Baltimore City College
| Baltimore City College | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
, 21218 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°19′32″N 76°35′50″W / 39.325663°N 76.597338°W |
| Information | |
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| Motto | Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat ("He who has earned the palm, let him bear it") |
| Founded | 1839 |
| School district | Baltimore City Public Schools |
| CEEB code | 210035 |
| NCES School ID | 240009000150 |
| Principal | Cynthia "Cindy" Harcum |
| Teaching staff | 83 FTE (2022–23) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Co-educational (all-male from 1839 until 1979) |
| Enrollment | 1,497 (2022–23) |
| Campus size | 38 acres (0.15 km2) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Colors | Black and orange |
| Athletics conference | MPSSAA (3A) |
| Mascot | The Black Knight |
| Team name | Knights |
| Rival | Baltimore Polytechnic Institute |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| USNWR ranking | 460 (2022–23) |
| Newspaper | The Collegian (est. 1929) |
| Yearbook | The Green Bag (est. 1896; oldest public high school yearbook in USA) |
| Budget | $13.64 million (FY23-24) |
| Affiliations | Advanced Placement International Baccalaureate |
| Website | baltimorecitycollege |
Baltimore City College, known colloquially as City, City College, and B.C.C., is a college preparatory school with a classical liberal arts focus in Baltimore, Maryland. Opened in October 1839, B.C.C. is one of oldest active public high schools in the United States. City College is a public exam school and an International Baccalaureate World School at which students in the ninth and tenth grades participate in the IB Middle Years Programme while students in the eleventh and twelfth grades participate in the IB Diploma Programme.
The school is situated on Collegian Hill, its 38 acres (0.15 km2) hilltop campus located in the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhood in Northeast Baltimore. The main academic campus building, a designated National Historic Landmark, is constructed of granite and limestone in a Collegiate Gothic architectural style and features a 200-foot-tall (61 m) Gothic tower.