Chesapeake High School, Baltimore
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| Established | 1978 |
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| Type | Public High School (9-12) |
| Location | Middle River, Maryland, United States |
| District | Baltimore County Public Schools |
| Colors | Dark Blue and Light Blue
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| Mascot | Bayhawks |
| Website | http://schools.bcps.org/schools/chs/chesapeake/ |
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Chesapeake High School (CHS), is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
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[edit] About the School
Chesapeake High School is one of two high schools in Maryland by that name. The other is Chesapeake High School, Anne Arundel County in Pasadena in Anne Arundel County. The Chesapeake High School of Baltimore County is located in southeast corner of the county in Essex, Maryland. The school borders the school districts of Kenwood High School, Sparrows Point High School, Dundalk High School, and Patapsco High School.
The high school is 196,204 square feet on 49 acres.[1]
[edit] Students
In the last 10 years, the graduation rate at Chesapeake High School has been on a general downward trend. it was as high as 94% in 1997 and as low as 72% in 2003.[2] The dropout rate is about 7%, a rate that is climbing.[3]
Though the student population has shown a slight increase in population over the past 15 years, but future growth should be negligible because of the school's location in an already densely populated portion of the metropolitan area.
Student population [4]
- 2007 1,069
- 2006 1,035
- 2005 987
- 2004 990
- 2003 900
- 2002 919
- 2001 892
- 2000 859
- 1999 903
- 1998 849
- 1997 877
- 1996 841
- 1995 859
- 1994 891
- 1993 919
About 15% of the students receive special services, a number considered high by Maryland Report Card.[5]
High School Assessment test scores show the school to be performing poorly. In 2006, only 29.5% of the students passed algebra, 44.0% passed the biology test, 53.8% passed the government test, and 46.3% passed the English test.[6]
[edit] Sports
State Champions
- 1979 - Softball, Class B [7]
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Christi Shake, Playboy Playmate of the Month, May 2002. Real name is Christina Fistek[8]
