Pace High School (Florida)

Pace High School is a public high school located in Pace, in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. It was established in 1972 with 240 students, and now accommodates over 1900 students. Pace High School belongs to the Santa Rosa County School District.

Pace High School
Location
4065 Norris Road Pace, Florida 32571 United States
Coordinates	30°36′48″N 87°09′09″W / 30.6133°N 87.1525°W / 30.6133; -87.1525
Information
Type	Public
Established	1972
School district	Santa Rosa County School District
School number	0182
Principal	Stephen Shell^[1]
Teaching staff	89.50 (FTE)^[3]
Enrollment	2,240 (2022-23)^[3]
Student to teacher ratio	25.03^[3]
Color(s)	Red, white and blue       ^[2]
Sports	Baseball, football, soccer, tennis, cross country, basketball, track, volleyball softball, golf, swimming, wrestling weightlifting
Mascot	The Patriot
Team name	Patriots^[2]
Yearbook	The Liberator
Website	pacehighschool.net

Notable alumni

• Thad Busby, a former Florida State University quarterback
• Bobby Cassevah, a former pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
• Addison Russell, an American professional baseball shortstop who plays for the Acereros de Monclova of the Mexican League
• Ryan Santoso, an American football placekicker
• Josh Donaldson, MLB third baseman for the New York Yankees

Extracurricular activities

The school's NJROTC program won the 2019 national Most Outstanding Unit Award.^[4]

Academics

Pace High School is involved in school-based decision making and has utilized teacher committees to determine and implement decisions that affect the overall school program.

ACLU lawsuit

Pace High School was the subject of a religious freedom lawsuit from the ACLU in 2008.^[5]

COVID-19

The school was No. 1 on the list of 1,920 primary and secondary schools in the state of Florida for COVID-19 cases as of 10 October 2020.^[6]

References

1. "Staff". Pace High School. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
2. "FHSAA Member Schools". Florida High School Activities Association. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
3. "PACE HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
4. "Pace High's Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps receives top national honor". Pensacola News Journal. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
5. "ACLU Files Lawsuit to Protect Religious Freedom of Florida High School Students". American Civil Liberties Union. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
6. "Pace High School has highest COVID-19 rate in Florida, but no plans to make changes". Pensacola News Journal. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.