Spruce Creek High School | |
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Address | |
801 Taylor Road Port Orange, Florida, 32127 |
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Information | |
Type | Public High School |
Motto |
Service Opportunity Academics Responsibility (SOAR) |
Established | 1975 |
School district | Volusia County Schools |
Principal | Todd Sparger |
Faculty | 136 |
Grades |
10−12 (1975−1990) 9−12 (1990−Present) |
Number of students | 2,643 |
Color(s) |
Orange Black White |
Mascot | Hawks |
Yearbook | Flight |
Website | www.sprucecreekhigh.com |
Coordinates: 29°06′31″N 81°00′57″W / 29.108728°N 81.015936°W
Spruce Creek High School is a public secondary school located in the city of Port Orange, Florida. It is the largest IB high school in North America and is one of Newsweek's Top 100 High Schools. Spruce Creek High School is part of the Volusia County Schools system, which encompasses eight other high schools and 80 schools total. The one-story campus is dominated by a single, contiguous main building, with a separate, smaller Multi-purpose building and several portable classroom buildings (a total of 48 as of 2016), which are spread out across the campus. The school has been named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, as well as a Florida Music Demonstration School several years in a row. Ranked 1 st in North America and 3rd in the world for the number of IB exams administered.
Spruce Creek High School has a long-standing tradition of academic excellence and has a program of studies that includes International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, and Honors courses. More than $6,400,000 in scholarship monies were earned by 2011 graduates.
Spruce Creek offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. As of the 2009-2010 school year, it is the second largest IB school in North America, and number 5 in the world, based on the number of IB exams administered.