Eastside High School (Gainesville, Florida)

Eastside High School
Location
1201 Southeast 43rd Street Gainesville , Florida 32641-7698 United States
Coordinates	29°38′24″N82°16′07″W / 29.6399682°N 82.2687131°W / 29.6399682; -82.2687131
Information
Type	Public secondary
Established	1970
School district	Alachua County Public Schools
Principal	Leroy Williams
Teaching staff	51.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,231 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	24.14 [1]
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Orange and green
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 three magnet programs: the Institute of Culinary Arts ^[3] and an International Baccalaureate (IB) program. ^[4] and the medical skills services (mss).

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

• 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

• 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

1. "EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
2. "Home". sbac.edu.
3. "Institute of Culinary Arts / Institute of Culinary Arts".
4. "Eastside High School". International Baccalaureate®.
5. "Newsweek 2005 America's best high schools list".
6. "NEWSWEEK COVER: America's Best High Schools, 2006". www.prnewswire.com.
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. "Kenzototo : Platform Permainan Toto Macau Resmi Di Indonesia". Kenzototo. Archived from the original on July 10, 2006.
11. "Area 13-year-old promotes new book". Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
12. "Gainesville's Silverstein excited about life after Google". Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
13. https://gainesvillechamber.com/wp-content/uploads/Harvey-Ward.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

External links

• Eastside High School homepage
• Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) School Level Report for Eastside High School