Arundel High School is a public high school located in the suburban CPD of Gambrills, Maryland, Anne Arundel County, which lies 15 minutes away from Annapolis, and 30 minutes from both Baltimore and Washington D.C., in the United States. 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, and the oldest mainstream public school in the state of Maryland. The current school building was built in 1949 and first occupied in 1950, with additions/renovations in 1966, 1986, 1987, 2006, and 2008. Size of existing building: 292,177 sq.ft. Acreage of site: 62.21 acres
Students
Attendance
Arundel High School is co-ed and handicap accessible. Arundel High School's September enrollments, 2004 – present:
Year
Students
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 4 feeder elementary schools: Piney Orchard, Waugh Chapel, Odenton, and Four Seasons. Prior to the opening of Crofton High School, Crofton Middle School was also included in the Arundel High School feeder system. In the Fall of 2020, Arundel High School students from the Crofton area who were in grade 9 during the 2019-2020 school year will be relocated to Crofton High School. However, because Crofton High will only serve students in grades 9 and 10 during the 2020-2021 school year, Arundel High students from the Crofton area who will be in grades 11 and 12 in the fall of 2020 will remain at Arundel High School. 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.
Academics and rankings
Rankings
In 2013, Arundel High School was ranked as one of the top 20 high schools in Maryland and one of the top 1,000 in the country by Newsweek. It was ranked among the top 15 high schools in Maryland and top 1,000 in the country by U.S. News & World Report in 2015.
Arundel High School competes in the Anne Arundel County Division of Maryland's 4A subdivision Arundel High has won 29 State Championships dating back to 1908 in various sports:
