Type Public Principal Charles Scott Neely Enrollment 4,403 (2013-2014) Number of students 4,600 (2016) | Established 2002 Grades 9–12 Phone +1 754-323-0350 Mascot Captain Lightning | |
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Similar West Broward High Sch, Western High School, Falcon Cove Middle Sc, Flanagan High School, American Heritage School | ||
Cypress Bay High School is a public high school located in Weston, Florida open for students in grades 9−12. Cypress Bay is part of the Broward County Public Schools district.
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It currently enrolls 4,192 students. The groundbreaking for the future site of CBHS occurred in early 2001, and construction was finished by late 2002. The school offers academic pursuits including Advanced Placement (AP) courses, AICE courses, honors courses, and an array of academic and extracurricular student clubs and organizations. It is located adjacent to Falcon Cove Middle School.
Cypress Bay has received an FCAT school grade of "A" for every year since its founding, with the only exception of 2009 when it received a "B". In 2016, U.S. News Best High Schools Rankings gave Cypress Bay a 1st place rank in Broward County, 21st in Florida and 243rd in the United States.
Athletics
Cypress Bay's Boys' varsity soccer team has won the FHSAA Class 5A State Championship five of the last seven
years. At a ceremony held in April 2012, ESPN crowned the Cypress Bay Boys' Varsity Soccer Team as the nation's top high school team.History
Cypress Bay opened in 2002 for grades 9-11 with 200 students over its projected capacity. The following 2003-2004 school year it was grades 10-12 that attended the main campus while the 9th grade attended a school annex built at a separate location. This situation continued until 2008 when the 9th grade annex was abolished. A new 36 classroom building was opened in the main campus for the school year 2005−2006 to alleviate overcrowding. The 2006 senior class was the first to have attended the school for all four years and at the same location. This did not occur again until the class of 2012, when the graduation ceremony took place at the freshly completed Marlins Park and Vice President Joe Biden delivered the keynote address. The graduating class of 2008 was about 1200 students.
During the 2007−2008 school year, Cypress Bay reached a maximum enrollment of more than 5,500 students and was consequently named the most populous high school in the United States. In response, the school board decided to cap enrollment as a temporary measure to alleviate overcrowding and all new registering students were sent over to Western High School. After the 2008−2009 school year the school boundaries were changed and all students south of Griffin Road were assigned to the new West Broward High School, while students living in Bonaventure were assigned to Western High School.
Demographics
As of 2013-2014, the total student enrollment was 4,192. The ethnic makeup of the school was (2,236) 53.4% Hispanic (1,564) 37.3% White, (142) 3.4% Black, (146) 3.5% Asian or Pacific Islander, (90) 2.1% Multiracial, and (14) 0.3% Native American or Native Alaskan.