La Plata High School
| La Plata High School | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
6035 Radio Station Road , 20646 United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°32′46.1″N 76°57′1.4″W / 38.546139°N 76.950389°W |
| Information | |
| Established | 1927 |
| Principal | Douglass Dolan[1] |
| Staff | 72.00 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,108 (2017-18)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.39[2] |
| Colors | Navy Blue and White ██ |
| Athletics conference | Southern Maryland Athletic Conference |
| Mascot | Warrior[3] |
| Feeder Schools | Piccowaxen, Somers |
| Website | https://www.ccboe.com/schools/laplata/ |
La Plata High School is part of the Charles County Public Schools and is located in La Plata, Maryland, United States. The current school was built in 1979. Before that, it was in the building (built in 1964) which now holds Milton M. Somers Middle School.[4][5]
History
On November 9, 1926, the La Plata Elementary School was destroyed by a tornado that killed 13 students.[6][7] That two room building was replaced by a new school that housed both an elementary and high school for La Plata.[8]
Demographics
As of 2025, La Plata High School has an enrollment of 1,217 students with a demographic profile of 52.67% White, 26.79% Black, 2.55% Asian or Pacific Islander 9.37% Hispanic, 0.33% American Indian, and 7.89% Other Races. [2]
Notable alumni
- Matt Dyson, American football coach and a former player
- William Daniel Mayer, former member of Maryland House of Delegates
- Don Money, baseball player
- Paul Thomas, Joel Madden and Benji Madden are members of the band Good Charlotte.
- Daryl Thompson, baseball player
- Zuberi Williams, judge
- Allyn Rose, Miss Maryland USA 2011
References
- ^ "Administrative Team". Retrieved June 17, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "La Plata High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 24, 2020. Cite error: The named reference "NCES" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ School Information Archived 2008-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Partlow, Joshua (January 20, 2005). "Anticipating Growth, Charles Weighs New Government Building". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 24, 2007.
In turn, Milton Somers was housed until 1964 in the Government Building, on Baltimore Street. - ^ Kathryn Cochrane Newcomb (1981). "What's In a Name?". Charles County Board of Education. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ Thomas R. Brooks (November 1926). "The Tornado in Southern Maryland, November 3, 1926". Monthly Weather Review. 54, 11 (11). American Meteorological Society: 462. Bibcode:1926MWRv...54..462B. doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1926)54<462:TTISMN>2.0.CO;2.
- ^ "La Plata Elementary School". The Historical Marker Database. February 3, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2007.
- ^ Zilliox, Jacqueline (2007). Charles County. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-4407-6.