Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Address
1400 West Cold Spring Lane at Falls Road (Maryland Route 25) Baltimore , Maryland 21209 United States
Coordinates	39°20′48″N 76°38′41″W / 39.34677°N 76.64469°W / 39.34677; -76.64469[1]
Information
School type	Public, Secondary school, High School and "Magnet" school (formerly single sex school, all – male, 1883–1974)
Motto	"Uniting Theory and Practice"
Established	1883 on Courtland Street (in the 300 block, later renamed St. Paul Street/Place) and East Saratoga Street (opposite present-day terraced Preston Gardens)
School board	Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners (est. 1829)
School district	Baltimore City Public Schools (est.1829)
Superintendent	Sonja B. Santelises [CEO]
President	(student government) Marlena Milić (BPI '17)
Director	Mark Sawyer[2]
Faculty	88[3]
Grades	9–12
Gender	49% male; 51% female[4]
Enrollment	1647[4]
Area	Urban
Color(s)	Orange   and Blue
Song	"Poly Hymn" (tune of "The Navy Hymn")
Fight song	"Poly Fight Song"
Athletics conference	Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) since 1994 [formerly in the old public / private schools Maryland Scholastic Association – M.S.A. (1919–1994)]
Sports	23[4]
Mascot	"Poly Parrot"
Nickname	B.P.I.; Poly; Polytechnic; Tech; The Institute
Team name	"The Engineers"
Rivals	The Baltimore City College ("The Black Knights" / "The Collegians")
USNWR ranking	2,167[3]
Newspaper	"The Poly Press" (est. 1909)
Yearbook	"The Poly Cracker"
Budget	$10,748,593.00 (fiscal year 2014)[5]
Website	www.bpi.edu

The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, colloquially referred to as BPI, Poly, and The Institute, is a US public high school founded in 1883. Established as an all-male manual trade / vocational high school by the Baltimore City Council and the Baltimore City Public Schools, it is now a coeducational academic institution since 1974, that emphasizes sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics ("STEM"). It is located on a 53-acre (21 ha) tract of land in North Baltimore on the east bank of the Jones Falls stream (running north to south). B.P.I. and the adjacent still all-girls population of the Western High School are located on the same huge joint campus at the northwest corner of West Cold Spring Lane and Falls Road.