Cocoa High School

Description

Cocoa High School is located in Cocoa, Florida and is part of the Brevard Public Schools District. 1272 students attend. There are 78 faculty members, giving a student/teacher ratio of 17.8. The principal is Rachad Wilson.HistoryIn the eighteen hundreds the State of Florida consisted of only two Counties with "Mosquito" County the largest which included territory from what is now known as St. Johns, Volusia; Brevard; Indian river; St. Lucie; Palm Bach; Okeechobee; Orange; Osceola; Lake Counties. The School System had twenty-one "one room" school houses with one teacher. School Started in October/November and ended in April/May. The schools were: LaGrange; Titusville High; Titusville Colored; City Point; Shiverville; Rockledge; Eau Gallie; Merritt Island:Sanders; Merritt Island:Sams; Merritt Island:Martin; Melbourne; Ten Mile Creek {St. Lucie};Lake View {Osceola}; Willis {Osceola}; Crab Grass { Osceola}; Bassville {Lake}; Taylor {Okeechobee}; Ft. Drum {Okeechobee}; Drum Creek {Okeechobee}.There has been some controversy as to when the "first" proud graduates received their diplomas? There have been a variety of explanations for 1917 being the founding year including the addition of four grades. The 1917 year may have been chosen because of three major events occurred. First the construction of a new reinforced concrete building on Forrest Avenue, second the Cocao tribune started publication, and third the completion of the bridge from Cocoa to Merritt Island.The answer may be