Centennial High School - Ellicott City, Maryland/MD

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Centennial High School

4300 Centennial Ln, Ellicott City, MD, 21042-6214 -

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Definition of Terms

Centennial High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Howard County, MD

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1498 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

86 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 356 students

Grade 10 - 346 students

Grade 11 - 407 students

Grade 12 - 389 students

This School

( MD ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:17

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( MD ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	25%	5%
% Hispanic	2%	8%
% Black	6%	40%
% White	66%	46%
% Unknown	1 %	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

( MD ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

23%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( MD ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Howard County Public s School District

This School's Agency

( MD ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	71	27
Number of Students Managed	49,139 students	16,524 students
District Total Revenue	$565,001,000	$159,214,000
District Expenditure	$624,913,000	$153,923,000
District Revenue / Student	$11,498	$9,539
District Expenditure / Student	$12,717	$9,315
District Graduation Rates	92%	86%

Centennial High School is a secondary school located in Ellicott City, Maryland which was established in 1977. The school is based in Howard County and is part of the Howard County Public Schools system. As of 2006, the school principal is Scott Pfeifer. In 1984-85, the school was recognized as one of the top 100 high schools in the country through the USDE Secondary School Recognition Program. In 1996, Centennial High School was the first high school within the state of Maryland to achieve the excellence standard in all categories of the MSPP's report card. It attained these standards again in 2000 and 2001.
Athletics: 14 People Tree Awards, 120 County Championships, 101 Regional Championships, 39 State Championships.
Academics 2006 : First Place HC Math League, Intel Talent Search Semi-finalist.
2005: Howard County Math League Champions, It�s Academic Baltimore Champions.
2004: Lemenson-MIT InvenTeam Grant, AP State Scholar Award.
2003: It�s Academic Finalists.
Notable alumni: Suzanne Malveaux.
Spirit Week and Color Day: "Spirit Week" is an annual tradition set to occur a week before homecoming, near the end of October. Each day during the week has a theme pre-determined by the Student Government; past themes have included Costume Day, Pajama Day, and Wacky Tacky Day. The fifth day of the week was traditionally reserved for Color Day, in which each class would dress up in their class colors, which correspond to the school's official colors. Freshman wore black as they technically have no color and were given that color as an insult to Mount Hebron, whose seniors wear black as their class color; sophomores are blue, juniors are white, and seniors are red. It was tradition for members of one class to "tag" a student of another class with paint that corresponded to their class color. While most students enjoyed the fun, there were some who complained of un-washable color on their clothes or vandalized cars. As of 2002, this practice was made against the rules to avoid possible clothing damage if staining substances were used as well as property damage to the school.
Color Day Controversy: During the 2006 Color Day, tagging reached critical mass when the brand new Centennial Track was tagged with house paint during the outdoors Pep Rally. Not only did the students do damage to the bleachers (for instance, students were witnessed lobbing tennis balls of paint over the crowd), but certain Centennial sports teams also dirtied up the track and field. All Centennial sports teams were required to stay after school to help clean up the mess. There was no permanent damage. As a direct result of this incident, Principal Scott Pfeifer canceled Color Day for all future Spirit Weeks and also did away with other spirit-related activities for the next year. These activities include the Pep Rally and the Battle of the Classes, an event centered around class competition which has traditionally been plagued with the same problems common to Color Day, including an incident in 2005 when the freshman class was hit with hundreds of pies thrown by the senior class. There was no ensuing reaction from the student body. Rumored student-run Battle of the Classes and Color Day have been scheduled by way of the popular social networking website Facebook.
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About This Zip Code (21042)

School Zip (21042)

(MD) State Average

Population (Approximate)

35,522 people

5,071,990 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

67%

32%

Population Average Age

41 years old

36.0 years old

Average Household size

3.0 persons

2.5 persons

Median Household Income

$93,357

$52,064

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

8.2 rooms

6.0 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

25 years old

42 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

89% / 11%

65% / 35%

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