Umatilla High School (Florida)

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Umatilla High School
Address
Umatilla High School (Florida)
320 N. Trowell Avenue

Umatilla
,
Lake County
,
Florida
32784

United States
Coordinates 28°55′51″N81°39′54″W / 28.9308086°N 81.6649397°W / 28.9308086; -81.6649397
Information
Type Public high school
Established1910;113 years ago (1910)
School district Lake County Schools
NCES District ID 120105001105 [1]
PrincipalBrent Frazier [2]
Grades9–12 [1]
Number of students747 [1]  (2020–2021)
Student to teacher ratio18.68 [1]
Campus typeMidsized Suburb [1] [3]
Color(s)  
Orange and Black
Nickname Bulldogs [2]
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (part of Cognia) [4]
USNWR ranking#462 in Florida [3]
National ranking#11,109 [3]
Website uhs.lake.k12.fl.us

Umatilla High School is an American four-year comprehensive high school in Umatilla, Florida. It is one of fifteen high schools in the Lake County Schools district, [3] and opened in 1910 as a public school.

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History

The original Umatilla High School, now known as the Paul W. Bryan Historic Schoolhouse and home to the Umatilla Historical Society Museum Umatilla FL hist museum01.jpg
The original Umatilla High School, now known as the Paul W. Bryan Historic Schoolhouse and home to the Umatilla Historical Society Museum

Umatilla High School opened in 1910 as a junior high school [5] [6] and by 1912 had ten grades. [7] The school was built for over $4,000 using funds from the Umatilla Special Tax District and was a two-story, five room concrete building. [5] By 1914 Umatilla High School was considered an intermediate high school [8] and between 1920 and 1922 became a senior high school. [9] [10]

Due to increasing enrollment a larger school was built in 1923 at a cost of $35,000. [11] [12] The original 1911 schoolbuilding is still standing, and is now known as the Paul W. Bryan Historic Schoolhouse and since 2002 has been the location of the Umatilla Historical Society Museum. [6]

A new school was built between 1961 and 1962 [13] [14] with a new wing of the building constructed in 1967. [15]

Enrollment

As of the 2020–2021 school year, the school had an enrollment of 747 students [1] and 40 full-time classroom teachers [3] for a student–teacher ratio of 18.68. [1] 325 of the students (or approximately 44% of the enrolled students [3] ) were eligible for free school meals, while none were eligible for reduced-price meals, [1]

The AP participation rate is 59% and the graduation rate for the 2021–2022 school year was 91%. [3]

Academics

Since 1923 the school has been accrediated through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [16] [17] (SACS was later merged into AdvancED and is now called Cognia). [4]

The school's cirriculum offers Teen Parent Program classes that teach relevant parenting and health materials to help prevent students from dropping out. [18]

Notable alumni

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