East Bay Senior High School - Gibsonton, Florida/FL

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East Bay Senior High School

7710 Big Bend Road, Gibsonton, FL, 33534-9733 -

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Definition of Terms

East Bay Senior High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Hillsborough County, FL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2627 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

102 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 851 students

Grade 10 - 704 students

Grade 11 - 620 students

Grade 12 - 452 students

This School

(FL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:26

1:19

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(FL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	2%
% Hispanic	35%	18%
% Black	17%	26%
% White	47%	52%

Additional Student Information

This School

(FL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

41%

26%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(FL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Hillsborough County School District

This School's Agency

(FL) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	261	24
Number of Students Managed	195,331 students	15,852 students
District Total Revenue	$1,590,138,000	$150,286,000
District Expenditure	$1,653,812,000	$148,035,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,141	$9,481
District Expenditure / Student	$8,467	$9,339
District Graduation Rates	87%	90%

East Bay Senior High School was chartered in 1959 on Big Bend Road in Gibsonton, Florida. The school's current facility was established in 1971, on a new campus adjacent to the east of the old one. Its former campus is now the campus of Eisenhower Middle School.
General information
East Bay High School is located in Gibsonton in the center of a rapidly developing region. It generally attracts students from Apollo Beach, Gibsonton, and Riverview, however it once hosted students from as far south as Ruskin and Sun City to as far north as the Clair-mel and Progress Village subdivisions.
The school surpasses its 1,700 student capacity on a regular basis. In the 2005-2006 school year, the school held around 2,300 students. Even with the opening of two new high schools--Spoto High School and Earl J. Lennard High School--in 2006, the school remains crowded at its maximum capacity of 2,700.
The principal is Sharon Morris, former Assistant Principal.
East Bay's Athletic Director is Scot Tipton. Mr. Tipton was a respected wrestling coach in Hillsborough County with Bloomingdale, and today he lends his guidance and support to the Indians program.
Mascot, motto, and colors
The school's mascot is the "Fighting Indians". The campus is adorned with many Indian-related Senior Class projects, most notably the full-sized wall paintings of an Indian warrior in the gymnasium.
The school colors are crimson (red) and grey.
Former East Bay wrestling coach Tom Lota was a 2006 inductee into the Florida Wrestling Hall of Fame.After Lota retired from East Bay, Erik Matricardi took over the wrestling program, which has several dedicated assistant coaches who have helped keep the team Coach Lota worked so hard to build.
The school motto is "Determined to Achieve".
Alumni
Famous Alumni:
Willa Ford, singer
Jason P. Ferguson, former assistant to Diddy (Class of 1998)
The Tapemaster, Robert Parsons (Class of 2001)
Infamous Alumni:
Debra Beasley Lafave (did not graduate from East Bay High School, but rather graduated from Bloomingdale High School with the Class of 1998)
Keith Zlomsowitch, former boyfriend of Nicole Brown-Simpson (Class of 1979)
External links
East Bay High School website

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