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. , 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 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.
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
Musa Abdul-Aleem, professional basketball player Mike Awesome, 1984, former WWF Champion Addison Barger, professional baseball player Derek Bell, former professional baseball player Tim Crews, former professional baseball player Ty Griffin, former professional baseball player Eric Hayes, former NFL football player Pam Iorio, 1977, former mayor of Tampa Gary Koch, 1970, former professional golfer and ESPN sportscaster Jim Morrison, former professional baseball player Edmund Nelson, 1978, former professional football player, graduated in 1978 Audrey O'Brien Nelson, 1973, director of VISN 8 at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and prominent research scientist Reena Ninan, 1997, television journalistKing High grads say poignant goodbye, Tampa Bay Times, June 5th 1997, by Linda Chion-kenney Henry Paul, musician formerly with the Outlaws George Peoples, 1978, former professional football player Calvin Pickering, 1995, former professional baseball player
References
External links Official website