[citation needed] On July 8, 2023, 45-year-old Lakisha Wheeler was fatally shot in the Pikesville High parking lot and was pronounced dead on arrival.

[1] In April 2024, athletic director Dazhon Darien was arrested for using artificial intelligence (A.I.)

to impersonate a principal on an audio recording that included racist and antisemitic comments.

Darien faces charges that include theft, disrupting school activities, stalking and retaliating against a witness.

The racial makeup of the student body is 50.3% Black, 30.6% White, 4.8% Asian, 9.9% Hispanic, and 4.4% two or more races.