Millbrook Magnet High School, commonly known as Millbrook High School (MHS), is a public magnet high school located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is one of thirty-two high schools in the Wake County Public School System. In 2006, Millbrook finished the renovation of its campus which includes a new three-level building, a courtyard for students, and a larger cafeteria making MHS one of the largest and up to date facilities in the area. In 2009, Millbrook High School was granted International Baccalaureate status by the North Carolina Board of Education.[2] The school was named a Magnet School of Excellence by Magnet Schools of America in 2020 and 2024 for its innovative curriculum, strong community building, and success in removing barriers to student success.[3]
Millbrook High School | |
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Address | |
2201 Spring Forest Road 27615 United States | |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1922 |
School district | Wake County Public School System |
CEEB code | 342620 |
Principal | Brian Saunders |
Staff | 133.50 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
Enrollment | 2,354 (2021–22)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 17.63[1] |
Schedule | A/B Block, 8 classes |
Hours in school day | Monday–Friday 7:25 A.M–2:20 P.M |
Color(s) | Navy and white |
Mascot | Wiley the Wildcat |
Team name | Wildcats |
Rival | Jesse O. Sanderson High School |
Newspaper | Cat Talk |
Yearbook | The Laurel |
Website | https://www.wcpss.net/millbrookhs |
Principals:
Millbrook is an International Baccalaureate world school. The program is a two-stage academic course that brings together highly motivated and engaged students and teachers in classrooms that dig deep into content critical thinking, and the impact of perspective on student understanding.
All Millbrook students are automatically enrolled in the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) at the start of their freshman year. The program is intended to prepare students for the academic rigor of the IB Diploma Programme, but the connection of classroom concepts with the international-mindedness and other principles of IB may be beneficial to all students.[15] As a part of the curriculum, sophomores will complete the Personal Project in their English II class, which invites students to delve into a topic of their choosing. Over the course of a year, students will research, self-educate, and create a product to showcase the progress of their learning and the successful development of skills such as time-management, research, collaboration, comprehension, and more.[16]
Millbrook operates on A/B day schedule, where, unlike traditional semester-long classes, students alternate between a set of four 90-minute long classes one day, and another four the next. This divides an eight-period day over two school days. Due to the modified schedule, all finals are taken at the end of year school year, instead of in the middle like traditional semester courses.
Millbrook's athletics department houses 40 athletic teams[17] including varsity, junior varsity, and freshman levels, who all compete in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The school is classified into 4A, the highest division, due to their large population. Their historical rival is Jesse O. Sanderson High School.
Club Sports
2413 total students
155 certified teachers
Name | Class Year | Notability |
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Robert L. Barker | 1951 | North Carolina Senator |
George A. Fisher Jr. | 1960 | Former United States Army officer |
Dean Debnam | 1972 | President and CEO, Public Policy Polling[21][circular reference] |
Paul Shuey | 1988 | MLB pitcher |
Bucky Brooks | 1989 | Former NFL player who is a sportswriter covering the NFL for Sports Illustrated |
Craig Keith | 1989 | NFL tight end[22] |
David Merritt | 1989 | Former NFL player and current NFL coach |
Evan Brown | 2005 | Professional soccer player[23] |
Martha Nichols | 2005 | American choreographer and dancer |
Ferrety Sousa | 2008 | Professional soccer player[24] |
Keith Marshall | 2012 | NFL running back |
Brian Miller | 2013 | MLB outfielder |
Rickey Thompson | 2014 | American actor, comedian, and internet personality[25] |
James Smith-Williams | 2015 | NFL defensive lineman[26] |
Chris Clemons | 2015 | NBA player[27] |
Larry Rountree III | 2017 | NFL running back for the Los Angeles Chargers |
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