| Definition of Terms |
Haines City Senior High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Polk County, FL |
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| Total Students |
1320 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
49% /
51% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
71 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 413 students | | Grade 10 - 400 students | | Grade 11 - 253 students | | Grade 12 - 254 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 |
1% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
38% |
18% |
| % Black |
25% |
26% |
| % White |
36% |
52% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
45% |
26% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
10% |
6% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
5% |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Polk County School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
153 |
24 |
| Number of Students Managed |
89,887 students |
15,852 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$755,266,000 |
$150,286,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$744,316,000 |
$148,035,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$8,402 |
$9,481 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$8,281 |
$9,339 |
| District Graduation Rates |
83% |
90% |
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- For other uses of the acronym 'HCHS, see HCHS .
- Haines City High School or HCHS is the oldest public high school in Haines City, Florida. The school has existed in three separate locations.
- Overview
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Haines City High School belongs to the Polk County School Board and is a member of Polk District Schools. Haines City High School was the original high school in the city, opening in 1922. During the 2005-2006 school year there was a Tuberculosis scare due to one of the students being diagnosed with Tuberculosis.
- History
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The first settlers arrived in Haines City in 1881. Two years later, they built the first school on Hinson Avenue where the current City Hall building is located. The two-story wooden structure had a school enrollment of nine students. In 1918, a yellow brick elementary school for grades one through eight was built. Any student wishing a high school education had to attend classes in Lakeland, located 25 miles away from Haines City. Clay Cut was the original name of this quaint little town that we call home. In 1883, when trains would pass through this Central Florida area, they were lost from sight because of the railroad tracks that were built so deep in the clay. Later, when an officer with the South Florida Railroad named Colonel Henry Haines brought about the building of the town's train station, he was honored with the city being named after him. Thus, Haines City was born.
- In 1916, the first citrus processing plant in the United States was built in Haines City and made the city all that it is today. The city lived and died with the successes and failures of this processing plant. The town experienced a mighty growth in population through these years until the mid-1890s. Haines City suffered immensely from severe freezes on the citrus crop and the city was almost destroyed by a fire.The citrus industry eventually recovered from the devastation, and in the 1920s, Haines City profited from a large population boost. As a result the community was incorporated, the city limits were expanded and many residential and commercial building were erected. Haines City has grown by leaps and bounds since then and has become a community to be proud of.
- The first serving grades one through twelve was built in 1922-23 on Ledwith Avenue where the city tennis court facility is now located. A new school, called Central Elementary, was built in 1925-26 across the street, and it was here in 1926 that Haines City's first high school graduation ceremony took place.A new high school was built next to Central Elementary on Ledwith Avenue in 1949. It received national recognition in an architectural periodical for its innovative design. When it opened, it housed grade seven through twelve, but was later changed to grades ten through twelve and three additions were added to the school. With continued enrollment demands, the school was forced to seek a new location which could accommodate the rapidly growing area around the community.
- In 1976, the school moved to a new location on Grace Avenue. In the past twenty year since moving, the high school has added a gymnasium, a new agricultural and industrial arts complex, a new science building in 1990 and a new social studies wing in 1991. In addition, the old football facility at Yale field, owned by the city of Haines City, was renamed in honor of former longtime coach Joseph Stangry and relocated to the new campus. Since that time, track and field facilities, baseball, softball, and soccer fields have been constructed. The school recently purchased land north of the school complex to house additions to the agricultural program and develop a Land Lab. The school also experienced massive growth when the ninth grade was added to the campus from Haines City Junior High School, adding approximately twenty percent to the enrollment figures. In 1992, the Student Council petitioned the city of Haines City to name the portion of Grace Avenue adjacent to the school after its mascot, The Hornets. The City Commission unanimously approved the request, renaming the street to Hornet Drive.
- In the 2007-2008 school year, an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program was approved by the IBO. Students from the east side of Polk County are required to write an essay and about 90 students are accepted every year into the 9th grade of the program. A new grade was added to the school every year from 2006 through 2009, starting with 9th and adding the subsequent grade each year until all grades 9-12 became offered; this is the case with the 2009-10 school year. The first graduating class will be the class of 2010. The IB program does not technically begin until the students' junior year, but the school offers a Pre-IB program for freshman and sophomores to prepare them for the rigors of the "actual" IB curriculum. The principal of Haines City IB is Sue Braiman, as she is now head of the entire campus; the highest specifically-IB faculty include a guidance counselour and an assistant principal.
- Athletics
- Football
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Haines City High is home to a competitive high school football team that is currently under the coaching of Pete Barber.The football team has two intra-county rivals: Lake Wales, and their newest and biggest, Ridge Community.
- Football seasons 2004-Present
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2004-2005 Record: 1-9
2005-2006 Record: 6-5
2006-2007 Record: 3-7
2007-2008 Record: 2-8
2008-2009 Record: 3-7
2009-2010 Current Record: 1-2 (season still active, one game at Lake Wales canceled to rain) - Mascot
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Haines City High School's mascot is the Hornet.
- Notable alumni
- Arthur Blake - Olympian
- Wayne Gandy - NFL player for the Atlanta Falcons
- Larry Parrish - MLB
- External links
- Haines City High School
- Haines City High Football website
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| About This Zip Code (33844) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
26,600 people |
15,366,089 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
14% |
27% |
| Population Average Age |
39 years old
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37 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.6 persons
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2.3 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$30,802
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$38,396 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
4.7 rooms |
5.0 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
27 years old |
32 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
74% / 26% |
67% / 33% |
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