# Lansdowne High School

Lansdowne High School (LHS), 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.

## About the School

The school is located in the far southwest corner of Baltimore County right near the Baltimore city border. It is at 3800 Hollins Ferry Road in Lansdowne, Maryland, just west of Maryland Route 295, inside the Baltimore Beltway. It is just south of the Baltimore City neighborhoods of Lakeland and Westport, just north of the Anne Arundel County neighborhood of Linthicum/Linthicum Heights, just east of Arbutus/Halethorpe in Baltimore County, and just west of Baltimore Highlands in Baltimore County and Brooklyn/Brooklyn Park in Baltimore City.
The school district for Lansdowne High School borders the districts of Catonsville High School in Baltimore County and Southern High School, which is now known as Digital Harbor High School in Baltimore City.
Various proposals to renovate or replace the school building were made in 2016 and 2017. County officials budgeted ~$30 million in 2017 to renovate and air condition the facility, but the plan was rejected when parents contended that an entirely new school should instead be considered.

## Academics

Lansdowne High school received a 41.8 out of a possible 100 points (41%) on the 2018-2019 Maryland State Department of Education Report Card and received a 2 out of 5 star rating, ranking in the 17th percentile among all Maryland schools.

## Magnet Programs

Lansdowne High school offers 12 magnet programs with different subjects that fall under the magnet itself for students to choose from to get into the school.
Academy of Arts and Communications
* Visual Arts
* Instrumental Music
* Vocal Music
* Dance
* Theater
* Mass Communications
Academy of Health and Human Services
* Teacher Academy of Maryland
* ProStart/Food Science
* Carpentry
* Electrical
* Army JROTC
Academy of Science
* Project Lead the Way (PLTW): Biomedical Science

## Students

The 2019–2020 enrollment at Lansdowne High School was 1326 students.
Lansdowne High School Academy has expanded course offerings and attracted new students with arts, technology, finance, and health services magnet programs over the past 10 years, Lansdowne has seen improvements is graduation rates and test scores.
Student population
* 2011 981
* 2010 978
* 2009 1,113
* 2008 1,313
* 2007 1,276
* 2006 1,281
* 2005 1,230
* 2004 1,201
* 2003 1,171
* 2002 1,199
* 2001 1,221
* 2000 1,210
* 1999 1,210
* 1998 1,134
* 1997 1,116
* 1996 1,072
* 1995 1,018
* 1994 1,065
* 1993 1,141

## Athletics
### State Champions

Girls Basketball
* Mildred Haney Murray Sportsmanship Award 1993
Baseball
* 3A 1993
Softball
* Eugene Robertson Sportsmanship Award 2012

## Notable alumni

* David Byrne - lead singer of 80's music group Talking Heads
* Adrienne A. Jones - Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates

## Image gallery

* Lansdowne High School
* Lansdowne High School Sign
* Lansdowne High School
* Landowne High School from the rear

## References and notes

* 1 2 "Magnet Programs".
* ↑ "Baltimore City Public Schools website". Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
* ↑ Solomon, Libby (October 4, 2017). "Franchot will address aging county high schools". Towson Times (edition of the Baltimore Sun). p. 10.
* ↑ Lansdowne High & Academy of Finance 2018 - 2019 School Report Card
* ↑ Search for Public Schools
* ↑ Maryland State Department of Education
* ↑ "2019-20 MPSSAA Winter Record Book" (PDF).
* 1 2 "2020 MPSSAA Spring Record Book" (PDF).
* See also List of Schools in Baltimore County, Maryland