Eastside High School (Gainesville, Florida)

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Eastside High School
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Address
Eastside High School (Gainesville, Florida)
1201 Southeast 43rd Street

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32641-7698

United States
Coordinates 29°38′24″N82°16′07″W / 29.6399682°N 82.2687131°W / 29.6399682; -82.2687131
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established1970
School district Alachua County Public Schools
PrincipalLeroy Williams
Teaching staff42.60 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,220 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio28.64 [1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)  
Mascot Ram
Website Eastside High School
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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]

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Administration

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

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

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  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 [ bare URL PDF ]