City Neighbors High School is a publiccharterhigh school located in the Glenham-Benhar neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Opened in 2010, City Neighbors High was the third school launched by the larger City Neighbors Foundation program, a Baltimore-based charter organization.[4] The school operates as a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation under the name "City Neighbors High School Inc."[5]
The school located at corner of Bayonne and Sefton Avenues was originally Public School No. 41 - Hamilton Junior High School.[7] Built in 1931, Hamilton Junior High opened for students in the spring of 1932.[8][9] By 2007, plans were proposed to close the aging school building in the face of declining enrollment and the potential to save City Schools $6 million in maintenance and capital expenses.[10] The school was also among five Baltimore schools that were identified as "persistently dangerous" under standards set by the No Child Left Behind Act.[11] The school board approved a plan to close Hamilton Junior High in the summer of 2009 by a phase out plan where it would not admit new 6th graders.[12][13]
City Neighbors first opened an elementary/middle school in the former Hamilton Junior High building under the name City Neighbors Hamilton in 2009, and plans were made to add a high school in another part of the building the following year.[14][15] The high school's initial Freshmen class of 90 students entered in 2010.[4] At the same time, City Neighbors Hamilton & High schools undertook a 6-year $8.9 million renovation of the school buildings.[3] The project was financed by a bond issue by the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, who in turn loaned the funds to the two school corporations.[16] The school's first class of 86 students graduated in 2014 with a 95% graduation rate.[17] In 2018, City Neighbors High received a 3 out of 5 star rating by the Maryland State Department of Education.[18]
