Spruce Creek High School | Noteworthy News

Noteworthy News

Ranked in Newsweek magazine as one of the top high schools in the United States
Ranked 1 st in North America and 3rd in the world for the number of IB exams administered
Extensive AP offerings in all core areas and several elective areas
Seniors provided over 44,000 documented hours of community service in 2010-2011
More than 65 clubs and student organizations
Music Demonstration School for the State of Florida
More than 47 percent of the school population enrolled in arts-related courses
More than 46 percent of the school population enrolled in applied-technology courses
Grammy Award School
48% of seniors have a 3.5 GPA or higher
Many teachers and administrators designated as national and international teacher trainers
More than 30 athletic teams available
Superior-rated band and choral programs
The Girls’ Volleyball team received the Florida High School Athletic Association Academic Team Champion Award
Growing orchestra program, one of only two high school programs in the district
Critically acclaimed and comprehensive Drama program
Science Fair superstars—greater participation and more awards than any other school
Comprehensive foreign language program that includes Latin, German, French, and Spanish
Nationally recognized award winning Finance Academy as well as other Applied Technology Programs
Spruce Creek High School won the 5 Star Conference All Sports Team award for 2010-2011
48% of seniors enrolled in some type of applied technology or vocationally related course with 56 of our seniors earning nationally recognized industry certifications
More than $6,400,000 in scholarship monies were earned by 2011 graduates
5 News Journal Medallion of Excellence Winners
4 National Merit finalists; one National Merit scholarship winner and one National Merit Achievement awarded
More than 88% of students took the standardized SAT or ACT and their average scores exceeded the district, state and national averages
More than 2,604 AP/IB tests were administered in 2011
76% of our student body is taking an arts related course at any given time
The News Journal named 11 of Spruce Creek High School coaches as Coach of the Year for their sport
Six Creek athletes were named News Journal Player of the Year
49 of our athletes were selected for the Daytona Beach News Journal’s all-area prep teams
Eight teams won District Championships
Seven sports teams were named Regional Champions
Two teams – boys golf and girls weightlifting – were crowned state champions in 2011