Mandarin High School
| Mandarin High School | |
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| Location | |
| 4831 Greenland Road Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Secondary school |
| Motto | "Go Mustangs" |
| Established | 1990 |
| Principal | Donna Richardson |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | Approximately 3,000 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Green and Orange |
| Mascot | Mustang |
| Newspaper | Mustang Times |
| Yearbook | Exemplar |
| Website | Mandarin High School |
Mandarin High School is a public senior high school in the Duval County Public Schools district located on Greenland Road in Jacksonville, Florida. In 2010, Newsweek ranked it 96th on its list of the best public high schools in the United States.[1][not in citation given] In 2008, U.S. News & World Report ranked it as the 15th of "America's Best High Schools".[2][not in citation given]
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[edit] Demographics
Mandarin High School is considered to be a new Duval County school in Jacksonville, Florida. It has a "sister school", First Coast High School, which shares a similar history and ranking status in terms of academic levels in the region.[citation needed]
Mandarin enrolls students from throughout Duval County. As of 2010, Mandarin is the second largest high school in the county following Sandalwood High School; a new school, Atlantic Coast High School, was opened for the 2010–11 school year to reduce enrollment at Mandarin and Sandalwood.[3]
[edit] Academics
Mandarin High School offers the Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) program along with Advanced Placement.[4]
[edit] Athletics
Mandarin High School offers a variety of different sports. With the exception of cheerleading, which is a year-round sport at Mandarin, the sports run for one of three sports seasons: fall, winter, or spring. The athletics director is Tammie Talley.[5] The school has an outdoor pool, which is used by the athletic teams and for those in physical education classes during the academic year; the pool is available for public use as a neighborhood pool, operated by the City of Jacksonville Parks & Recreation Department, during the summer months.[6]
[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] References
- ^ "America's Best High Schools: The FAQ" Newsweek, June 13, 2010
- ^ "Gold Medal Schools" U.S. News and World Report November 29, 2007
- ^ Burmeister, Caren. "New Boundaries, New School Changes Enrollment" Florida Times-Union, July 30, 2010
- ^ "Mandarin High School's Excellence Program"
- ^ "Mandarin High School's Athletics"
- ^ Mandarin High School's Swimming Pool
- ^ a b Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Fred Weary. Retrieved Marsh 4, 2011.
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Coordinates: 30°09′46″N 81°35′04″W / 30.162835°N 81.584575°W
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