Cocoa High School
| Cocoa High School | |
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| Location | |
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Cocoa, Florida United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | June 15, 1917 |
| School district | Brevard Public Schools |
| Principal | Rashad Wilson |
| Staff | 78 |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Number of students | 1272 |
| Color(s) | Orange and Black |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Website | Cocoa high school homepage |
Coordinates: 28°22′57.28″N 80°46′7.97″W / 28.3825778°N 80.7688806°W
Cocoa High School is located in Cocoa, Florida and is part of the Brevard Public Schools District. 1272 students attend. There are 78 faculty members, giving a student/teacher ratio of 17.8. The principal is Stephanie Soliven.
In the eighteen hundreds the State of Florida consisted of only two Counties with "Mosquito" County the largest which included territory from what is now known as St. Johns, Volusia; Brevard; Indian river; St. Lucie; Palm Bach; Okeechobee; Orange; Osceola; Lake Counties. The School System had twenty-one "one room" school houses with one teacher. School Started in October/November and ended in April/May. The schools were: LaGrange; Titusville High; Titusville Colored; City Point; Shiverville; Rockledge; Eau Gallie; Merritt Island:Sanders; Merritt Island:Sams; Merritt Island:Martin; Melbourne; Ten Mile Creek {St. Lucie};Lake View {Osceola}; Willis {Osceola}; Crab Grass { Osceola}; Bassville {Lake}; Taylor {Okeechobee}; Ft. Drum {Okeechobee}; Drum Creek {Okeechobee}.
There has been some controversy as to when the "first" proud graduates received their diplomas? There have been a variety of explanations for 1917 being the founding year including the addition of four grades. The 1917 year may have been chosen because of three major events occurred. First the construction of a new reinforced concrete building on Forrest Avenue, second the Cocao tribune started publication, and third the completion of the bridge from Cocoa to Merritt Island.
The answer may been found at the old Federal Building 435 Brevard Avenue, now Headquarters of the Florida Historical Society and the official home of Mosquito Beaters Central. A copy of the 1914 School Year book the Cocoa Nut. The Senior Class shows only three students: Everett Devol, editor of the Year Book, Dixie Singleton, Class President; and Arlene Hendry, class secretary/treasure. Small as it was it appears there was a graduating class in 1914. The school only went to eighth grade.
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