Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

History:

Poly was founded in 1883 as a school for male students interested in manual arts. It quickly became recognized for preparing boys to enter careers in math and engineering. In 1952, Poly became Maryland's first public high school to racially integrate the student body. The school moved to its current location on Falls Road and W. Cold Spring Lane in 1967; women became full-time students in 1974.

Student Body:

There are currently 1647 students enrolled (49% male/51 % female.) Seventy -five percent of the students are African-American, 20% are white, 3% are Asian and 2% are Hispanic.

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Faculty:

Poly faculty have been educated at a wide variety of colleges and universities. The Maryland State Department of Education classifies 85.5% as being "highly qualified." Fifteen members of the Poly staff are Poly alumni.

Scholarship Money Earned:

Over $22 million by the Class of 2009

College Acceptances for the Class of 2009:

Include Adelphi, Alabama A&M, Boston U, Bowdoin, Bowie, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western Reserve, Clemson, College of Notre Dame of MD, Cornell, Davidson, Delaware State, Drew, Drexel, Duke, Emory, Fordham, Franklin and Marshall, Frostburg, George Washington, Georgia Tech, Hampton, Harvard, Hollins, Hood, Howard, Illinois Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins, Juniata, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Loyola, Lynchburg, Maryland Institute of Art, MIT, McDaniel, Michigan State,Morehouse, Morgan, N. Carolina A & T, Northwestern, Norwich, Penn State, Reed, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Salisbury, Smith, Spelman, St. John's, St. Mary's of MD, Temple, Towson, Tuskegee, U of Cal-San Diego, U of Cal-Santa Cruz, U of Connecticut, UMBC, U of MD-College Park, U of MD-Eastern Shore, Miami, Michigan, North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Washington, Villa Julie, Wake Forest, York

After Poly:

99% of the students go on to higher education following graduation

Number of Advance Placement (AP) courses:

12 (English Literature, English Language, US History, US Government, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics, Calculus AB , Calculus BC ,, Economics)

Foreign languages offered:

4 (French, German, Spanish, Chinese)

Musical groups:

Award winning marching band, jazz band, orchestra, combined band, band front, and drumline

Number of interscholastic sports teams:

Poly Alumni Association:

Nearly 20,000 on the current maililng list.