Ridge Community High School

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Ridge Community High School
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Ridge Community High School
500 Orchid Drive
Davenport, Florida

Coordinates 28°09′05″N81°37′43″W / 28.1513°N 81.6286°W / 28.1513; -81.6286
Information
Type Public
Motto"Once a Bolt, Always a Bolt"
Established2005
School district Polk County Public Schools
PrincipalAngela Clark
Staff116.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment2,711 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio23.37 [1]
Color(s) Navy blue and Silver   
Mascot Bolt
Website ridgecommunityhigh.com

Ridge Community High School or RCHS is a public high school located on the Davenport, Florida and Haines City, Florida Line. RCHS was established in 2005 in Polk County. Ridge Community High School is one of many schools with a separate 9th Grade campus with its own front office. The main campus holds students in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade with some exceptions. Ridge Community High School sits on 76 acres (310,000 m2) of land. Ridge Community High School is zoned for Davenport and Haines City. Ridge Community High School's rivals include Haines City High School, Lake Wales High School and others in Polk County. The principal of RCHS is Angela Clark. Ridge Community High School is part of the Polk County School Board. RCHS's mascot is the Bolt, and the school motto is Once a Bolt, always a Bolt.

Contents

RCHS serves grades 9 - 12. RCHS is also referred to as Ridge by fellow students and alumni.

Departments

The following departments are offered at Ridge Community High school:

Athletics

The Following sports teams are available for students at Ridge Community High School: [2]

Fall sports

Winter Sports

Spring Sports

Notable alumni

Overview

Ridge Community High School was ranked as a D school from 2005 to 2010, the school has been recognized for their high standardized Advanced Placement and honors classes. RCHS is now listed as a B Rank school as of late 2012. Students at RCHS can participate in Dual enrollment, chiefly Polk State College. Polk State College is also part of Ridge Community High School, and provides evening classes bearing college credit to students of RCHS for no cost. As of 2015, a new Dual enrollment program with Southeastern University will be introduced starting for the 2015-2016 school year.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  2. "Athletics". Ridge Community High School. Retrieved 29 May 2018.