River Hill High School


River Hill High School is a public high school in Clarksville, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Howard County public schools system.
Kathryn McKinley has been principal since 2015. Kedre Fairley, Kelly Hearns, and Patrick Scible are the vice principals.
River Hill High School was awarded a "gold medal" by U.S. News & World Report. It was recognized by BusinessWeek as having the "Best Overall Academic Performance" in Maryland. It was also ranked 4th of 225 High Schools in the State of Maryland as of 2018.
It was rated the 165th best school in the nation by US News in 2013.
It is the home of Alliance Rocket, co-winners of the SPHERES Challenge 2011 Championship on the International Space Station.

Students

River Hill High School opened in 1996. The school population peaked in 2002 with 1,755 students, but has steadily decreased because several other high schools have opened in Howard County to ease the population strain on the existing schools. 99% of the students passing the Maryland high school assessments.
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Principals