| Charlotte High School | |
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| Address | |
| 4115 Lake Avenue Rochester, New York, 14612 USA |
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| Information | |
| Motto | Connecting Youth to Innovative Life Experiences |
| Established | 1907 |
| School district | Rochester City School District |
| Principal | Wakili Moore |
| Staff | ~100 |
| Grades | 7–-12 |
| Enrollment | 996 (2006) |
| Grade 7 | 335 (2005) |
| Grade 8 | 243 (2005) |
| Grade 9 | 267 (2005) |
| Grade 10 | 103 (2005) |
| Grade 11 | 64 (2005) |
| Campus | urban |
| Nickname | Lakesiders |
| Website | Charlotte High School |
Charlotte High School is a public high school in Rochester, operated by the Rochester City School District. The school is named for Charlotte, formerly an independent town and now a neighborhood in the city of Rochester.
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Charlotte High School's free/reduced lunch rate is 72% of the students.[1]
A school was built on the former site of a one-room school house in Charlotte in 1867. In 1907, a high school building was erected and the present Charlotte High School building was built in 1931.[2] In 1988, the Rochester City School District changed Charlotte to a middle school. In 2005, it became a high school once again.[3]
Charlotte High School is housed in a three-story new art deco style building on Lake Avenue in Rochester, not far from Lake Ontario. The building contains a swimming pool that is open to the public when not used for school activities.[4]
In addition to typical high school courses, Charlotte High School offers some unique opportunities to students.
The school offers art, music, newspaper, math league and drama club.[5]
Young video artists from Charlotte participate in the Rochester Urban Youth Film Festival, sponsored by the University of Rochester.[8]
The school supports a full sports program.[5]
The Lakesiders basketball team won successive New York State championships in 1983 and 1984.[3] After winning the 2007 Section V Class "BB" title on March 3, 2007, the Charlotte basketball team finished second in the Far West Regional Class "B" final on March 10, 2007.[9] The team repeated as Section V "BB"" champions on March 1, 2008.[10]
The 2009–2010 track team won the Section V Class B championship.
In 2005, the school's attendance rate of 85% and its suspension rate of 33.3% both exceed those for similar schools. The school's standardized test scores for English Language Arts, Mathematics and Social Studies rank below the state average for similar schools.[11]
In 2004, there were reports of violence and other acts at the school that required disciplinary action.[12][13][14] Charlotte High School was on the New York State list of dangerous schools in 2006.[15]