Suncoast Community High School | |
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Address | |
1717 Avenue S , , 33404 | |
Coordinates | 26°46′44″N 80°04′55″W / 26.778778°N 80.081891°W |
Information | |
Other name | SHS |
School type | Public, Magnet high school |
Motto | "We Are The World" |
Established | 1955 |
School district | Palm Beach County School District |
CEEB code | 101466 |
Principal | Kathryn Koerner[1] |
Teaching staff | 124[3] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1569[2] (2021-22) |
Capacity | 1714[4] |
Schedule type | Block |
Campus size | 294,344 sq. ft[5] |
Color(s) | Green Gold |
Mascot | Lance the Charger |
Accreditations | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Florida Department of Education, International Baccalaureate, National Association for College Admission Counseling, Blue Ribbon Schools Program |
USNWR ranking | #119[6] |
Publication | Syzygy, literary magazine |
Newspaper | The Legend |
Yearbook | Renaissance |
Budget | $12,545,593 (2016-17)[3] |
Band | Chargersonic Sound |
Website | Official website |
Suncoast Community High School (abbreviated SHS) is a public magnet high school (grades 9–12) in Riviera Beach, Florida. The school's campus was built in 1955 as Riviera Beach High School. It was desegregated in the 1960s and renamed in 1970. It became a magnet school in 1989 and has selective admissions.
Suncoast Community High School's students belong to one or more of the school's four magnet programs: Math, Science, and Engineering (MSE), Computer Science (CS), International Baccalaureate (IB), or Innovative Interactive Technology (IIT). The school's teams compete as the Chargers.