River Hill High School

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River Hill High School
River Hill High School Entrance.jpg
Address
12101 Route 108

Clarksville
,
Maryland
21029

United States
Coordinates39°12′54″N 76°55′45″W / 39.21511°N 76.92928°W / 39.21511; -76.92928Coordinates: 39°12′54″N 76°55′45″W / 39.21511°N 76.92928°W / 39.21511; -76.92928
Information
School typePublic High School
Opened1996
School districtHoward County Public Schools
PrincipalKathryn McKinley
Grades9–12
LanguageEnglish
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Blue   and Gold  
MascotHawks
NewspaperThe Current
YearbookTalon
Websiterhhs.hcpss.org

River Hill High School is a public high school in Clarksville, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Howard County public schools system.

River Hill High School was awarded a "gold medal" by U.S. News & World Report.[1] It was recognized by BusinessWeek as having the "Best Overall Academic Performance" in Maryland.[2] It was also ranked 4th of 225 High Schools in the State of Maryland as of 2018.[3]

It was rated the 165th best school in the nation by US News in 2013.[4]

Students[]

River Hill High School opened in 1996. The school population peaked in 2002 with 1,755 students, but has steadily decreased with the opening of several other local high schools in Howard County to ease the population strain on existing schools.

Student population[5]
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2020
902 1223 1361 1511 1570 1755 1652 1645 1546 1434 1406 1375 1341 1470

Principals[]

  • Scott Pfeifer 1996-2004
  • Bill Ryan 2004-2010
  • Nick Novak 2010–2015
  • Kathryn McKinley 2015–2020
  • Mikaela Lidgard 2020-present

Awards[]

  • River Hill was named by the U.S. Department of Education a National Blue Ribbon School in 2007, one of only 40 high schools to receive that honor.[6]

It is the home of Alliance Rocket, co-winners of the SPHERES Challenge 2011 Championship on the International Space Station.[7]

Notable alumni[]

References and notes[]

  1. ^ MD: Best High Schools Archived 2009-06-15 at the Wayback Machine. USNews.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-06.
  2. ^ America's Best High Schools: Maryland – BusinessWeek. Images.businessweek.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-06.
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  4. ^ "National Rankings Best High Schools". US News. 2012. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  5. ^ ||13|0524|3|N|6|13|1|2|1|1|1|1|3 [dead link]
  6. ^ "No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools Program" (PDF). U.S Department of Education web site. November 5, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  7. ^ "NASA - Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites-Zero-Robotics". Nasa.gov. December 6, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  8. ^ "Michael Campanaro: Released off IR". cbssports.com. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  9. ^ "Kevin Johnson, CB for the Cleveland Browns". Nfl.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

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