Central Bucks High School South

Central Bucks High School South

The main entrance of CB South
Location
1100 Folly Road
Warrington, PA 18976

United States
Information
Type Senior high school
Motto "Leading The Way"
Established 2004
School district Central Bucks School District
Principal Jason Bucher
Staff 90
Faculty 135
Grades 10-12
Number of students 1800
Color(s) Blue and Black
Athletics PIAA AAAA - Suburban One League
Athletics conference Suburban One Continental
Mascot The Titan
Rivals CB East, CB West, North Penn, Souderton, Pennridge & Wm. Tennent
Affiliation Public
Website http://www.cbsd.org/Page/51

Central Bucks High School South, also known as CB South, is one of three high schools in the Central Bucks School District. The school is located in Warrington, Pennsylvania in Bucks County.

Completed in late 2004, the school opened in January 2005, so the first graduating class attended classes in the school only during the spring semester of that year. CB South is the most recent high school in the Central Bucks School District, following Central Bucks High School East and Central Bucks High School West. The high school hosts grades 1012 and is built for a just under 2,000 students. Its two feeder schools are Unami Middle School and Tamanend Middle School.

CB South is located on Folly Road. The school cost approximately $84 million to build and is the largest school in the Central Bucks School District.

Academics

CB South is ranked among the best high schools in Pennsylvania.[1][2] CB South students consistently place in the top 10% of the state in test scoring. The 11th grade PSSA test scores for CB South Students were above the state average by far, with 88% of students placing in the proficient range or better. The majority of students (93%) are Caucasian, with 3% Asian, and 6% African American. The school recently received a grant from the state which they used to place SmartBoards with projectors, new laptops and new supplies for every classroom. They spend about $9,500 on every Student.

Athletics

CB South competes in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, in the Suburban One Conference. The School offers 22 sports both boys and girls, with strengths in football, field hockey, boys/girls indoor and outdoor track, boys/girls basketball, girls soccer, softball, wrestling, and ice hockey. In Central Bucks South's inaugural year of 2004, it received its first state championship, in men's swimming. The school perennially competes at the state level in field hockey, softball, and boys and girls track. The football and soccer programs have also been highly competitive, with both consistently reaching the playoffs. In 2012, the Central Bucks South softball team was the first team sport to bring a PIAA AAAA State Championship back to Warrington. The Central Bucks South Ice Hockey team won the AA State Championship in 2014 and 2016.

Societal impact

In 2015, CB South gained national attention when the students selected two of their classmates with Down syndrome as Homecoming King and Queen.[3][4]

Notable alumni

Images

Panorama of city with mixture of five to ten story buildings
CB South panorama

References

Coordinates: 40°15′43″N 75°09′47″W / 40.262°N 75.163°W / 40.262; -75.163

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