore City. It is on the inside of the Baltimore Beltway, on Putty Hill Avenue, just west of Harford Road MD Route 147, and east of Old Harford Road

Old Harford Road

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. The school boundaries border Towson High School

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, Loch Raven High School

Loch Raven High School

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, Perry Hall High School

Perry Hall High School

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, and Overlea High School

Overlea High School

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.

In 2007, Parkville High School was named one of the best 1300 schools in America.

Parkville has a magnet program for mathematics, science, and computer science. It is also the only high school in Baltimore County and Baltimore City, that has German

German language

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 World Language classes.

Students

Parkville's graduation rate has been steadily sinking over the past 10 years. In 2006, it had sunken to about 78%, down from a high ten-year high of 92% in 1996.

Parkville is a fairly large high school in Baltimore County, almost reaching 2,000 students several times. Its enrollment has climbed significantly over the past 14 years.

Student population

• 2007 1,941
• 2006 1,894
• 2005 1,957
• 2004 1,974
• 2003 1,992
• 2002 1,860
• 2001 1,837
• 2000 1,774
• 1999 1,691
• 1998 1,556
• 1997 1,419
• 1996 1,305
• 1995 1,226
• 1994 1,185
• 1993 1,193

Sports

State Champions

• 1973 - Girls Basketball
• 1986 - Boys Cross Country, Class A

Region Champions

• 2008 - Boys Basketball

Notable alumni

• Michael G. Comeau
  Michael G. Comeau
  Michael G. Comeau is an attorney and former member of the Maryland House of Delegates where he represented District 35A. Comeau was appointed to the seat in 1997 due to the resignation of Donald C. Fry.-Education:...
  
   - member of the Maryland House of Delegates
  Maryland House of Delegates
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  , 1997-99
• Guy Guzzone
  Guy Guzzone
  Guy Guzzone is an American politician who represents district 13 in the Maryland House of Delegates and is chairman of the Howard County House Delegation and former chairman of the Howard County Council.-Background:...
  
   - member of the Maryland House of Delegates
  Maryland House of Delegates
  The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...
  
  , 2007-
• Dan Keplinger
  Dan Keplinger
  Artist Dan Keplinger was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary short, King Gimp. Born January 19, 1973 with cerebral palsy, he lives in Towson, Maryland, where he continues to paint.-Education:...
  
   - artist who was featured in Oscar-winning documentary King Gimp
  King Gimp
  King Gimp is a 1999 documentary that was awarded the 2000 Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary and 2000 Peabody Award. "King Gimp" followed the life of artist Dan Keplinger of Towson, Maryland, who has cerebral palsy. Filmmakers Susan Hannah Hadary and William A...
  
  
• Artemy Lebedev
  Art. Lebedev Studio
  Art. Lebedev Studio is a design company in Russia, founded in 1995 by Artemy Lebedev.The studio creates industrial and graphic design for commercial entities and doesn't accept work from private citizens and political or religious organizations...
  
  - famous Russian web and industrial designer

External links

• Parkville High School website http://parkvillehs.bcps.org/
• Baltimore County Public High School boundaries http://www.bcps.org/schools/boundaries-hs.pdf