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Gulf Coast High School
7878 Shark Way, Naples, FL, 34119 -  Map
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School Overview:
Definition of Terms Gulf Coast High School
School Level High school
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Collier County, FL
Students & Faculty
Total Students 2071 students
% Male / % Female 51%  /  49%
Total Classroom Teachers 99 teachers
Students by Grade
Pre-K - 1 students
Grade 9 - 591 students
Grade 10 - 576 students
Grade 11 - 485 students
Grade 12 - 418 students
This School ( FL ) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:21 1:16
Students by Ethnicity
This School ( FL ) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 1% 2%
% Hispanic 18% 22%
% Black 4% 28%
% White 77% 47%
Additional Student Information
This School ( FL ) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 8% 42%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 3% 9%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
( FL ) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Collier County School District
This School's Agency ( FL ) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 62 20
Number of Students Managed 44,180 students 12,279 students
District Total Revenue $469,117,000 $110,828,000
District Expenditure $427,262,000 $112,427,000
District Revenue / Student $10,618 $7,795
District Expenditure / Student $9,671 $7,471
District Graduation Rates 80% 81%
School Notes:
  • Gulf Coast High School is a secondary education school located in Naples, Florida, and is one of eight public high schools located in Collier County. Gulf Coast High School is part of the District School Board of Collier County.
  • Gulf Coast High School opened its doors to Collier County students for the first time in August of 1998. This new high school brought much interest to the community, since it was the first time in 20 years that the Public School Board of Collier County opened a new high school. The total cost of the project was 44.5 billion dollars. The courtyard of Gulf Coast High covers 1/4 of a mile. GCHS has the biggest auditorium in Collier County Public Schools and has a 3,000 stadium complex used for football and Track.
  • Athletics: Gulf Coast High School is one of the seven members of the Collier County Athletic Conference. The school has thirteen Athletics departments.
  • Fall sports: Cross Country; Football; Golf; Swim and Dive; Volleyball.
  • Winter sports: Soccer; Wrestling; Basketball; Lacrosse.
  • Spring sports: Baseball Softball; Tennis; Track and field.
  • The school also has an extracurricular Hockey club, Lacrosse club, and a Racket Ball club that are not listed as official school sports. The school also lists Cheer leading as one of their sports.
  • Career academies: Gulf Coast High School is home to two different Career Academies. The goal of these programs is to help students that are interested in a certain career. Over the course of their high school education, students enrolled in the Academy take several classes relating to the Academy, some of which are classes specifically made for Academy Students.
  • Sports and Entertainment Marketing Academy: The Sports Marketing Academy has affiliated itself with the local Germain Arena. They put on shows and programs throughout the school year.
  • Wellness Academy: The Wellness Academy's goal is to prepare students to pursue a career in any medical field they may be interested in.
  • Clubs: Gulf Coast High School is home to many different extracurricular clubs. An accurate, up-to-date list is difficult to keep, as clubs are added and dropped as students graduate or lose interest. However, some of the notable clubs are: Key Club; National Honor Society; Student Council; Tiburon Players Drama Club; International Thespian Troupe #5876; DECA; Fellowship of Christian Athletes; FBLA.
  • Theatre: Gulf Coast High School is part of District Six thespians and is International Thespian Society Troupe number 5876. Each year the theatre troupe puts on four main events. First there is a main-stage, full length production. There is also either a musical or dinner theatre, and then there are two shows featuring events scheduled to appear in District competition including Evening Extraordinaire: A One Act affair, and A Dramatic Showcase (featuring Individual Events). Occasionally there are other shows that are produced every few years, including the Pratfalls comedy show which appeared for its third production in 2005, and a Night of Improv, which returned April 2006 after its successful debut in Pratfalls III.
  • The most recent District Competition took place January of 2006. Pieces are rated in the following fashion: Superior, Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor. There were three Superior Performing Arts pieces and three Superior Technical Pieces. Those six pieces, as well as two Excellent pieces (as per the director's discretion) had the option to compete at that year's State Thespian Festival.
  • In 2006, for the first time in Troupe history, one of Gulf Coast High School's members received the award for Best Overall Technical Theatre Piece for their Costume Design in the District 6 Competition. This piece was chosen by the judges as the best technical theatre entry out of all the high schools participating, and out of all sub-categories in Technical Theatre.
  • Inventeam: In 2004, Gulf Coast High School was one of thirteen schools nation-wide that received a $10,000 grant from the Lemelson-MIT Inventeams Program. The program is part of the Lemelson-MIT program which endeavors to foster a spirit of research and invention in high schools nationwide through grants. The GCHS Inventeam's invention was a hybrid between an air ionizing system similar to the Ionic Breeze and a typical ceiling fan. The idea was that the ceiling fan would circulate the air around the room, and as the air flowed over the ionizing system it would be cleaned as well, providing multipurpose from an appliance standard in many households.
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (34119)
School Zip (34119) (FL) State Average
Population (Approximate) 9,621 people 15,366,089 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 48% 27%
Population Average Age 49 years old 38.7 years old
Average Household size 2.5 persons 2.3 persons
Median Household Income $71,901 $38,451
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 6.1 rooms 5.0 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 13 years old 32 years old
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% Owning / % Renting 94% / 6% 67% / 33%
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