Pompano Beach High School

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Pompano Beach High School
Address
Pompano Beach High School
600 NE 13th Avenue

Pompano Beach
,
Broward County
,
Florida
33060

United States
Coordinates 26°14′09″N80°06′37″W / 26.2358869°N 80.1102139°W / 26.2358869; -80.1102139
Information
Type Public Secondary
Motto"Home of the Golden Tornadoes"
Established1926
School district Broward County Public Schools
Superintendent Dr. Peter B. Licata
PrincipalLisa Spencer
Staff53.00 (FTE) [1]
Faculty57
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment1,286 (2022-23) [2]
Student to teacher ratio23:1 [1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Blue and Gold   
MascotGolden Tornadoes
Website https://www.browardschools.com/pompanobeachhigh

Pompano Beach High School (formerly Pompano High School, Pompano Beach Senior High School and The Pompano Beach High School Institute of International Studies) is a college-preparatory school located in Pompano Beach, Florida, which instructs grades 9 through 12.

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Founded in 1926, it is the second oldest high school in the Broward County School District.

According to the 2023-2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report , Pompano Beach High School is the 286th best high school in the country, the 25th best in the State of Florida and the #1 Best Public High School in Broward County. [3]

Since 1958, the school's sports teams have been named the Golden Tornadoes.

Academics and ranking

Pompano Beach High School is one of the highest achieving schools in Broward County. The school has been awarded the Blue Ribbon School of Excellence status, [4] which is considered the highest honor an American school can achieve and is shared by only 3.9% of schools nationwide and is also an Apple Distinguished School for its use of innovative technology and project-based learning to educated students. Both of these awards were accomplished under the guidance of principal Dave Gordon, who retired in 2010.

In 2006, Governor Jeb Bush recognized Pompano Beach High School as one of the top fifty schools in the state of Florida. Pompano ranked 13th out of nearly 1,100 high schools in the state and was recognized as the highest ranked fully comprehensive high school in Broward County. Pompano Beach High School also ranked 6th in the state for the greatest gains in student achievement for its lowest quartile of students.

Pompano Beach High School earned an "A" rating 11 times based on FCAT scores since 2002 . [5]

In 2024, Pompano Beach High School was ranked one of the Best High Schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, earning the Gold Medal Status. It is listed as the 25th Best High School in the State of Florida and as the 286th Best High School in the United States for 2023-2024. [6]

For the 2022-2023 academic year, Pompano Beach High School reported a 100% graduation rate. [7]

History

Early years (1926-–1997)

Pompano High was founded in 1926, in Pompano Beach, Florida, to address the growing need for secondary education in northeastern Broward County.

Pompano's first school was opened in 1897 and by 1913, it had changed location three times. That school's capacity of 50 students was not large enough for the high school-aged students, who were initially bused to Fort Lauderdale High until 1926 when a school for grades 1-12 was built in Pompano. [8]

The first class to graduate from Pompano High was the class of 1928, which had only twelve students.

The school's sports teams were called the Beanpickers after the part-time job that many of the school's students had in the formerly agricultural area of the time. The Beanpicker was also the name of the school's yearbook, which was first published in 1943.

In 1947, following the merger of the towns of Pompano and Pompano Beach, the school changed its name to Pompano Beach High School.

In 1955, the student body voted to change its nickname from the Beanpickers to the Tornadoes. [9]

In 1958, the school's sports teams were renamed to the Golden Tornadoes.

In 1960, a new football field, gymnasium, theater, classrooms and new offices were built. The school moved to its present location on March 14, 1960 and was at last developing with a full range of offered courses, sports, civic organizations and clubs.

In 1985, Pompano Beach High School was temporarily closed due to declining enrollment. For 12 years it served as a center for adult education and community programs.

In 1997, the school reopened to accept its first new graduating class of high school students, the class of 2001.

Modern era (1997–present)

In 1997, the school was resurrected as a satellite campus of Blanche Ely High School called the Pompano Beach High School Institute for International Studies. Later, it once again became a school in its own right. Almost always known simply as Pompano Beach High School, it was Broward County's first all-magnet school, [10] specializing in "International Affairs with Informational Technology."

Located on the 1960 campus, the school grew to fill the buildings it had once occupied, with the exception of several buildings that had come to be used in the intervening years by the City of Pompano Beach and by the Broward County School District.

In 2001, the first class graduated from Pompano since the school's closure in 1985.

In February 2004, the school's name was shortened to Pompano Beach High School.

On April 13, 2004, a newly built campus opened adjacent to the older campus. On this new campus, the school's current cafeteria, library, offices, and classrooms are contained in a single three-story building. The new facility boasts a totally wireless environment with high-speed connectivity, a 3:1 student to computer ratio and a network with multiple servers. The school transformed their classrooms into 21st century digital models to include interactive "smart" boards, ceiling-mounted LCD projectors, and sound and voice amplification systems to help teachers meet student needs.

A new auditorium was completed in 2005, which the school uses for concerts, plays and special guest presentations. The two original gyms are still in use and have been renovated. The buildings that had been used by the school since its 1997 reopening were demolished to make room for the school's parking lot.

Despite having been closed for 12 years in recent history, the school maintains some connections with its long past. Volume 64 of the Beanpicker was published in 2007; the volume numbers for the years 1985–97 were skipped. Alumni from the school's earlier days continue to meet for reunions.

Athletics

Demographics

As of the 2022-23 school year, the total student enrollment was 1,286. The ethnic makeup of the school was 65.1% White, 22.5% Black, 28.2% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 8.1% Asian, 3.8% Multiracial, 0.3% Native American or Native Alaskan, and 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. [2]

Notable alumni

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