Poolesville High School

Poolesville High School is a public all magnet high school located in Poolesville, Maryland, United States.

Poolesville High School
Address
17501 W Willard Rd

Poolesville
,
Montgomery
,
Maryland
20837-2006

United States
Coordinates39°8′36″N 77°25′6″W
Information
TypePublic magnet secondary school
Established1911 (1911)
School districtMontgomery County Public Schools
NCES District ID2400480[1]
School codeMD-15-150152
CEEB code210825
NCES School ID240048000897[2]
PrincipalMark Carothers
Faculty64.42 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Grades9–12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment1,272[2] (2021-2022)
 • Grade 9334
 • Grade 10325
 • Grade 11322
 • Grade 12291
Student to teacher ratio19.75:1[2]
Campus typeFringe town[2]
Color(s)Black and Vegas gold    
NicknameFalcons
USNWR ranking140[3]
Websitemontgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/poolesvillehs

History

The core of the building was built in 1911 as an elementary school,[4] and as of 1912 the school was the only consolidated (middle and high school) in Montgomery County.[5] Poolesville's first graduates were seven students in 1920.[6]

Poolesville High School circa 1912

The current school building dates back to 1953,[4] but has had over 22 additions made since then,[7] with the last major revision happening in 1978.[4][8] The building housed Poolesville's middle school and high school up until 1997 when John Poole Middle School was built.[4] On June 6, 2022, construction began on an entirely new high school building, set to open in 2025.[9][10]

From its inception until 2002, the school's mascot was an Indian, and its logo was the profile of an Indian warrior in a full headdress.[11] In 2001, amid some controversy, the school's students and Poolesville Community voted on whether to keep the mascot or to change it to a falcon. Although the students and community elected to keep the Indian as the mascot, at the beginning of the 2001–2002 school year, the Montgomery County Board of Education, under pressure from the Maryland Bureau of Indian Affairs, overruled the vote. Beginning in the 2002–2003 school year, the students voted to change the school's mascot to a falcon. On January 24, 2022, the main office, guidance office, and bus loop were moved to the left of the original area.

Admissions
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity 2021–2022[2]
WhiteAsianHispanicBlackTwo or More RacesAmerican Indian/Alaska Native
53946212376692
Year Enrollment Native American/
Alaskan Native		  % Asian/
Pacific Islander		  % African
American		  % Non-Hispanic
White		  % Hispanic  %
2012–131,23530.228623.162571758998
2009–101,15060.524321.1706.176866.8635.5
2008–091,04980.818617.7605.775071.5454.3
2007–081,01280.812712.6504.979078.0373.7
2006–0793950.1697.34545.877782.7343.6
2005–0686130.2323.44465.375787.9232.7
2004–0582540.4353.34354.272888.2232.8
2003–0477630.1353.21293.769689.7131.7
2002–0375330.2282.98233.168290.6172.3

Curriculum

Starting in the 2006–2007 school year, honor students in northern Montgomery County ("upcounty") have the opportunity to become a part of one of three magnet programs called "houses": Global Ecology; Humanities; or Science, Math, and Computer Science. Students test into high school during their last year of middle school, and if accepted and enrolled, they are "certificate" students and are required to take the standard courses for their specific program. As Poolesville is considered a whole magnet high school, resident students (if they do not apply and join one of the other programs) automatically become part of a fourth program called the Independent Studies program or ISP but are "non-certificate" and can choose to take specialized courses. The Independent Studies Program is specifically for Poolesville resident students only and cannot be applied for by out-of-district students.

Poolesville was ranked Washington Post's #1 Most Challenging High School in Maryland in 2016,[12] U.S. News' #1 Best High School in Maryland,[13] and Newsweek's #1 Top High School in Maryland in 2015.[14] The school's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program was ranked #121 in Newsweek's 2019 nationwide survey of US high schools.[15]

A total of 1,180 students attend the school across all grade levels and magnet programs and are instructed by 65 full-time teachers.[16]

Extracurricular activities

Poolesville fields teams in the following sports:

Campus

Because magnet students may come from anywhere within upper Montgomery County, 18 buses service out-of-area students. For Poolesville local students, there are nine buses.[17]

Notable alumni

See also

Nearby schools

References
  1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Montgomery County Public Schools". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. "Search for Public Schools - Poolesville High (240048000897)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  3. "Poolesville High School". 2023-2024 Best U.S. High Schools. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  4. "Town of Poolesville Comprehensive Master Plan" (PDF). December 5, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-02.
  5. Wilson, Warren H.; Taft, Anna B. (1912). A Rural Survey in Maryland, made by the Department of Church and Country Life of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the USA. p. 68. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  6. Jewell, E. Guy (1976). From One Room to Open Space: A History of Montgomery County Schools from 1732 to 1965. Rockville, Maryland: Montgomery County Public Schools.
  7. Lindsay, Jordan (2019-10-21). "Poolesville Residents Express Need for New High School Facility". MyMCMedia. Poolesville. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  8. Pollak, Suzanne (2021-02-08). "Board of Education Approves Major Building Plans at Burnt Mills Elementary, Poolesville High". MyMCMedia. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  9. Shahzad, Maryam (2022-06-07). "New Poolesville High School Under Construction". MyMCMedia. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  10. Schramm, Kaitlyn (2022-06-16). "PHS's Success at Groundbreaking Ceremony After Years of Struggle". Poolesville Pulse. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  11. Libit, Howard (2001-12-27). "In effort to save 'Indians,' Poolesville hasn't given in". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  12. "Maryland Schools - The Washington Post". apps.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  13. "Maryland Best High Schools". Archived from the original on 22 April 2020.
  14. "America's Top High Schools 2015". Newsweek. 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  15. "The Top 500 STEM High Schools". Newsweek. November 8, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  16. "Best High Schools Maryland". US News. December 1, 2019.
  17. "Poolesville HS - Bus Routes". www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  18. Heim, Joe. "This white nationalist who shoved a Trump protester may be the next David Duke". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  19. Eberly, Tim (January 21, 2001). "Poolesville Sizes 'Em Up". The Washington Post. in the past 30 years, only one former student, 1985 graduate Irvin Smith, has earned a full athletic scholarship to a major Division I college (Smith started at defensive back at Maryland).
  20. Ousley, Parkes. "Cloud9 Blaber: "I don't take my time with Svenskeren for granted... That's when I learned the most."". Inven Global. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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