The school was established in 1908 and is located on a 35-acre (140,000 m2) campus in the southeastern corner of Baltimore County on a peninsula, which juts out into the Chesapeake Bay.

[2] SPECIES, (Sparrows Point Educational Center in Environmental Studies) is a magnet program for students with particularly intense interest in science.

The program provides in-depth experiences in a wide variety of aquatic and environmentally related sciences.

Additionally, juniors and seniors may attend classes for half of each day at The Community College of Baltimore County.

A complete interscholastic athletic program is offered that includes fall, winter, and spring sports.