Eastside High School (Gainesville, Florida)
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1201 Southeast 43rd Street Gainesville, Florida 32641-7698 United States |
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| Coordinates | 29°38′24″N 82°16′07″W / 29.6399682°N 82.2687131°WCoordinates: 29°38′24″N 82°16′07″W / 29.6399682°N 82.2687131°W |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | 1970 |
| School district | Alachua County Public Schools |
| Principal | Shane Andrew |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,394 (2014-15) |
| Campus | Suburban |
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| Mascot | Ram |
| Website | Eastside High School |
 EHS : Front entrance and picnic area |
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Eastside High School is a public school in east Gainesville, Florida, United States. It was opened in 1970 and is managed by the Alachua County School District. Eastside harbors two magnet programs: the Institute of Culinary Arts and an International Baccalaureate (IB) program.
The school has been served by the following principals: John Dukes, Mae Islar, Ron Nelson, Robert Schenck, Bill Herschleb, Sandra Hollinger, Michael Thorne, Jeff Charbonnet, and Shane Andrew.
Eastside was ranked by Newsweek as the 4th best high school in the United States in 2005 and 6th in 2006, making it the top-rated public high school in the country two years in a row. More recently, in 2010 the school was ranked 17th overall, and again in High School Challenge 2011.
Eastside has hosted an International Baccalaureate program, which focuses on the classical liberal arts and sciences, since 1987.
Dependent child residents of the University of Florida family housing property Tanglewood Village are within the attendance boundary of Eastside High.
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