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Long Reach High School

6101 Old Dobbin Ln, Columbia, MD, 21045 -

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Definition of Terms

Long Reach High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Howard County, MD

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1428 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

103 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 419 students

Grade 10 - 335 students

Grade 11 - 342 students

Grade 12 - 332 students

This School

(MD) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:14

1:17

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(MD) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	15%	3%
% Hispanic	8%	4%
% Black	29%	34%
% White	47%	48%
% Unknown	1 %	2%

Additional Student Information

This School

(MD) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

12%

16%

% 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	28
Number of Students Managed	45,724 students	17,295 students
District Total Revenue	$565,001,000	$171,909,000
District Expenditure	$624,913,000	$168,429,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,357	$9,940
District Expenditure / Student	$13,667	$9,739
District Graduation Rates	92%	86%

Howard schools, Hispanic group renew partnership (Baltimore Sun)
posted on October 16, 2009 at 07:50:52 am
Aim is to lower dropout rate, encourage success The Howard County School System and an advocacy group that focuses on Hispanic student achievement plan to renew a partnership Friday with the hopes of lowering dropout rates and encouraging academic success.
Teenage Bicyclist Struck By DUI Driver Dies (WBAL-TV Baltimore)
posted on August 28, 2009 at 06:44:56 pm
Howard County police said a 16-year-old Elkridge boy struck by a driver under the influence of alcohol early Friday morning has died.
Teenager charged in Columbia attack to be tried as juvenile (Baltimore Sun)
posted on August 12, 2009 at 05:08:22 pm
But judge also orders alleged gang affiliate detained as public safety risk But county circuit judge also orders alleged gang affiliate detained as public safety risk
Reaching out to Asian students (Baltimore Sun)
posted on June 15, 2009 at 10:36:50 am
Partnerships designed to promote understanding County school officials hope that two new partnerships will help promote an appreciation for the school system's growing Asian population.
County gets little federal housing relief (Baltimore Sun)
posted on April 19, 2009 at 07:45:40 am
Funds will help '2.5 homes' claimed by foreclosure After requesting $4.4 million, Howard County is to get $750,000 in federal foreclosure relief funds from the state to buy, fix and resell bank-owned vacant homes.

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Long Reach High School is a public high school located in Columbia, Maryland. It is part of the Howard County Public School System.
Location
Long Reach High School is located in eastern Howard County, Maryland. It is east of Maryland Route 175 and west of Maryland Route 108. This school is a very short distance south of Howard High School. Long Reach High School's boundary touches those of Howard High School, Oakland Mills High School, and Hammond High School.
History
In 1695, Colonel Edward Dorsey, patriarch of an influential Maryland family, purchased a 448 acre (1.8 km²) tract of land in northern Anne Arundel County. (Howard County did not come into existence until 1850.) The plantation he built first grew tobacco and later, with the opening of a mill by the Ellicott brothers (Ellicott City), grew wheat. Dorsey named his plantation Long Reach. In 1974, Long Reach became the name of one of the new planned city of Columbia's original villages. In 1995, a new high school, Long Reach High School, was built in the village of Long Reach in the city of Columbia.
Athletics
Long Reach High School has won the following state championships in sports:
2009 - Long Reach JV & Varsity Is Whippin That A**
2006 - Boys' Basketball
2002 - Girls' Track & Field
2001 - Girls' Indoor Track
2001 - Girls' Track & Field
2000 - Girls' Track & Field
1999 - Girls' Track & Field
1998 - Girls' Track & Field
Students
Administration
Principal: Col. Edmund E. Evans, USMC (Ret.)
Assistant Principal: Mr. Clovis Thomas
Assistant Principal: Mrs. Rose Friss
Assistant Principal: Mr. Edgar Batenga
Assistant Principal: Mrs. Meghan Senisi
Photo Gallery
image:Long Reach HS.jpg|South side of the buildingimage:Long Reach HS SW Side.jpg|Northwest side of school buildingimage:O g Reach High School.jpg|School sign with missing letters
See also
http://www.hcpss.org/lrhs
Howard County Public School System
http://www.longreachhighschool.net
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