Centennial High School (Maryland)
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| Established | 1977 |
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| School type | Public high school |
| Principal | Robert Scott Pfeifer |
| Faculty | 71 |
| Students | 1502[1] |
| Colors | Red, White, and Blue |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Location | Ellicott City, MD, 21042 |
| Information | 410 313 6600 |
| Website | http://www.centennialonline.org |
Centennial High School is a secondary school located in Ellicott City, Maryland which was established in 1977. The school is based in Howard County and is part of the Howard County Public Schools system. As of 2006, the school principal is Scott Pfeifer. In 1984-85, the school was recognized as one of the top 100 high schools in the country through the USDE Secondary School Recognition Program. In 1996, Centennial High School was the first high school within the state of Maryland to achieve the excellence standard in all categories of the MSPP's report card. It attained these standards again in 2000 and 2001.
The school has a maximum capacity of 1,332 students, but through the addition of four portable classrooms currently (as of 2005) enrolls over 1,600 students. Of those in attendance, 66.7% are White, 25.2% are Asian, 6.3% African American, and 1.6% are Hispanic. The high school dropout rate is 0.35%.
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Ranked 220th on Newsweek magazine's list of America's Best High Schools[2] in 2006.
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