Woodlawn High School (Baltimore)

Woodlawn High School
Address
1801 Woodlawn Dr Woodlawn Woodlawn, Maryland, 21207-4075 USA
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Witness the Change! and "Don't Talk About It Be About It!"
Established	1948
Opened	1961
School district	Baltimore County Public Schools
Principal	Brian A. Scriven
Faculty	Philip D. Popielski Jr. Kenneth Pipkin Dwayne E. Williams Jewell Ralph Anne Dorsey
Grades	9-12
Campus	Urban
Campus size	55 acres (220,000 m²)
School colour(s)	Black Red
Mascot	Warriors
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Maryland State Department of Education
Website	WHS

Woodlawn High School (WHS) is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. A high school was built in Woodlawn in 1922, but housed only 9th through 12th grade. The first 4-year high school was built in 1941. In 1948, a new school was constructed, and in 1958, another new building was constructed. This building still stands today.^[1] The primary structure that is used now was built in 1971 and offers a magnet program focused around students that are interested in Engineering, Science, Technology, and Math, and over 40 various extracurriculars, sports, programs, and activities to incoming and current students. Woodlawn achieved international notoriety from the popular Serial podcast, an investigation of the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and conviction of Adnan Syed.

School Location

Woodlawn High School sits on a little over 55 acres (220,000 m²) in western Baltimore County.^[2] The main building, which was built in 1961, is roughly 195,000 square feet (18,100 m²) in size.^[2] The school is located just east of the Baltimore Beltway and north of Maryland Route 122, Security Boulevard.

Woodlawn High School's district borders the districts of Pikesville High School, Randallstown High School, Milford Mill High School, and Catonsville High School in Baltimore County.^[3]

Students

The graduation rate at Woodlawn High School over the past 15 years peaked in 1999 at 98% and has dropped to 89% in 2006.^[4] However, the graduation rate of Woodlawn High currently is 90%. Woodlawn High School is one of the largest high schools in the Baltimore County Public School system. In 2008, the school was 61% African-American, 19% Hispanic and Native American, 11% Asian/Pacific Islander, 7% White, and 2% European-American.^[5] Almost 13% of the students receive special education,^[6] and over 42% of the students receive free or reduced lunches, one of the highest rates in the county.^[7]