Sparrows Point High School

Sparrows Point High
Aerial view of Sparrows Point High School
Location
7400 North Point Road Sparrows Point, MD United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"Great Expectations and Wonders" "The East Side Dream Team"
Established	1908
School district	Baltimore County Public Schools
Principal	E. Caster
Staff	19
Faculty	60
Grades	9-12
Number of students	795
Color(s)	Blue and gray
Mascot	The Pointer
Newspaper	The Pointer
Students per class	27.6 - 29.0
Number of AP/IB courses offered	18
Phone number	(410) 887-7517
Website	http://sparrowspoinths.bcps.org/

Blue and gray

Sparrows Point High is a comprehensive high school for students in grades 9 - 12 and is one of the 24 high schools in the Baltimore County Public Schools. The current enrollment is 795 with 27.6 - 29.0 students per class. The school was established in 1908 and is located on a 35-acre (140,000 m²) campus in the southeastern corner of Baltimore County on a peninsula, which juts out into the Chesapeake Bay. The staff includes three administrators, 60 teachers, three guidance counselors, one librarian, eight instructional assistants, and four clerical personnel. Sparrows Point High is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and by the Maryland State Department of Education. The school's colors are blue and gray and the mascot is the "Pointer".

Each year, approximately 85% of the graduates elect to continue their education.

SPECIES, (Sparrows Point Educational Center in Environmental Studies) is a magnet program for students with particularly intense interest in science. Magnet students are recruited throughout the eastern half of Baltimore County. The program provides in-depth experiences in a wide variety of aquatic and environmentally related sciences. Courses offering college credit are part of the SPECIES Program.

College credit is earned every year by students who take the Advanced Placement exams. Additionally, seniors may attend classes for half of each day at The Community College of Baltimore County. Students in this program may earn as many as fifteen college credits before they graduate from high school.

Approximately 20 percent of the students attend Sollers Point Technical High School for half of each school day to gain technical skills. Various other vocational programs are available, several of which culminate in cooperative work-study experience.