Eastside High School (Gainesville, Florida)
Eastside High School | |
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1201 Southeast 43rd Street , 32641-7698 United States | |
Coordinates | 29°38′24″N 82°16′07″W / 29.6399682°N 82.2687131°W |
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Type | Public secondary |
Established | 1970 |
School district | Alachua County Public Schools |
Principal | Leroy Williams |
Teaching staff | 42.60 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,220 (2022-23)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 28.64[1] |
Campus | Suburban |
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Mascot | Ram |
Website | Eastside High School |
![]() EHS: front entrance and picnic area |
Eastside High School is a public school in east Gainesville, Florida, United States. It was opened in 1970 and is managed by the Alachua County School District.[2] Eastside harbors two magnet programs: the Institute of Culinary Arts[3] and an International Baccalaureate (IB) program.[4]
Administration
[edit]The school has been served by the following principals:[citation needed] John Dukes, Mae Islar, Ron Nelson, Robert Schenck, Bill Herschleb, Sandra Hollinger, Michael Thorne, Jeff Charbonnet, Shane Andrew, and Leroy Williams.
Academics
[edit]Eastside was ranked by Newsweek as the 4th best high school in the United States in 2005,[5] and 6th in 2006,[6] making it the top-rated public high school in the country two years in a row. In 2010 the school was ranked 17th overall,[7] and again in High School Challenge 2011.[8]
Eastside has hosted an International Baccalaureate program, which focuses on the classical liberal arts and sciences, since 1987.
Awards and competitions
[edit]- In 2006 the boys' basketball team won the 5A State Championship,[9] the first state championship in Eastside basketball history.
- In 2007, the Eastside team at the Florida State Spanish Conference won the state championship.[citation needed]
- Eastside placed first in le Congrès de la Culture Francaise en Floride (French language competition) 27 times from 1991 to 2018.[citation needed]
- In 2013–2014, Eastside's Florida Student Astronaut Challenge team placed first in Florida at the state competition[10] in Cape Canaveral.
Notable alumni
[edit]- Nancy Yi Fan - Author[11]
- Gator Hoskins - NFL player
- Jarvis Johnson - YouTuber
- Kenyatta Jones - NFL player
- Marvin Pope - CFL player and coach
- Anthony Richardson - Quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts
- Craig Silverstein - First employee of Google[12]
- Allison Wagner - Swimmer
- Harvey Ward - Mayor Of Gainesville [13]
- Andrew H. Warren - prosecutor and politician
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "Home". sbac.edu.
- ^ "Institute of Culinary Arts / Institute of Culinary Arts".
- ^ International Baccalaureate
- ^ Newsweek 2005 America's best high schools list
- ^ Newsweek 2006 America's best high schools list
- ^ Newsweek 2010 America's best high schools list
- ^ Ranking America's High Schools – The Washington Post
- ^ FHSAA.org: Boys Basketball: 2006: Class 5A Championship Bracket
- ^ 2014 Results
- ^ "Area 13-year-old promotes new book".
- ^ "Gainesville's Silverstein excited about life after Google".
- ^ https://gainesvillechamber.com/wp-content/uploads/Harvey-Ward.pdf [bare URL PDF]