Parkville High School

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address = 2600 Putty Hill Avenue
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Parkville High School (PHS) is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The school was originally opened in 1953 is what is now Parkville Middle School. [ [http://www.parkvillecarney.com/history.htm Parkville-Carney Business Association - Meetings ] ]

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. The school boundaries border Towson High School, Loch Raven High School, Perry Hall High School, and Overlea High School. [ [http://www.bcps.org/schools/boundaries-hs.pdf Layout ] ]

In 2006, Parkville High School was named one of the best 1300 schools in America. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=Rank&count=1327&Search=&start=1300&limit=100&year=2007& America's Top Public High Schools - Newsweek America's Best High Schools - MSNBC.com ] ]

Parkville has a magnet program for mathematics, science, and computer science.

tudents

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. [Maryland Report Card [http://www.mdreportcard.org/StatDisplay.aspx?PV=26|12|03|0972|3|N|6|1|1|2|1|1|1|1|3] ]

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 [Maryland State Department of Education [http://www.mdreportcard.org/StatDisplay.aspx?PV=34||03|0972|3|N|6|13|1|2|1|1|1|1|3] ]
*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

ports

State Champions
* 1973 - Girls Basketball [MPSSAA Girls Basketball [http://www.mpssaa.org/gr/history/basketg.pdf] ]
* 1986 - Boys Cross Country, Class A [MPSSAA [http://www.mpssaa.org/gr/champions/crosscboy.pdf] ]

Notable Alumni

* Michael G. Comeau - member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1997-99
* Guy Guzzone - member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2007-
* Dan Keplinger - artist who was featured in Oscar-winning documentary King Gimp
* Artemy Lebedev - famous Russian web and industrial designer
* Emil B. Pielke - member of the Maryland House of Delegates, (b. 1942 d. 2008)
* [http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-sp.aikens30jun30,0,5085033.story Diane Geppi-Aikens] - Womens Lacrosse coach for Loyola College in Baltimore, MD from 1989-2003, (b. 1962 d. 2003)

References and notes

* See also List of Schools in Baltimore County, Maryland

External links

* Parkville High School website [http://parkvillehs.bcps.org/]
* maps.google.com [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=parkville+md&ie=UTF8&ll=39.386848,-76.538465&spn=0.006294,0.00942&t=h&z=17&om=1]
* Baltimore County Public High School boundaries [http://www.bcps.org/schools/boundaries-hs.pdf]