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Lansdowne High School

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Type
  
Public high school

Principal
  
Ken Miller

Phone
  
+1 410-887-1415

Colors
  
Blue, Red

Opened
  
1963

Grades
  
9-12

Mascot
  
Vikings

Lansdowne High School

Motto
  
"What Did You Learn Today?"

School district
  
Baltimore County Public Schools

Address
  
3800 Hollins Ferry Rd, Lansdowne, MD 21227, USA

District
  
Balti County Public Schools

Lansdowne high school open house 2015


Lansdowne High School (LHS), formerly known as Lansdowne Sr. High School, and currently known as the Lansdowne High School Academy for Advanced Professional Studies, is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.

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About the School

The school is located in the far southwest corner of Baltimore County right near the Baltimore City line. It is at 3800 Hollins Ferry Road, Lansdowne, Maryland 21227, just west of Maryland Route 295, inside the Baltimore Beltway. It is just south of the Baltimore City neighborhoods of Lakeland and Westport, just north of the Anne Arundel County neighborhood of Linthicum/Linthicum Heights, just east of Arbutus/Halethorpe in Baltimore County, and just west of Baltimore Highlands in Baltimore County and Brooklyn/Brooklyn Park in Baltimore City.

The school district for Lansdowne High School borders the districts of Catonsville High School in Baltimore County and Southern High School, which is now known as Digital Harbor High School in Baltimore City.

Students

Lansdowne High School Academy has expanded course offerings and attracted new students with arts, technology, finance, and health services magnet programs over the past 10 years, Lansdowne has seen improvements is graduation rates and test scores.

Student population

  • 2011 981
  • 2010 978
  • 2009 1,113
  • 2008 1,313
  • 2007 1,276
  • 2006 1,281
  • 2005 1,230
  • 2004 1,201
  • 2003 1,171
  • 2002 1,199
  • 2001 1,221
  • 2000 1,210
  • 1999 1,210
  • 1998 1,134
  • 1997 1,116
  • 1996 1,072
  • 1995 1,018
  • 1994 1,065
  • 1993 1,141
  • Sports

    State Champions

    Baseball, 1993

    State Finalist

    Baseball, 1992

    Regional Champions

    Baseball, 1992, 1993, 2011

    Lacrosse, 2013 Lacrosse 2014

    Notable alumni

  • David Byrne - lead singer of 80's music group Talking Heads
  • Thomas Apple and John Footen - creators of the NYC Times Square Nasdaq Marketsite MarketSite
  • References

    Lansdowne High School Wikipedia