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River Hill High School

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Opened
  
1996

Grades
  
9–12

Phone
  
+1 410-313-7120

Founded
  
1996

Principal
  
Kathryn McKinley

Language
  
English

Mascot
  
Hawks

River Hill High School

School type
  
Public High School (9–12)

School district
  
Howard County Public Schools

Address
  
12101 Clarksville Pike, Clarksville, MD 21029, USA

District
  
Howard County Public School System

Similar
  
Oakland Mills High School, Faulkner Ridge Center, Atholton High School, Reservoir High School, Wilde Lake High School

Profiles

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River Hill High School is a public high school in Clarksville, Maryland. It is part of the Howard County public schools.

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Kathryn McKinley is the current principal. Kedre Fairley and Dr. Napoleon Saunders are the vice principals.

River Hill High School was awarded a "silver medal" by U.S. News & World Report. It was recognized by BusinessWeek as having the "Best Overall Academic Performance" in Maryland. It was ranked 295 out of 1500 high schools in 2009, which represent the top 6 percent of public high schools in the U.S., by Newsweek magazine.

It was also ranked 7th of 225 High Schools in the State of Maryland as of 2013.

It was rated the 165th best school in the nation by US News in 2013.

It is the home of Alliance Rocket, co-winners of the SPHERES Challenge 2011 Championship on the International Space Station.

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Students

River Hill High School opened in 1996. The school population peaked in 2002 with 1,755 students, but has steadily decreased because several other high schools have opened in Howard County to ease the population strain on the existing schools. 99% of the students passing the Maryland high school assessments.

Principals

  • Scott Pfeifer 1996-2004
  • Bill Ryan 2004-2010
  • Nick Novak 2010–2015
  • Kathryn McKinley 2016–present
  • Awards

  • River Hill was named by the U.S. Department of Education a National Blue Ribbon School in 2007, one of only 40 high schools to receive that honor.
  • Notable alumni

  • Ryan Pinkston (class of 2006), actor
  • Michael Campanaro wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens
  • Kevin Johnson cornerback for the Houston Texans
  • References

    River Hill High School Wikipedia