West Florida High School/technical - Pensacola, Florida/FL

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West Florida High School/technical

2400 Longleaf Drive, Pensacola, FL, 32526 -

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Definition of Terms

West Florida High School/technical

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Escambia County, FL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1273 students

% Male / % Female

53% / 47%

Total Classroom Teachers

69 teachers

Students by Grade

Pre-K - 2 students

Grade 9 - 351 students

Grade 10 - 338 students

Grade 11 - 313 students

Grade 12 - 269 students

This School

(FL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:19

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(FL) School Average

% American Indian	1%	n/a
% Asian	2%	2%
% Hispanic	2%	18%
% Black	22%	26%
% White	73%	52%

Additional Student Information

This School

(FL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

21%

26%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

13%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(FL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Escambia County School District

This School's Agency

(FL) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	79	24
Number of Students Managed	44,072 students	15,852 students
District Total Revenue	$357,806,000	$150,286,000
District Expenditure	$362,107,000	$148,035,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,119	$9,481
District Expenditure / Student	$8,216	$9,339
District Graduation Rates	87%	90%

West Florida High School of Advanced Technology is a high school located in Pensacola, Florida.
West Florida High School of Advanced Technology opened in August 2001 with 325 ninth graders. Today, the current enrollment is 1,200 students, ninth through twelfth grade.
West Florida High provides many sports such as football, volleyball, baseball, cheerleading, softball, cross-country, track and field, basketball, soccer, swimming, and golf.
The high school has many technical fields to which students may join. Each student enrolled in the school must interview and set up a portfolio during the freshman year. The portfolio includes a resume and cover letters to send to the technical field teachers. The students are then notified if they have been accepted into the program. Students that do not get accepted are placed in their second or third choice.
Technical Fields
Academy of Information Technology (AOIT)
Legal Services
Gulf Power Academy
Drafting and Design Technology
Cox Telecommunications Academy
Pre-Engineering/Manufacturing Technology
Aerospace Engineering
Sports Turf and Landscape Technology
Sports Medicine
Emergency Medical Services
Pre-Professional Nursing
Criminal Justice
Multimedia Academy
Biomedical Sciences (starting in 2008-2009)
Though previously on block scheduling, beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, the school switched to seven periods a day.
There are many mentoring and job shadowing programs.
As of the 2007-2008 year, West Florida has announced its "C.I.M." program- Continuous Improvement Model. It dedicates 10 minutes everyday to FCAT Prep and reinforcing prior knowledge.Due to financial situations, CISCO, Veterinary, and both Automotive classes will no longer be available after the 2007-2008 school year. In their place will be the New multimedia and Biomedical Sciences program.
Capstone
Each student completes a Capstone project—a display of comphrension and mastery of a given field - that focuses on a field-related topic. A student's technical courses, junior and senior year English courses, and T.E.C.H. courses are involved in its completion.
The project is separated into three parts:
technical paper (eleventh grade)
product or project-related community service (11th and 12th grades)
presentation with visual aides (twelfth grade)
If a mean grade of 60% or above is earned, a student is presented with a technical certificate (or available equivalent) upon graduation.
Valedictorians
2008-Eric Peterson
2007-Yen Chau
2006-Brittany Hammac
2005-Allison Simpson
Athletics
This year varsity and junior varsity have improved.The 2008 varsity football team, lead by offensive tackle Connor Lukkar, defeated the Chipley Tigers 35-0, to break a three year long losing streak. They ended with a record of 4 and 6.
Student Government Association
The SGA at WFHS is a dynamic group of student leaders. This year, in only its 9th year in existence, WFHS will serve as the President school of the Florida Association of Student Councils.
External links
Official website

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