Sparrows Point High

Sparrows Point High is a mid-sized four-year high school in Sparrows Point, Maryland, part of Baltimore County Public Schools. The school teaches 1,095 students in grades 9 through 12.

Baltimore County Public Schools runs 177 schools in total, collectively educating 110,872 students. Sparrows Point High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Sparrows Point High lists that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder comes out to 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 53% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 39% of students at Sparrows Point High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Baltimore County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sparrows Point High is in the bottom 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.4%; Sparrows Point High posts 35.2%, -16.2 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Baltimore County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), Sparrows Point High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sparrows Point Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sparrows Point High. On composite proficiency, Sparrows Point High comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sparrows Point High has grew 15%, going from 952 students in 2018 to 1,095 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 79% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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