Arundel High School is a public high school

High school

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 located in Gambrills

Gambrills, Maryland

Gambrills is an unincorporated town in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in the Baltimore metro area.The community was named for Augustine Gambrill, plantation owner.-Population:...

 in Anne Arundel County

Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell , a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state...

, Maryland

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The school is part of the Anne Arundel County Public School

Anne Arundel County Public Schools

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 system, and is the primary high school for Gambrills

Gambrills, Maryland

Gambrills is an unincorporated town in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in the Baltimore metro area.The community was named for Augustine Gambrill, plantation owner.-Population:...

 and portions of the Odenton

Odenton, Maryland

Odenton is a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 20,534 at the 2000 census. The town is named after former Governor of Maryland, Oden Bowie. It is bordered by Gambrills to the east, Severn to the north, Fort Meade to the west, and Crofton to...

 and Crofton

Crofton, Maryland

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 areas. Originally, the school was the Anne Arundel Academy, a prestigious one-room private school founded in 1854. That institution became Arundel High School in 1926. The current school building was built in 1949 and first occupied in 1950, with additions in 1966, 1985, and 2006.
At the close of the 2008-2009 school year, 2,095 students were enrolled at Arundel High School.

Arundel High School gathers students from two middle schools in mid-western Anne Arundel County: Arundel Middle and Crofton Middle (partial).