Eastside High School (Gainesville, Florida)

Coordinates: 29°38′24″N 82°16′07″W / 29.6399682°N 82.2687131°W / 29.6399682; -82.2687131
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Eastside High School
Address
Map
1201 Southeast 43rd Street

,
32641-7698

United States
Coordinates29°38′24″N 82°16′07″W / 29.6399682°N 82.2687131°W / 29.6399682; -82.2687131
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established1970
School districtAlachua County Public Schools
PrincipalLeroy Williams
Teaching staff57.20 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,323 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio23.13[1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)   
MascotRam
WebsiteEastside 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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Home". sbac.edu.
  3. ^ "Institute of Culinary Arts / Institute of Culinary Arts".
  4. ^ International Baccalaureate
  5. ^ Newsweek 2005 America's best high schools list
  6. ^ Newsweek 2006 America's best high schools list
  7. ^ Newsweek 2010 America's best high schools list
  8. ^ Ranking America's High Schools – The Washington Post
  9. ^ FHSAA.org: Boys Basketball: 2006: Class 5A Championship Bracket
  10. ^ 2014 Results
  11. ^ "Area 13-year-old promotes new book".
  12. ^ "Gainesville's Silverstein excited about life after Google".
  13. ^ https://gainesvillechamber.com/wp-content/uploads/Harvey-Ward.pdf

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