School type Public High School Principal Steve Grudis Grades 9-12 Number of students 1,351 | Opened 1962 Teaching staff 94.50 (FTE) Phone +1 410-677-5141 Founded 1962 | |
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School district Wicomico County Public Schools Address 300 E College Ave, Salisbury, MD 21804, USA District Wicomico County Public Schools Similar Parkside High School, Wicomico High School, Bennett Middle School, Wicomico County Board‑Ed, Prince Street Elementa Profiles | ||
James M. Bennett High School is a high school located in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland. It is part of the Wicomico County Public School system. It is one of four public high schools in Wicomico County along with Mardela Middle and High School, Parkside High School, and Wicomico High School. It was established in 1962.
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New Building
Construction on the replacement James M. Bennett High School completed 2010, and the school opened for the 2010-2011 school year. Construction began in 2008, with a goal completion date of 2011. The new building includes state of the art technology including geothermal heating control and automated energy-saving lighting and up-to-date educational tools such as LCD projectors, digital whiteboards, campus-wide Wi-FI and TV networks, and document cameras replacing overhead projectors. The building was designed to honor the Bennett Memorial Garden - a garden designed to honor three Class of 2000 students who died before graduating. The Garden was dedicated on August 19, 2000 with participation from Frank Perdue, then Salisbury Mayor Barrie Tilghman and current Salisbury City Council President Jacob Day, who designed the Garden.
Bennett Middle School, as of the summer of 2015, has been demolished for the current construction of additional sports fields. The new school was rededicated on April 18, 2011, marking Salisbury's first new high school in more than 30 years.
Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 1,351 students enrolled in 2013-14 was:
42.6% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.
Academics
Advanced Placement offerings at James M. Bennett include Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics 1, Physics 2, Computer Science A, Psychology, English Language and Composition, English Literature, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History, European History, Calculus, AP Calculus II Spanish, AP Statistics and Latin.