South River High School (Maryland)

South River High School
Address
Map
201 Central Avenue East

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Coordinates38°55′18″N 76°33′34″W / 38.92166°N 76.55942°W / 38.92166; -76.55942
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1978; 46 years ago (1978)
School districtAnne Arundel County Public Schools
NCES School ID240006000055[1]
PrincipalStacey Smith[2]
Teaching staff100.60 FTE (2022-23)[1]
Grades9–12
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment1,649 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.39 (2022-23)[1]
CampusLarge suburb[1]
Color(s)Columbia blue and silver
   
MascotSeahawk
NewspaperThe Current
YearbookTides
Websitewww.southriverhigh.org

South River High School is a public high school located in Edgewater, Maryland, United States, a suburb of the state capital, Annapolis. It lies directly next to Central Middle School. It was built in 1978 due to overcrowding at Arundel High School and Southern High School. It is the primary school for high school students from Edgewater, Mayo, Davidsonville, Riva, and a small portion of Harwood.

South River High School only has one feeder middle school, which is Central Middle School. Central Middle School has 4 feeder elementary schools: Central, Davidsonville, Edgewater, and Mayo.

The school has received a Blue Ribbon in education.[citation needed] In 2013, Newsweek ranked South River as one of the top 30 high schools in Maryland, and one of the top 1,000 in the country.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Search for Public Schools - South River High (240006000055)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  2. ^ "South River HS". Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "2013 America's Best High Schools". Newsweek. IBT Media Inc. 2013. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013.