St. Lucie West Centennial High School is a public high school in Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades.
| St. Lucie West Centennial High School | |
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| Address | |
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1485 Southwest Cashmere Boulevard , 34986 United States | |
| Coordinates | 27°17′53″N 80°22′58″W / 27.297951°N 80.382716°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| School district | St. Lucie County School District |
| Principal | Andrea Popwell |
| Faculty | 116.72 FTEs[1] |
| Enrollment | 2,625 (as of 2019-20)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 22.49[1] |
| Color(s) | Red Blue Silver |
| Nickname | Eagles |
| Website | School website |
| [2][3] | |
As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,502 students and 125.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 20.0:1. There were 1,181 students (47.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 171 (6.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
Sports edit
Sports offered at Centennial include:[4]
- Baseball (boys)
- Basketball (girls and boys)
- Bowling
- State Championship in Girls' Bowling 2008[5]
- Cheerleading (sideline and competitive)
- Eagle Music Department (Chorus, Concert Band, and Marching Band)
- Cross Country
- Flag Football
- Football (boys)
- Golf (girls and boys)
- Soccer (girls and boys)
- Softball (girls)
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball (girls)
- Wrestling (boys)
Notable alumni edit
Notable people who attended the school include:
- Jamar Chaney, American football linebacker[6]
- Justin James, professional basketball player[7]
- Omar Mateen, Islamic terrorist, mass murderer and perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub shooting[8]
- Megan Fox, actress (Junior year. Did not graduate from WCHS)[9]
- Fabrizio Scaccia, American football placekicker[10]
References edit
- ^ a b c d School data for St. Lucie West Centennial High, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 25, 2021.
- ^ "St. Lucie West Centennial High School". publicschoolreview.com. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "St. Lucie West Centennial High School". greatschools.net. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Athletics". stlucie.k12.fl.us. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ http://www.fhsaa.org/sites/default/files/orig_uploads/records/rec_bog.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Jamar Chaney - Football Coach". Mississippi State.
- ^ Foster, Aimee Ford. "Former Centennial basketball standout Justin James leads Mountain West in scoring". Treasure Coast.
- ^ Inman, Rene Stutzman, Elyssa Cherney and Jessica (12 June 2016). "Orlando nightclub shooting: Who is gunman Omar Mateen?". orlandosentinel.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Megan Fox had big dreams as Port St. Lucie teen". Palm Beach Post. September 18, 2009. Archived from the original on August 15, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- ^ "Kick-starting an NFL career | PressDemocrat.com". March 22, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22.