C. Leon King High School

C. Leon King High School
Location
6815 N. 56th Street

Tampa
,
Florida
33610

United States

28°00′31″N 82°23′29″W / 28.008521°N 82.391464°W / 28.008521; -82.391464
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoMany lions, One pride
Established1960 (1960)
School district
Hillsborough County Public Schools
SuperintendentVan Ayres
School number
2241 (for District use)
CEEB code101717
Principal
Gregory Basham
Staff92.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,262 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio
20.01[1]
ColorsRed, white, and Columbia blue      
SportsSee article
MascotLion
NicknameLions (general)
Lady Lions (girls sports)
NewspaperScepter
YearbookClarion
Websitewww.hillsboroughschools.org/o/king

C. Leon King High School is a public high school named in Tampa, Florida.

King High School, a part of Hillsborough County Public Schools, is a traditional/hybrid magnet school. It has one of five International Baccalaureate programs in Hillsborough County, Florida. The IB program of King began in July 1994. 98% percent of IB seniors earned the IB Diploma in 2014—one of the highest rates in the United States. For the 2010–2011 school year, King High School received an A grade in education overall. As of 2017, King High has been rated a "B."

Its student population was 1,889 in 2014–15, and the attendance rate was 92% in 2005.

History

Ridgewood Cemetery

The school was built on the site of Ridgewood Cemetery, a municipal cemetery for poor African-Americans established in 1942. Hillsborough County Public Schools acquired 40 acres (16 ha) of land for the school from a private company in 1959, and that company bought the site from the City of Tampa in 1957; the cemetery is in that plot and became used for agricultural classes. In 2019, officials discovered graves of 145 people.[2]

Academics

King High School hosts an International Baccalaureate (IB) Program, which began in 1994. King High also offers Advanced Placement courses (KAPS).

Sports

Fall:

  • Football
  • Boys Golf
  • Girls Golf
  • Boys Cross Country
  • Girls Cross Country
  • Swimming
  • Volleyball

Winter:

  • Boys Basketball
  • Girls Basketball
  • Wrestling
  • Boys Soccer
  • Girls Soccer

Spring:

  • Baseball
  • Softball
  • Flag Football
  • Track
  • Tennis

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 https://www.hillsboroughschools.org/cms/lib/FL50000635/Centricity/Domain/4/DemographicReport.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Radar finds 145 graves buried beneath King High School in Tampa". Tampa Bay Times. November 20, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The History of King High School". King High School. March 17, 2014. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ "VA Sunshine Healthcare Network: Board of Directors". U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. November 10, 2009. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ Service, the Partnership for Public (August 10, 2009). "Audrey Nelson: On a Quest to Protect Health-Care Workers". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  6. ↑ King High grads say poignant goodbye, Tampa Bay Times, June 5th 1997, by Linda Chion-kenney
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