Catonsville High School

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Catonsville High School (MMHS) 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.

About the School

Catonsville High School is located on 421 Bloomsbury Avenue with a "Catonsville, Maryland" mailing address. The school was named after the area of Catonsville.

The original school can trace its roots to Catonsville School which formed in 1903. Students were taught at the original brick building until 1910 when a large new school was dedicated to help with overcrowding. In 1925, Baltimore County purchased land and buildings from the Catonsville Country Club with the intention of converting it to the new high school.

In 1954, a new building was dedicated at the school's present location. The school benefited form a 77,000 square foot expansion in 1999. There have been other upgrades and renovations to many of the other structures to keep the building as modern as possible. [ [http://catonsvillehs.bcps.org/history/index.htm Catonsville High School ] ]

tudents

In the last 10 years, the graduation rate at Catonsville High School has ranged from 94% in 1998 to a low of 63% in 2001. [Maryland Report Card [http://www.mdreportcard.org/StatDisplay.aspx?PV=26|12|03|0174|3|N|6|1|1|2|1|1|1|1|3] ]

The student population has steadily increased over the past 15 years, from 1,094 in 1993 to 1,686 in 2007.

Student population (1993-2007): [Maryland State Department of Education [http://www.mdreportcard.org/StatDisplay.aspx?PV=34||03|0174|3|N|6|13|1|2|1|1|1|1|3] ]
*2008 1,728
*2007 1,686
*2006 1,619
*2005 1,535
*2004 1,457
*2003 1,444
*2002 1,400
*2001 1,350
*2000 1,363
*1999 1,349
*1998 1,342
*1997 1,247
*1996 1,182
*1995 1,130
*1994 1,102
*1993 1,094

ports

State Champions
* 1959 - Boys Cross Country [MPSSAA [http://www.mpssaa.org/gr/champions/crosscboy.pdf] ]
* 1960 - Boys Cross Country
* 1964 - Boys Cross Country
* 1976 - Baseball, Class A
* 1979 - Volleyball, Class A [MPSSAA [http://www.mpssaa.org/gr/champions/volleyball.pdf] ]
* 1980 - Volleyball, Class A
* 1981 - Volleyball, Class A
* 1982 - Volleyball, Class A
* 1983 - Volleyball, Class A
* 1986 - Volleyball, Class A
* 1987 - Volleyball, Class B
* 1992 - Boys Basketball, Class 3A [MPSSAA Basketball [http://www.mpssaa.org/gr/champions/basketboy.pdf] ]
* 1993 - Girls Cross Country, Class 2A [MPSSAA Girls Cross Country [http://www.mpssaa.org/gr/champions/crosscgirl.pdf] ]
* 1996 - Girls Lacrosse, Class 2A-1A [MPSSAA Girls Lacrosse [http://www.mpssaa.org/gr/champions/laxgirl.pdf] ]

Notable Alumni

* Ernest J. Betz - member of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame [Lacrosse Hall of Fame [http://www.uslacrosse.org/museum/halloffame/list_by_school.php?school=University%20of%20Maryland] ]
* Vernon L. Neilson - Maryland District Court judge [MD Archives [http://archive1.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000182/html/am182--463.html] ]
* Glen Danzig - Lead Singer of The Misfits (band)

References and notes

* See also List of Schools in Baltimore County, Maryland

External links

* Catonsville High School Homepage [http://catonsvillehs.bcps.org/ Catonsville High School] }
* Catonsville High School Alumni [http://www.chs-alumni.net/]
* maps.google.com [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=catonsville,+md&ie=UTF8&ll=39.259448,-76.729481&spn=0.003979,0.006866&t=k&z=17&om=1]