Cocoa Beach High School

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Cocoa Beach High School
Address
Cocoa Beach High School
1500 Minuteman Causeway

Cocoa Beach
,
Brevard County
,
Florida
32931

United States
Coordinates 28°19′3.85″N80°37′49.78″W / 28.3177361°N 80.6304944°W / 28.3177361; -80.6304944
Information
Funding typePublic
Founded1964
School district Brevard County School District
PrincipalTim Powers
Staff54.50 (FTE) [1]
Grades7–12
GenderCo-Ed
Number of students1,002 (2019–20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.39 [1]
Color(s)   
MascotMinuteman

Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School (formerly Cocoa Beach High School) is a public junior/senior high school that is a part of the Brevard County Public School System with students in grades seven through twelfth located in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Founded in 1964 it is one of two high schools in Brevard county to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. The school's mascot is the Minuteman and current principal is Tim Powers.

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Academic recognition

In 2006, the school ranked 46th on Newsweek's Top 1000 High Schools list. In 2008, U.S. News & World Report ranked the school "Best," only one of three so named in Brevard County. The school continues to rank in the top schools according to Newsweek. [2]

In 2008, seven students were selected as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, out of 28 total selections in the county. [3]

Athletic awards

Other achievements

Notable alumni

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 "COCOA BEACH JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  2. ↑ "U.S. News & World Report December 5, 2008". usnews.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. ↑ http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS13
  4. ↑ McCallum, Brian (February 12, 2012). "Shot in the dark:Deep into postseason has been mostly an air ball for Brevard County teams". Florida Today . Melbourne, Florida. pp. 1C.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "FHSAA Girls Basketball Championship Records" (PDF). 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  6. ↑ Downs, Megan (April 19, 2007). Students place 2nd in robotics. Florida Today.
  7. ↑ "Richard Amman". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Brian Johnson Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  9. ↑ "Boston Red Sox pitcher Brian Johnson carjacked in Cocoa Beach". Florida Today. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Cocoa Beach Native Kelly Slater Shows Off His Company, Features World's Longest Man-Made Waves |". spacecoastdaily.com. Retrieved 2019-03-01.

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