Francis T. Maloney High School is a public school located in Meriden, Connecticut. The student body makeup is 51 percent male and 49 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 64 percent. Francis T. Maloney High School is 1 of 2 high schools in the Meriden School District aMaloney athletics are very well known throughout Meriden as an annual Thanksgiving football game against the cross-town rival Platt Panthers gains media attention all over the city and has upwards of 2000 people attending the game. The school's boys basketball team won the Class L CIAC championship against Lyman Hall of Wallingford on March 15, 2008. This was the first boys' basketball state title for Maloney. The schools athletic program also has produced Jonathan Jenkins, a defensive lineman currently playing professionally for the New Orleans Saints.Maloney High School is the home of the Spartan Marching Band, which is the largest musical group in the city. The school's music department also hosts the annual Connecticut Music Educators Association (CMEA) Southern Region Music Festival, where top-notch musicians gather and play songs such as the A+ March.Notable alumni Beau Billingslea, actor
