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Scarborough High School

20 Gorham Road, Scarborough, ME, 04074-9501 -

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Definition of Terms

Scarborough High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Cumberland County, ME

Students & Faculty

Total Students

999 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

70 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 232 students

Grade 10 - 247 students

Grade 11 - 259 students

Grade 12 - 261 students

This School

(ME) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:14

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(ME) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	1%
% Hispanic	1%	n/a
% Black	1%	1%
% White	96%	95%

Additional Student Information

This School

(ME) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

20%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(ME) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Scarborough Department School District

This School's Agency

(ME) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	6	4
Number of Students Managed	3,305 students	1,308 students
District Total Revenue	$33,264,000	$12,662,000
District Expenditure	$30,954,000	$12,392,000
District Revenue / Student	$10,065	$9,680
District Expenditure / Student	$9,366	$9,474
District Graduation Rates	n/a	79%

Soccer perfection (The Times Record)
posted on November 9, 2009 at 07:40:25 pm
SCARBOROUGH — The weight of the world seemed to be weighing the Brunswick High School girls soccer team down in the early going of Saturday’s Class A Girls Soccer State Championship at Clifford “Kippy” Mitchell Sports Complex at Scarborough High School.
Oh, what a weekend! (The Times Record)
posted on November 9, 2009 at 07:39:25 pm
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick and Morse high school football teams extended their respective seasons with quarterfinal wins last Friday.
Eagles, Pats, Warriors, Dragons chase crowns (Bangor Daily News)
posted on November 7, 2009 at 03:35:49 am
Championship Saturday has taken hold in Maine high school soccer, with two sites being used for all the state finals for the first time. And not only are the games being held at just two …
Jarosz, Dragons upset Rams in 2OTs (The Times Record)
posted on November 6, 2009 at 04:45:38 pm
BANGOR — As the ball caromed from player to player to player amid the chaos of a goal-crease scramble with championship implications Wednesday evening, Scott Jarosz simply waited for the play to come to him.
Cross country ruling and#8211; déjà vu all over again (York County Coast Star)
posted on November 5, 2009 at 07:11:40 am
Say it isn’t so. Another cross country championship effort was overturned because of a minor rules infraction. In case you haven’t heard, Scarborough High School cross country runner Nate Hathaway won the Western Maine Class A regional meet...

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Scarborough High School is a high school (9–12) located in Scarborough, Maine. Patricia A. Conant is the principal. The student population is approximately 1,100 students and another 50 staff members.
History
The first high school in Scarborough was built in 1927 and was named after Elwood G. Bessey, a former principal,when the current high school was built in 1954.
Athletics
Their soccer, lacrosse, cross country and track teams are some of the best in Maine. Both the boys and girls lacrosse teams won state championships in 2006. The baseball team made the playoffs in 2007 for the first time in many years. The softball team however, went undefeated and won the SMAA Telegram Tournament as well as the state championship. The girls indoor and outdoor track teams were Southwestern and State champions in 2007, and indoor again in 2008 and 2009.The boys also won the 2009 indoor State Meet. The boys cross country team won their fourth state championship in a row in fall of 2006 and won the 2008 Class A State Championship. The Girls won the 2008 Class A Cross-Country Championship. The boys swim team had three consecutive undefeated regular seasons (2004–07.) The girl's swim team won the State Championship in 2004. The Girl's Ice Hockey team had an undefeated season in 2007–08, going 20–0. They won the final Maine Girl's Ice Hockey Association Tier�2 state championship. The MGIHA will be absorbed into the MPA for the 2008–09 season. In the 2008-2009 school year, the boys' soccer team, the girls' softball team, and the girls' and boys' cross country and indoor track teams were all state champions.
In 2004 and 2005, the Scarborough Red Storm football team improved in the form of two wins. In both 2004 and 2005, the Red Storm varsity football team's record was 2-6 (both years). Cited from the Scarborough High School Four Corners Yearbook (2004-2005, 2005-2006)
Academics
Scarborough High School's academic organizations are some of Maine's best. In the 2008-2009 school year, Scarborough received a Silver Rating from the US News and World Report.
Academic Decathlon
Scarborough also boasts one of the nation's finest Academic Decathlon Teams. Scarborough's Academic Decathlon Team has won 19 of the past 24 state championships, each year sending a team to the national tournament. In 2007, the Decathlon team placed fourth in the small school division at the national national academic decathlon in Honolulu, Hawaii. The team placed 25th overall.
Extra-curricular
The Student Congress Debate team has won the MPA Student Congress Championship three consecutive years. In 2007, it sent three of Maine's best congressional debaters to Wichita, Kansas for the National Forensics League National Tournament. Scarborough high school also has a vast music program. In 2007, the chorus went to Washington, DC to sing at the National Cathedral. Scarborough High School has three bands (Concert, Symphonic, and Wind Ensemble), all of which received gold ratings at the Maine Band festival. In addition, Scarborough had the greatest number of students accepted into the District One Honors Concert Band in 2006 and 2007, including the most students making first chair.
Renovations
Scarborough High School underwent renovations beginning in 2003, and ending in 2006.
External links
Scarborough High School webpage

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