Pace High School (Florida)

Pace High School
Location
4065 Norris Road Pace, Florida 32571 United States
Coordinates	30°36′48″N87°09′09″W / 30.6133°N 87.1525°W / 30.6133; -87.1525
Information
Type	Public
Established	1972
School district	Santa Rosa County School District
School number	0182
Principal	Stephen Shell [1]
Teaching staff	91.50 (FTE) [2]
Enrollment	2,284 (2023-2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio	24.96 [2]
Color(s)	Red, white and blue     [3]
Sports	Baseball, football, soccer, tennis, cross country, basketball, track, volleyball softball, golf, swimming, wrestling weightlifting
Mascot	The Patriot
Team name	Patriots [3]
Yearbook	The Liberator
Website	phs.santarosaschools.org

Pace High School is a public high school located in Pace, in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. It was established in 1972 with 240 students, and now accommodates over 2500 students. Pace High School belongs to the Santa Rosa County School District.

Notable alumni

• Thad Busby, a former Florida State University quarterback
• Bobby Cassevah, a former pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
• Josh Donaldson, MLB third baseman for the New York Yankees
• Addison Russell, an American professional baseball shortstop who plays for the Acereros de Monclova of the Mexican League
• Ryan Santoso, an American football placekicker
• Brandon Sproat, MLB pitcher for the New York Mets organization

Extracurricular activities

The school's NJROTC program won the 2019 national Most Outstanding Unit Award. ^[4]

Academics

Pace High School is involved in school-based decision making and has utilized teacher committees to determine and implement decisions that affect the overall school program.

ACLU lawsuit

Pace High School was the subject of a religious freedom lawsuit from the ACLU in 2008. ^[5]

References

1. "Staff". Pace High School. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
2. "PACE HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
3. "FHSAA Member Schools". Florida High School Activities Association. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
4. "Pace High's Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps receives top national honor". Pensacola News Journal. June 19, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
5. "ACLU Files Lawsuit to Protect Religious Freedom of Florida High School Students". American Civil Liberties Union. August 27, 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2016.