Founded in 1998, Blake High School is a public high school that offers a signature program in fine arts and humanities as well as business and technology. Its mascot is the Bengal and its current principal is Mr. Christopher Berry. Blake was named after James Hubert Blake, a ragtime musician of the early and mid-20th century, chosen over James Maury Henson,[citation needed] the creator of The Muppet Show and graduate of the University of Maryland.
It is part of the Northeast Consortium, an organization of three area high schools that allow middle schooners to choose their destination school based on each school's signature program. The other members of the consortium are Springbrook High School and Paint Branch High School.