Severna Park High School

Severna Park High School is a public high school in the United States located in Severna Park, Maryland. It is a part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system. Its feeder school is Severna Park Middle School. SPHS opened its doors to students in 1959, making it the fourth public high school in Anne Arundel County, being built after Arundel, Annapolis, and Glen Burnie High Schools. Its current principal is Mr. Patrick Bathras, who has been at the school since 2008. A new school was built on the same grounds, and opened in January 2017.

Severna Park High School
Under Construction: August 2015
Address
60 Robinson Rd

Severna Park
,
Maryland

United States
Coordinates39°4′37″N 76°33′39″W
Information
TypePublic
Established1959
School districtAnne Arundel County Public Schools
PrincipalPatrick Bathras
Faculty100+ [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,876 (2017-2018) [1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Blue, Gold, and White
     
MascotFalcons
RivalBroadneck High School Bruins
NewspaperTalon
Websitehttp://www.severnaparkhigh.org/

Severna Park High has gained a strong reputation in Anne Arundel County for its consistent success in academics and athletics. Severna Park High School students consistently achieve high scores in the High School Assessment (HSA). On a national level, the school was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2011 and hosted nine National Merit Scholarship finalists in 2006. The Falcons are sport rivals with nearby Broadneck High School and have excelled at the state level in lacrosse (both the boys and girls lacrosse teams were state champions in 2007), field hockey, swimming and cross-country. The school's mock trial team has won the state championships in 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2015.[2]

Academics and Rankings

Severna Park High School has often been ranked among the best high schools in Anne Arundel County and the state of Maryland. Severna Park High School was ranked among the top 10 high schools in Maryland and the top 300 - 400 high schools in the country by U.S. News & World Report in 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2020. The first year that U.S. News released high school rankings, 2012, Severna Park High School was ranked as the number 1 high school in the entire Baltimore region and number 211 in the United States. U.S. News included Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Howard County Public Schools, Baltimore County Public Schools, Carroll County Public Schools, Baltimore City Public Schools, Harford County Public Schools, and Queen Anne’s County Public Schools as being part of the Baltimore region.[3] In 2020, U.S. News ranked Severna Park as the 3rd best high school in the Baltimore region, the 9th best school in the state of Maryland, and #403 in the United States.

In 2018, the Maryland State Department of Education began assigning star ratings to schools in the state. In 2019, Severna Park High School and all the other schools within the Severna Park feeder system received a 5/5 star rating. Severna Park’s ratings were among the best in the state of the Maryland, with its scores being comparable to that of the Walt Whitman High School feeder system in Bethesda.[4]

In 2020, GreatSchools gave Severna Park High School a 10/10 score in terms of racial equity and said that the school is successfully closing the academic achievement gap between white students and disenfranchised ethnic minority students. Black and Asian students’ test scores and performance at the school were rated a 10/10, and Hispanic students’ performance at the school were rated a 8/10, the same as that of white students. However, the school has notable equity issues when it comes to low-income students’ scores and performance[5]

Academic competition

It's Academic!

Severna Park High School It's Academic competes in a regional game show against outstanding students from other high schools. The team has been the top Anne Arundel County team in back-to-back years and has also reached the Baltimore semifinals in 2015, 2016, and the finals in 2017.[6]

Mock trial

The mock trial team has been a powerhouse in the county for many years and did not lose in county competition until 2009. In their 2010 run to the State Championship, the mock trial team went undefeated. The team reached the State Championship level in 2015 after being undefeated in the county and regional competitions, and won.[2]

Athletics
  • Girls' Soccer: 6 State championships (1989, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003)[7]
  • Boys' Soccer: 3 state championships (1983, 2001, 2013)[7]
  • Field Hockey: 23 state championships (1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)[7]
  • Girls' Lacrosse: 14 State championships (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019)[8]
  • Boys' Lacrosse: 9 State championships (1999, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)[8]
  • Girls' Softball: 3 State championships (1987, 2003, 2018)[8]
  • Girls' Track and Field: 1 State championship (1978)[8]
  • Girls' Indoor Track: 1 State Championship (1977)[9]
  • Boys' Indoor Track: 1 State Championship (1973)[9]
  • Girls' Swimming: 3 State championships {2007, 2009, 2010}[9]
  • Boys' Swimming: 2 State championships (2010, 2011)[9]
  • Girls' Cross Country: 6 State championships (1987, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2018)[7]
  • Boys' Cross Country: 5 State championships (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018)[7]
  • Volleyball: 6 State championships (1976, 1978, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2014)[7]
  • Baseball: 3 State championships (2003, 2005, 2009)[8]

Special Olympic Teams

Severna Park has three teams for special education students and other students to act as helpers. In the fall they have unified tennis, in winter they have unified bowling, and in the spring they have unified bocce.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "SPHS 2017-2018 School Profile" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-02-09.
  2. Provided. "SPHS Mock Trial Team Wins State Championships". Severna Park Voice. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  3. Bowie, Liz. "U.S. News and World Report high school rankings are out". baltimoresun.com.
  4. staff, Baltimore Sun. "2019 star ratings for Maryland public schools: Search by school". baltimoresun.com.
  5. "Explore Severna Park High School in Severna Park, MD". GreatSchools.org.
  6. "SPHS "It's Academic" Team Makes It To Finals". Severna Park Voice. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  7. "MPSSAA Fall Record Book" (PDF). Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  8. "MPSSAA Spring Record Book" (PDF). Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  9. "MPSSAA Winter Record Book" (PDF). Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  10. "2010 NHL Draft". National Hockey League. 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
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