Pace High School (Florida)

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Pace High School
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Pace High School (Florida)
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
Established1972
School district Santa Rosa County School District
School number0182
PrincipalStephen Shell [1]
Teaching staff89.50 (FTE) [2]
Enrollment2,240 (2022-23) [2]
Student to teacher ratio25.03 [2]
Color(s)Red, white and blue
    [3]
SportsBaseball, football, soccer, tennis, cross country, basketball, track, volleyball softball, golf, swimming, wrestling weightlifting
MascotThe Patriot
Team namePatriots [3]
YearbookThe 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 1900 students. Pace High School belongs to the Santa Rosa County School District.

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Notable alumni

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]

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References

  1. "Staff". Pace High School. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "PACE HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "FHSAA Member Schools". Florida High School Activities Association. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  4. "Pace High's Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps receives top national honor". Pensacola News Journal. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. "ACLU Files Lawsuit to Protect Religious Freedom of Florida High School Students". American Civil Liberties Union. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2016.