Great Mills High School - Great Mills, Maryland/MD

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Great Mills High School

21130 Great Mills Rd, Great Mills, MD, 20634 -

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Definition of Terms

Great Mills High School

School Level

Middle school

Grades Offered

Grades

County

St. Mary's County, MD

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1589 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

90 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 527 students

Grade 10 - 398 students

Grade 11 - 331 students

Grade 12 - 333 students

This School

(MD) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(MD) School Average

% American Indian	6%	1%
% Asian	4%	5%
% Hispanic	3%	7%
% Black	38%	36%
% White	55%	47%

Additional Student Information

This School

(MD) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

n/a

17%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

n/a

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(MD) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

St. Marys County Public s School District

This School's Agency

(MD) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	26	28
Number of Students Managed	16,649 students	17,295 students
District Total Revenue	$171,909,000	$171,909,000
District Expenditure	$168,429,000	$168,429,000
District Revenue / Student	$10,325	$9,940
District Expenditure / Student	$10,116	$9,739

Celebration After-school program (Washington Post)
posted on October 29, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
Tess Mason does not know what she would do without the after-school program her son attends.
Southern Maryland High Schools Meet HSA Standards (Washington Post)
posted on September 27, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
Southern Maryland's classes of 2009 met the state's testing requirements as part of the first students required by Maryland to pass the High School Assessment exams to graduate.
Seeking a son's killer (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on September 21, 2009 at 03:37:36 pm
WORCESTER - The urban landscape of Worcester was much different from the rural Maryland town and dirt road where William L. Smith Jr. grew up.
Great Mills Academy Students Get a Taste of College Life (Washington Post)
posted on June 7, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
Music was playing in one dorm room as a couple of girls ran down the corridor squealing, interrupting a conversation between two hallmates. It was a typical dorm scene, but with a twist.

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Great Mills High School is a comprehensive public high school of 1600+ students in grades 9-12. It serves students at the confluence of the Potomac River, Patuxent River, and Chesapeake Bay. The area is a mixture of rural and suburban communities. Many of the families are employed by NAS Patuxent River, government contractors, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and others involved in the traditional agriculture and water related businesses. The ethnic population of the school reflects the community: 63% Caucasian, 31% African American, 1.3% Hispanic, 4.7% Other.
Great Mills High School is accredited all Middle States Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Maryland State Department of Education. Great Mills High School belongs to the St. Mary's County Public Schools system, and is associated with two other county high schools: Leonardtown High School and Chopticon High School.
Great Mills High School was founded in 1929, as one of the original high schools in St. Mary's County, Maryland. It has since expanded from a school house to a school building rolling on several acres, with a football, soccer, and field hockey field, and tied to a county pool next door. Great Mills High School is among the oldest continually operating school in St. Mary's County and the State of Maryland
Great Mills High School Athletics belong to the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference, and competes in Division 3A in the state competitions.
At Great Mills High School, student-athletes are known as the Hornets.
(From The Times April 2006 The Times Article)
The motto of Great Mills High School is "Forward Ever, Backwards Never."
Notable alumni
William R. Craft, Jr. - (1986) - Poet/Publisher
Clifford Dukes - (2000) - St. Louis Rams Defensive Linesman
Roy Dyson - (1966) - Maryland State Senator representing Maryland District 29: Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's County
Todd Friend - (1989) - drummer of punk band H2O
Shawna Kenney - (1987) - author/writer
Toby Morse - (1988) - punk vocalist of H2O
John F. Slade III - former member of the Maryland House of Delegates
Tubby Smith - (1969) - Head Coach of University of Minnesota's Men's Basketball team. Former coach of University of Kentucky's Men's Basketball team.
Tanya Hughes - (1990) - U.S. Track and Field - 1992 Barcelona Olympics
Ronda Thompson - (1987) - Miss Maryland - TV Host (After Dark TV)
Gerwyn Baldwin - (1988) - Author, "Black By Popular Demand" - 1st Book Selected in National Reading Campaign (2004), Appearances on syndicated radio talk shows.
Carolyn Egeli- (1965) - Artist, ranked in the top percentile of artists in the world. She has been featured in magazines such as American Artist, and Chesapeake Life. She has painted such notables as George Washington for Mount Vernon as well as Cardinal McCarrick and Cardinal Egan for the Archdiocese.
Military Casualties
Sgt. Ryan P. Baumann - 101st Airborne Division, Motor Transport. KIA in Afghanistan on August 1, 2008, graduated in 2003. Sgt. Baumann is buried at Arlington Cemetery.
Cpl. Matthew P. Wallace - Army's 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. KIA in Baghdad July 21, 2006. Graduated in 2001. Cpl. Wallace is buried at Arlington Cemetery.

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