Paul R. Wharton High School

Paul R. Wharton High School opened on August 21, 1997. Wharton High School is located in New Tampa, Florida on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. Wharton is one of 24 high schools in the Hillsborough County Public Schools system.

About the School

*The facility was dedicated to Mr. Paul R. Wharton, who served the Hillsborough County School System for 38 years.
*The school mascot is the Wildcat.
*Mitchell Muley Served as Wharton's first Principal from 1997 - 2002
*George Gaffney served as the second principal from 2002-2007
*Scott Fritz served as the third principal from 2007-2008
*The current principal is Bradley Woods
*School colors are navy blue, white and gray.
*School rivals are the Freedom High Patriots
*School newspaper is the Predator.
*School yearbook is Felidae.

Location

Paul R. Wharton High School opened on August 21, 1997, and is located in New Tampa on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard..

tudent body

During the 2006-2007 school year, Wharton High School had 2258 students.

31% of the students were African-American. 23% of the students were Hispanic. 4% of the students was Asian American. White Americans and Native Americans each made up less than 1% of the student body.

28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced lunch.

Neighborhoods served by Woodson

Wharton's attendance boundaries include several Tampa subdivisions located near the Wesley_chapel neighborhood.

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Athletics

Football

*The football program is affiliated with the 5A class.
*In the year 2002-2003 the Wharton football team finished as state runners up in the 5A class after losing to Pompano Beach Ely *22-10. During that school year, Larry Edwards led the Wharton Wildcats and ended up getting a full scholarship to the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.

Basketball

Candice Dupree was the first wildcat basketball player to reach the 1,000 point career milestone. She attended Temple Uniersity and was later drafted by the Chicago Sky where she later became a WNBA all-star in 2006.

occer

In 2008, the boys soccer team won the first Wharton state championship for a team sport in the brief history of the school. Wharton defeated St. Thomas Aquinas 2-1 to win the state championship. They entered the state tournament with an 8-5 record and ended State Champions with a remarkable turnaround record of 18-5. Robert Sklaver and Joey Layton each scored a goal in the opening 20 minutes of the game.

Tennis

Finishing in 2nd place the year before, the Wildcats tennis team captured the schools second state championship title in 2008. With the conquest of the number 2 doubles position by Mitch Wong and Alex Bartholomew, the Wildcats sealed the deal. Rohit Navelkhar also helped the team by having an undefeated record the entire season in the 4th position. Bartholomew was also a member of the boys soccer team which won states earlier that year.