Mount Hebron High School | |
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9440 Route 99 Ellicott City, MD 21042 United States |
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Type | Public high school |
Motto | Home of the Vikings |
Established | 1965 |
Principal | Andrew Cockley |
Faculty | Approx 120 |
Enrollment | 1,411 [1] |
Color(s) | Black and Gold |
Mascot | Viking |
Rivals | Centennial High School, Marriotts Ridge High School |
Website | mhhs.hcpss.org |
Mount Hebron High School is a public high school located in Ellicott City, Maryland. It is part of the Howard County Public School System.
Mt. Hebron opened in 1965 as a junior high school. When Patapsco Middle School opened nearby in 1969, Mt. Hebron was converted into a high school. [2] Mt. Hebron was ranked 671st in Newsweek magazine's "America's Best High Schools" listing in 2006 and was ranked 598th in 2007. It has a 92.4% graduation rate and its latest renovations were completed in 2011.
Mount Hebron High School is named after the nearby 21,252 acre slave plantation and manor. Mt. Hebron is a stone home built by Col John Worthington Dorsey for his son Thomas Beale Dorsey in 1808.
Mt. Hebron High School is located in suburban Howard County, approximately 10 miles west of Baltimore. It is at the intersection of St. Johns Lane and Route 99, Old Frederick Road, just west of U.S. 29 and north of I-70.
The Mt. Hebron boys' soccer team won back-to-back 2A state championships in 1999 and 2000, and the 3A championship in 2006.
The boys' cross country team won the Class C Maryland State Championship in 1969 and the 2A championship in 2008.
The volleyball team won the 2A state championship three years running (1990, 1991, and 1992) and the 3A championship in 1995.
Between 1992 and 2007 the girls' lacrosse team won the state championship every year except 1996, winning 2A in 1992 and 1993; 4A in 1994, 1995, and 1997; 2A in 1998 and 1999; and 3A in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. The boys' team won the 2A championship in 1991 and 1999 and the 3A championship in 2002 and 2006.