- Cocoa Beach High School
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Cocoa Beach High School Address 1500 Minuteman Causeway
Cocoa Beach, Florida, Brevard County, 32931
USAInformation Funding type public Founded 1964 School district Brevard County School District Principal Timothy Cool Grades 7-12 Gender coed Number of students 1516 Mascot Minuteman National ranking 46 (2006) Coordinates: 28°19′3.85″N 80°37′49.78″W / 28.3177361°N 80.6304944°W
Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High School is a public high school in Cocoa Beach, Florida. It was founded in 1964, and is one of two Brevard County high schools to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. In 2006, it ranked 46th on Newsweek's Top 1000 High Schools list. In 2008, US News and World Report ranked the school "Best," only one of three so named in Brevard County.[1] 1516 students attend.[2] Its school mascot is the Minuteman. The principal is Timothy Cool.
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Recognition
In 2008, seven students were selected as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, out of 28 total selections in the county.[3]
A team composed jointly of students from Cocoa Beach and Rockledge stood second in the world in the FIRST Robotics Competition world championship in 2007.[4]
- Surfing Florida Champions 2007[citation needed]
- Girls District swimming champions 2006-07[5]
- Girls District Golf champions 2006-07[6]
- Girls District Tennis champions 2006-07[7]
- Boys Basketball state champions 2003-04[citation needed]
- JROTC Color Guard State Champions 2002[citation needed]
Notable alumni
- Kelly Slater, professional surfer, 11-time world champion
- Brian Johnson (college baseball), 2009 graduate, All-American baseball player for the University of Florida
Footnotes
- ^ US News and World Report December 5, 2008
- ^ Florida Today Fact Book. Florida Today. February 24, 2007.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Downs, Megan (April 19, 2007). Students place 2nd in robotics. Florida Today.
- ^ Cherry, Mike (May 3, 2007). Scorps earn CCC Trophy - again. Florida Today.
- ^ Cherry, Mike (May 3, 2007). Scorps earn CCC Trophy - again. Florida Today.
- ^ Cherry, Mike (May 3, 2007). Scorps earn CCC Trophy - again. Florida Today.
External links
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