Cocoa Beach High School
| Cocoa Beach High School |
| Address |
1500 Minuteman Causeway
Cocoa Beach, Florida, Brevard County, 32931
USA |
| Information |
| Funding type |
public |
| Founded |
1964 |
| School district |
Brevard County School District |
| Principal |
Timothy Cool |
| Grades |
7-12 |
| Gender |
coed |
| Number of students |
1516 |
| Mascot |
Minuteman |
| National ranking |
46 (2006) |
Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School is a public high school in Cocoa Beach, Florida. It was founded in 1964, and is one of two Brevard County high schools to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. In 2006, it ranked 46th on Newsweek's Top 1000 High Schools list. In 2008, US News and World Report ranked the school "Best," only one of three so named in Brevard County.[1] 1516 students attend.[2] Its school mascot is the Minuteman. The principal is Timothy Cool.
Recognition
In 2008, seven students were selected as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, out of 28 total selections in the county.[3]
A team composed jointly of students from Cocoa Beach and Rockledge stood second in the world in the FIRST Robotics Competition world championship in 2007.[4]
- Surfing Florida Champions 2007
- Girls District swimming champions 2006-07[5]
- Girls District Golf champions 2006-07[6]
- Girls District Tennis champions 2006-07[7]
- Boys Basketball state champions 2003-04
- JROTC Color Guard State Champions 2002
Notable alumni
- ^ US News and World Report December 5, 2008
- ^ Florida Today Fact Book. Florida Today. February 24, 2007.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Downs, Megan (April 19, 2007). Students place 2nd in robotics. Florida Today.
- ^ Cherry, Mike (May 3, 2007). Scorps earn CCC Trophy - again. Florida Today.
- ^ Cherry, Mike (May 3, 2007). Scorps earn CCC Trophy - again. Florida Today.
- ^ Cherry, Mike (May 3, 2007). Scorps earn CCC Trophy - again. Florida Today.
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