The Number 1 ranked High School in Baltimore City, as ranked by US News and World Report, is Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. Poly, as it is known by everyone who lives in the area, is located at 1400 West Cold Spring Lane Baltimore, MD 21209. It is the #1 ranked public school in Baltimore City, the #38 ranked school in the state of Maryland and is ranked #1226 nationally. Poly received a silver medal ranking. Not bad for a school in a school system that has its' share of struggles.
Poly consists of 1683 students and 94 teachers. That's a student:teacher ratio of 18:1. The student based is reported to be 87% minority and 53% economically disadvantaged. This is probably true about many schools in Baltimore City, but Poly has risen to the top and is succeeding at a very high level. The students and teachers should be proud of this accomplishment.
Poly was founded in 1883 as an engineering school, which is why they are called the Engineers. Over the past 130 years numerous Poly alumni have gone on to do great things in all aspects of life. Todays students have incredibly large shoes to fill, but they shoould have no problem carrying on a fine tradition.
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