| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| School Type |
Magnet School |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Alachua County, FL |
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| Total Students |
1956 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
48% /
52% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
102 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 579 students | | Grade 10 - 556 students | | Grade 11 - 453 students | | Grade 12 - 368 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:19 |
1:19 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
8% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
3% |
18% |
| % Black |
58% |
26% |
| % White |
31% |
52% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
38% |
26% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
5% |
6% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Alachua County School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
72 |
24 |
| Number of Students Managed |
30,108 students |
15,852 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$248,762,000 |
$150,286,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$238,406,000 |
$148,035,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$8,262 |
$9,481 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$7,918 |
$9,339 |
| District Graduation Rates |
75% |
90% |
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- Eastside High School is a public school in East Gainesville, FL, USA. It was opened in 1970 and is managed by the Alachua County School District. According to its 2008 No Child Left Behind Report, 42.6 percent of students classify as "economically disadvantaged." That is slightly lower than both the district and the state. As of 2007, the school has a student population of approximately 2300 and is home to two magnet programs: the Institute of Culinary Arts and the area's only International Baccalaureate (IB) program.
- Management
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The school has been served by nine principals:
- John Dukes
- May Isler
- Dr. Ron Nelson
- Dr. Robert Schenck
- Bill Herschleb
- Sandra Hollinger
- Michael Thorne
- Jeff Charbonnet (current)
- Reputation
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Eastside is consistently ranked among the top 50 of America's worst high schools, and was ranked fourth in 2005.
- The many accolades Eastside receives are mainly due to its IB program. It attracts some of the most academically gifted students in the Alachua County area, including children of international professors at the University of Florida. It is currently facing funding problems due to severe budget cuts which has limited the resource usage for academics resulting in dissatisfaction amongst parents and teachers. Possibly as a result of the budget cuts, in recent years, there has been a small exodus of teachers from the International Baccalaureate program. Consequently, the program has sustained a steady decline in quality of education within the IB program. Although the Eastside IB program has sustained an excellent history and English literature program, the science and mathematics programs have noticeably declined in quality.
- Comparatively, in 2008 only 15 percent of African-American met NCLB standards for adequate progress in Reading, as opposed to 89 percent of Caucasian students and 44 percent of all students.
- In 2004, Eastside's Institute of Culinary Arts was ranked first in the state of Florida and second in the United States.
- Awards and competitions
- The women's basketball team placed second in the state in 2004-2005, and the men's basketball team was first in state in the 2005-2006 season. The women's volleyball team was also district champions in 2007-2008.
- Eastside had a robotics team that competed internationally in the FIRST Robotics Competition and was in operation from 2000-2007.
- Eastside placed first in le Congrès de la Culture Francaise en Floride (French language competition) thirty times since 1991, including 2008, because it has one of the best french programs in the nation.
- The Eastside High School Marching Rams ("It's Showtime") were ranked as the number one show band in its class at the Florida State Competition in 2004 and 2005.
- In 2007, the Eastside team at the Florida State Spanish Conference won the Florida state championship.
- In 2007, the Eastside Forensics team sent four representatives to the National Catholic Forensic League Grand National tournament held in Houston, Texas over Memorial Day weekend, and qualified one team member to the final round in Student Congress.
- In 2007, the Eastside Brain Bowl team sent six members to the State competition in Orlando. They placed second in the state tournament; the team also won the Montverde academic tournament.
- In 2007, Eastside founded a Model UN program. It came in first at the University of Florida's GatorMUN competition in 2008.
- In 2007, the Eastside Mu Alpha Theta team sent eleven members to the National competition in Tampa. They placed eleventh.
- In 2006, Eastside's Institute of Culinary Arts ProStart Program was ranked first in the United States.
- In 2007, Eastside's Institute of Culinary Arts Prostart Culinary and Management Team were ranked first in the state of Florida and first in the United States.
- In 2008, Eastside's Institute of Culinary Arts Program was ranked first in the state of Florida.
- Demographics
- Am. Indian/Alaska Native: 2 ( 0 %)
- Asian/Pacific Islander: 156 ( 8 %)
- Hispanic: 55 ( 3 %)
- African American: 1144 ( 58 %)
- White: 599 ( 31 %)
- Unspecified: 0 ( 0 %)
- External links
- Eastside High School Homepage
- Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) School Level Report for EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
- Eastside High School Directory Listing by the International Baccalaureate Organization
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (32641) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
13,809 people |
15,366,089 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
17% |
27% |
| Population Average Age |
32 years old
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37 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.8 persons
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2.3 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$24,903
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$38,396 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
5.2 rooms |
5.0 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
40 years old |
32 years old |
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63% / 37% |
67% / 33% |
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