Riverdale High School - Fort Myers, Florida/FL

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Riverdale High School

2600 Buckingham Road, Fort Myers, FL, 33905-2499 -

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Definition of Terms

Riverdale High School

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades PK - 12

County

Lee County, FL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2088 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

106 teachers

Students by Grade

Pre-K - 1 students

Grade 6 - 152 students

Grade 7 - 145 students

Grade 8 - 146 students

Grade 9 - 563 students

Grade 10 - 405 students

Grade 11 - 345 students

Grade 12 - 331 students

This School

(FL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:20

1:19

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(FL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	1%	n/a
% Hispanic	22%	11%
% Black	7%	30%
% White	69%	39%
% Unknown	1 %	2%

Additional Student Information

This School

(FL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

28%

36%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

10%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

(FL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Lee County School District

This School's Agency

(FL) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	101	20
Number of Students Managed	77,812 students	11,348 students
District Total Revenue	$674,867,000	$110,828,000
District Expenditure	$808,506,000	$112,427,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,673	$9,766
District Expenditure / Student	$10,391	$9,907

Students grieve loss of Riverdale High teacher (ABC 7 Gulfshore News)
posted on November 5, 2009 at 04:00:18 am
FORT MYERS: A beloved Riverdale High School teacher was remembered Wednesday night. She died as her husband rushed her from school to the hospital. But he only got as far as a nearby fire station before she stopped breathing.
Deaths of Lee County soldiers leave families reeling (The News-Press)
posted on October 27, 2009 at 05:10:48 am
They were friends and soldiers. They grew up together in Fort Myers Shores.
New details released in deaths of two Lee County soldiers (The News-Press)
posted on October 26, 2009 at 10:10:45 am
Joshua Thomas Baker and Jonathan Wendell Peterson, two longtime friends and soldiers, died on the side of a road in Fort Pierce, a long way from...
Two soldiers from Lee are struck by vehicle, killed (The News-Press)
posted on October 26, 2009 at 05:15:00 am
Two soldiers from Lee County died Saturday night after being hit by a vehicle in Fort Pierce, according to a sister of one of the men.
Green Wave capture LCAC (The News-Press)
posted on October 23, 2009 at 03:00:30 pm
The Lee County Athletic Conference volleyball championship was quick, but the pace was slow Thursday night at Riverdale.

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Early History
Riverdale High School, located in Fort Myers, Florida, is one of the many high schools in Lee County. The first two years of Riverdale began at the present day site of Dunbar High School. Riverdale was located in this area for approximately two years while the present-day site was still under construction. Jack Hogg was the principal for the first two years.In the 1972-1973 school year he school moved to its present-day location and the principal became Mr. "Mike" Prymas.
Lords of Chaos
Riverdale High was the school that was attended by the boys who attracted national notoriety as members of a self-styled teen militia called The Lords of Chaos. They went on a crime spree culminating in the murder of Mark Schwebes, Riverdale High Schools' band director on April 30, 1996.
Academics
This school is one of three others in Lee County that offer the IB program. The program began in 2005 and the first graduating class was in 2009. Along with IB there are AP and Honors classes.Riverdale High was rated as 6 out of 10 in the choice of schools in Lee County.
Riverdale's academic accomplishments are starting to shine as it had its first perfect ACT score of 36; as well as a perfect score on the SAT verbal section. Both accomplishments occurring in 2009.
Athletics
Riverdale High School is also the FHSAA 2008 and 2009 wrestling team state champions. Winning the 2008 title with 185 points, fourth most in the states history, and again winning but with the smallest margin of victory with just half a point in 2009.
Riverdale High School is where The University of Central Michigan All American, Scotti Sentes, graduated from in 2008. This is also where the defensive tackle starter for The University of Alabama, Terrance Cody, attended all four years of his high school career which ended in 2006.
Marching Band
Their 2008 Marching Band season was the first ever time that any Riverdale Marching Band had made it to State competition. They finished 20th, and are now ranked 20th best band in class A.
Miscellaneous
Troy Dunn, current star of the acclaimed hit television show "The Locator," currently has two children enrolled at Riverdale having one already graduate.
Notable Alumni
1.Tommy Watkins, major league baseball player with the Minnesota Twins,Graduated 1998
2.Bo Greenwell, minor league baseball player with the Cleveland Indians son of Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer Mike Greenwell, graduated 2007
3.Terrance Cody, starting nose tackle for the University of Alabama, graduated 2006
4.Scotti Sentes, All American for the University of Central Michigan, graduated 2008
External links
Official School Site

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