Bladensburg High School

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Bladensburg High School is a public high school located in Bladensburg, Maryland. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Prince George's County Public Schools district.HistoryBladensburg High School's history dates back to 1936, when the high school became a four-year school. Bladensburg's old facility was torn down after school let out for summer 2001; a new facility was built in its place and opened in 2005. On June 11, 2009, the class of 2009 graduated from the school at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md, making them the first class to study all four years in the new facility.Bladensburg High School serves the towns of Bladensburg, Cheverly, Colmar Manor, and the eastern half of Edmonston. The school also serves students from all across the county that are selected to enroll in the school's prestigious Biomedical Program.Bladensburg has had significant historical changes in the students it has served. Opening in the mid-1930s, the school was 100% Caucasian during that period, the school is now 49% African-American and 49% Hispanic/Latino due to the changing population of Prince George's County. Over the last three years, the school's enrollment has increased from 1,600 to nearly 2,000 with programs of study in Biomedicine, Culinary Arts, Cosmetology, Agriculture, and Nursing. Over the last two years, the school, along with its feeder middle school and elementary school, participated in the national CSTEM (Communication, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) competition in Houston, Texas with schools from all across the country. In April 2011, the school won three first place awards, placing the schools in Bladensburg, Maryland as the number one contender in CSTEM.