Stranahan High School

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Location
Stranahan High School

1800 SW 5 Place Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33312, USA
Information
School district	Broward County Public Schools
Superintendent	James F. Notter
Principal	Deborah Owens
Enrollment	9-12
Students	1756 Students
Type	Public
Team name	Dragons
Nickname	Home of the Dragons
Color(s)	Orange and Blue
Established	1953
Information	(754) 323-2100
Homepage	http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/stranahanhigh

Stranahan High school, located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida was officially opened in 1953 as an elementary school. It was built on land donated by Ivy Cromartie Stranahan and named after her late husband Frank Stranahan. It became a high school in 1957 and is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary.

The current principal is Deborah Owens. Stranahan High School has two magnet programs dedicated to engineering and medical sciences. It received a Gates Grant in 2005 and has begun a transition to small learning communities. The present community serving 9th grade students is CREST. Tenth through 12th grade students may choose among communities dedicated to business (downtown community), the arts (the studio community), technology and engineering (Sci-Tech community) or health related careers (the health pavilion community). In 2007 Stranahan was recognized by the College Board as one of three high schools in the nation to receive an "Inspiration Award" for outstanding achievement in minority student participation in Advanced Placement classes. It was also recognized by Newsweek magazine as one of the top 500 high schools in the country. According to the Florida Department of Education classification, Stranahan High School is ranked a "C" school.