Winter Park High School

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Winter Park High School
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Address
Winter Park High School
2100 Summerfield Road

Winter Park
,
Florida
32792

United States
Coordinates 28°35′06″N81°19′23″W / 28.5851°N 81.32293°W / 28.5851; -81.32293
Information
Type Public
Established1927
School district Orange County Public Schools
SuperintendentBarbara Jenkins
PrincipalMatthew Arnold
Faculty164.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment3,427 (2019–20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio20.90 [1]
Color(s)   Orange and Black
MascotWillie the Wildcat
Nickname Wildcats
Website www.wphs.ocps.net

Winter Park High School (often simply abbreviated as WPHS) located in Winter Park, Florida, United States is one of nineteen public high schools in Orange County. Winter Park High School is an International Baccalaureate school and delivers Advanced Placement courses.

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History

Winter Park High School was constructed at 528 Huntington Avenue in 1923 and was one of the first high schools in Orange County. The school remained in this location until construction began in 1969 at the present location (2100 Summerfield Road). [2] The original campus remains in use to this day as the Winter Park High School Ninth Grade Center, a campus exclusively used by ninth-grade students.

Athletics

The following sports are offered at Winter Park: [3]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Winter Park High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Home - Winter Park Hs". winterparkhs.ocps.net.
  3. ↑ WPHS Planner 2008. Winter Park High School.
  4. ↑ Morell, Casey. "Avant-rapper Kilo Kish on her Winter Park start and her Brooklyn breakout". Orlando Weekly.
  5. ↑ Winter Park High School Yearbooks Archived July 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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