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The PPFA is a 501c3 organization that fosters the school community by providing programming and educational opportunities which enable better support of our scholars to achieve the mission and vision of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, to raise and distribute funds to serve identified needs and help support programs, and to advocate on behalf of Poly on issues which impact students, teachers and administrators.
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute is a public, citywide magnet high school for Baltimore City Public Schools that emphasizes a rigorous college preparatory curriculum in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. With a student body of more than 1,600 students and 85 teachers, Poly is committed to ensuring that all students have access to college and post-secondary opportunities. We are a premier award-winning public high school in Baltimore founded in 1883 as a result of a petition to establish an engineering school.
Today, Poly offers Baltimore students an excellent college preparatory program through its courses and the Ingenuity Program which continue to emphasize science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Over 95% of our scholars go on to higher education following graduation, accepted by some of the nation's most selective colleges and universities. They enter honors programs and receive millions of dollars in scholarships. Many students take advanced placement courses and perform well on the exams. SAT scores are higher than the state and national averages.
Finally, after exhaustive documentation, the MSDE named Poly as a "Blue Ribbon School of Excellence" and in 2020 Poly was named in Newsweek as #36 Best STEM High School, #1 in Maryland.
