Stephen Decatur High School (Maryland)


Stephen Decatur High School is a four-year public high school in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The school was opened in 1954.

About the School

Stephen Decatur High School was named after Stephen Decatur, the naval war hero during the War of 1812 who was born in Worcester County. He was a Commodore and also fought in the Second Barbary War against pirates in the Mediterranean Sea.
The school is part of the Worcester County Public School system, which also includes three other high schools, Snow Hill High School, Pocomoke High School, and one vocational school, Worcester Technical High School.
Construction on the school began in 1952 and Stephen Decatur High School was dedicated in 1954. It was a consolidation of two old high schools, Ocean City High School in Ocean City, MD and Buckingham High School in Berlin, MD. The school originally served grades 7 through 12. The current facility has.

Students

The graduation rate at Stephen Decatur High School is consistently above 90 percent. In 2015 the school had a graduation rate of 93.73%.
The area of West Ocean City, Ocean Pines, and Berlin experienced significant growth in the 1990s and 2000s, and that was reflected in the student population at Stephen Decatur High School. From 895 students in 1993, the school had an enrollment of 1,436 in 2007. The growth of the area slowed around the time of the Great Recession, and as a result the student population at Stephen Decatur has remained relatively steady over the past decade.
Student Population
20171,351
20161,346
20151,299
20141,316
20131,341
20121,399
20111,436
20101,433
20091,390
20081,389
20071,436
2006 1,389
2005 1,384
2004 1,374
2003 1,302
2002 1,317
2001 1,251
2000 1,248
1999 1,170
1998 1,111
1997 1,076
1996 1,020
1995 985
1994 938
1993 895

Staff

The following people have been the principal at Stephen Decatur High School:
Wilbur Jones1954–1958
Mr. Whitehurst1958–1963
William C. Tomlinson1963–1966
Elmer Everton1966–1968
Gladys Burbage1968–1987
Tom Tucker1987–1991
Anthony McNabb1991–1994
Louis H. Taylor1994–2012
Thomas Zimmer2012–2018
Thomas Sites2018–Present

Sports

State Champions