Kennebunk High School

Kennebunk High School is a public high school located in Kennebunk, Maine, and provides education for grades 9–12. It is part of Maine Regional School Unit 21 for the towns Arundel, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. The school currently has 692 students enrolled. In 1982–83 and in 1990–91, Kennebunk High School was named a National Blue Ribbon School. It is currently a First Amendment School.Starting in the 2008–09 school year, Kennebunk High School became an International Baccalaureate school, and it has now become part of the List of schools offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma ProgrammeIn 2013, Kennebunk High School ranked 4th in the United States by the Center for Digital Education "for its use of information technology to improve service delivery and quality of education." In 2015, Kennebunk High School rose to #1 in this position.Also in 2013, Kennebunk High School was recognized as one of only three schools in Maine to be honored by the College Board by making AP Honor Roll. This was because of "increasing access to Advanced Placement (AP) course work while simultaneously maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP Exams."FacilitiesThe main building of Kennebunk High School, located on Fletcher Street, was built in 1938 to replace the previous building located on Park Street at the site of where Park Street School used to stand. In 1951, an addition was added to the right of the building which provided two wings, one to house the former Kennebunk Junior High School, and the other to house the High School gymnasium and technical education facilities. In the early 1970s, an addition to those wings was added to house the high school's musical and science programs. In 1981, all portions of the three-part 'wing' were incorporated into the Kennebunk Junior High School when a larger wing, built onto the left side of the main building on Memorial Field was added to replace the facilities in the older addition(s).