# Arundel High School

Arundel High School is a public high school located in Gambrills, Maryland, a suburb of Anne Arundel County.
The school is part of the Anne Arundel County Public School system, and is the primary high school for Gambrills and portions of the Odenton area. Originally, the school was the Anne Arundel Academy, a prestigious one-room private school founded in 1854. That institution became Arundel High School in 1926. It is one of the oldest public high schools in the country. The current school building was built in 1949 and first occupied in 1950, with additions/renovations in 1966, 1986, 1987, 2006, and 2008.

## Students
### Attendance

Arundel High School's September enrollments, 2004 – present:
| Year | Students |
| 2021 | 1,733 |
| 2020 | 1,876 |
| 2019 | 2,203 |
| 2018 | 2,132 |
| 2017 | 2,118 |
| 2016 | 2,089 |
| 2015 | 2,043 |
| 2014 | 2,021 |
| 2013 | 1,963 |
| 2012 | 1,949 |
| 2011 | 1,972 |
| 2010 | 1,887 |
| 2009 | 1,910 |
| 2008 | 1,942 |
| 2007 | 1,993 |
| 2006 | 2,095 |
| 2005 | 2,072 |
| 2004 | 1,973 |
Arundel High School only has one feeder middle school, Arundel Middle School. Arundel Middle School has 5 feeder elementary schools: Piney Orchard, Waugh Chapel, Odenton, Four Seasons and Two Rivers.
The student body is 55% White, 24% Black, 8.0% Hispanic and Latino, 6% Asian, and 7% of students identify as being of two or more races. 13% of students receive free and reduced–price meals as of 2020.

## Academics and rankings
### Rankings

Arundel High School frequently ranks among the top high schools in AACPS:
* Currently, in 2023, Arundel High School is ranked as the 18th best high school in the state of Maryland and the 2nd best comprehensive high school in AACPS by schooldigger.com
* As of 2023, Arundel High School is rated a 9/10 overall and has a college readiness rating of 9/10 on GreatSchools, the leading school rating website in the United States.
* In 2013, Newsweek ranked Arundel High School as the 2nd best high school in Anne Arundel County and one of the top 20 high schools in Maryland. Arundel was placed in the top 5% of public high schools in the United States.
* In 2012 and 2013, Arundel High School was ranked as one of the DC area's most challenging high schools by the Washington Post. Arundel ranked in the top 5% of the most challenging high schools in the country. The criteria for the ratings measured college readiness by comparing AP participation rates at different high schools.
* In 2015, Arundel High School was among the top 15 high schools in Maryland and top 1,000 in the country (out of 26,000 public high schools) by U.S. News & World Report and in 2015 was ranked as the 2nd best among high schools in Anne Arundel County.
* In the latest 2019 ratings, Arundel High School received a 4-star rating by the Maryland State Department of Education, which began assigning schools a star rating out of 5 in 2018. Arundel High School, Arundel Middle School, and the four elementary feeder schools (collectively referred to as the “Arundel cluster”) had the third best scores of any cluster in Anne Arundel County. Arundel Middle and Odenton Elementary also received 4-star ratings, while Piney Orchard, Four Seasons, and Waugh Chapel Elementary Schools received 5/5 star ratings. The Severna Park cluster ranked as the best in the county and the Broadneck cluster ranked as the 2nd best in the county.
* As of 2021, Arundel High School was ranked in the top 15% of public high schools in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.
* As of 2021, Arundel High School has the second highest equity rating of all non-charter public high schools in Anne Arundel County on GreatSchools, with the first highest being Severna Park High. The equity section measures the academic performance of underserved students relative to the state average in a given school, as well as how well schools are closing the academic achievement gap.

## Notable former students

* Stephen Bainbridge (1980) — professor of law at UCLA Law School, blogger
* Kyle Beckerman (2000) — Major League Soccer midfielder
* Elizabeth Ann Bennett — film and television actress
* Jill E. Brown — first female African American pilot for a major American passenger airline
* Louis Carter (1971) — NFL player
* Crystal Chappell (1983) — actress on Guiding Light and Days of Our Lives; creator, producer, writer and actor; Venice: The Series
* Steven Thomas Fischer (1990) — two-time Emmy Award nominated filmmaker and cartoonist
* R.J. Harris (2010) — Canadian Football League wide receiver
* Dave Johnson (1982) — play-by-play announcer for the Washington Wizards
* Chris Kubasik (1979) — former president and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation
* Alec Lemon (2009) — wide receiver in the NFL, Houston Texans
* Darnerien McCants (1996) — NFL wide receiver
* Mark McEwen (1972) — TV personality
* Denny Neagle (1986) — Major League Baseball pitcher
* Edward Snowden — NSA whistleblower, dropped out midway through the 1998-99 school year
* Wanda Sykes (1982) — comedian

## Athletics

Arundel High School competes in the Anne Arundel County Division of Maryland's 4A subdivision
Arundel High has won 33 State Championships dating back to 1908 in various sports:
* Baseball - 1976, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2006
* Boys Basketball - 1964, 2024
* Boys Lacrosse - 1980, 1981, 1995
* Boys Soccer - 1987
* Boys Track and Field - 1970, 1971
* Fall Cheerleading - 2016
* Football - 1975, 2024
* Girls Basketball - 1996, 2000, 2004, 2010
* Golf -1991, 1992
* Softball - 1983
* Unified Bocce - 2012, 2017
* Wrestling - 1985,1998
* Wrestling Duals - 1997
* Volleyball - 1953,