Snow Hill High School

Snow Hill High School (SHHS) is a four-year public high school in Snow Hill, Maryland, United States. It is one of four public high schools in Worcester County along with Pocomoke High School, Stephen Decatur High School, and the Worcester Technical High School.

Snow Hill High School
Location
305 South Church St. Snow Hill , Maryland 21863 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Opened	1957
School district	Worcester Public Schools
NCES School ID	240072001334[1]
Principal	Leland Green
Teaching staff	32[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	337 (2020-2021)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	10.53 (FTE)[1]
Hours in school day	8am–3pm
Campus	Rural
Color(s)	Maroon and silver
Athletics conference	Bayside South
Sports	Football, golf, soccer, tennis, volleyball, wrestling, basketball, baseball, softball, indoor track, cross-country track, cheerleading
Mascot	The Eagle
Newspaper	The Eagle
Website	www.snowhilleagles.org

Overview

The school is located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the town of Snow Hill, MD. The school is on Maryland Route 12 and between U.S. Route 113 and U.S. Route 113 Business. The current building was built in 1957 with an addition being completed in 1982 and has 70,657 square feet (6,564.3 m²) of space located on 18 acres (7.3 ha) of land.^[2] Beginning in 2014, and finishing in 2017, the building received a $44.8 million renovation.^[3]

Students

Snow Hill High School's graduation rate has been very high in past years. In 2007 the school graduated 95.58%, though in 2004 it graduated 100% of seniors.^[4]

Student population ^[5]

Year Pop. ±% 2003 411 —     2004 400 −2.7% 2005 435 +8.7% 2006 438 +0.7% 2007 431 −1.6% 2008 403 −6.5% 2009 368 −8.7%

Year Pop. ±% 2010 355 −3.5% 2011 347 −2.3% 2012 340 −2.0% 2013 325 −4.4% 2014 323 −0.6% 2015 315 −2.5% 2016 328 +4.1%

Year Pop. ±% 2017 312 −4.9% 2018 321 +2.9% 2019 322 +0.3% 2020 315 −2.2% 2021 337 +7.0% 2022 343 +1.8% 2023 348 +1.5%

Staff

The following people have been the principal at Snow Hill High School:

John I. Coulbourn	1903-1904
Virgil F. Ward	1904-1907[6]
Arthur C. Humphreys	1907-1921[7]
Oliver Perry Simmons	1921-1946[8]
Wilbur A. Jones	-1954
Ernest G. Holland	1954-1960[9]
Robert H. Layman	1960-1963[9][10]
Harold G. Phillips	1963-1968[11]
George C. Dimmick	1968-[12]
Kelly H. Shumate	1971-1996[13]
Mark Record	1996-2006[14]
Tom Davis	2006-2014[15]
Kimberly Purvis	2014-2023[16]
Leland Green	2023–Present[17]

Band

The Snow Hill High School Marching Eagles maintain a reputation of pride and excellence. During the past 26 years, the band has performed in 126 competitive events against bands from eighteen different states and the District of Columbia. In this time, the band has received 121 first place awards, four second place awards, and one third place award. The band has placed first in 83 of the last 84 competitions.^[18]

The Snow Hill High School Concert Band is also regarded as one of the premier high school band programs on Maryland's Eastern Shore, annually receiving "Superior" ratings at regional band adjudications.

Sports

State Champions

• 2008 - Boys' Basketball 1A Champs
• 2006 - Boys' Baseball^[19]
• 2001 - Boys' Basketball^[20]
• 1989 - Boys' Basketball
• 1982 - Football^[21]
• 1980 - Football
• 1979 - Girls' Basketball^[22]

See also

• List of high schools in Maryland
• Worcester County Public Schools