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Lake Brantley High School

By Wanda Phillips

Real Estate Agent with Success Investment Realty

April 28, 2009 08:04 AM

Lake Brantley High School opened in 1972. It is located eight miles north of downtown Orlando, Florida, in Altamonte Springs (pop. 42,000). The school has approximately 3,000 students enrolled in grades nine through twelve. The school is located on Lake Brantley in an area listed as one of the Central Florida area's most desirable locations. The school enjoys close proximity to a wide variety of recreational, cultural and advanced educational facilities.

LBHS, consistently receives "A" ratings from the Florida Department of Education and is ranked in the top 100 schools in the nation by Newsweek Magazine. Mary Williams serves as the fourth principal of Lake Brantley High School. Mrs. Williams, along with her husband and her sons are all alumni of LBHS.

The high school offers 27 AP courses in a wide variety of academic subjects as well as in elective interests and performs significantly better than the average Florida school average and national school average in SAT and ACT test scores. The school excels in extra curricular activities. Their athletics program is exceptional and the school is equally known for it's music programs. Lake Brantley's auditorium is home to the Don Baker Memorial Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre organ. The marching Patriots, consisting of over 350 students, are the largest band in the state.

Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Florida Department of Education, the LBHS curriculum consists of over 300 courses with programs offered in the following areas: general, vocational, exceptional education, honors, gifted, Advanced Placement, and Tech Prep/Dual Enrollment with Seminole Community College.

Statistics:
52% of seniors received Florida's Bright Futures Scholarships in 2008
National Merit Program & AP Scholars Commended 11
National Hispanic Recognition   1
National Achievement Finalist    2
AP National Scholars   130
AP Scholars with Distinction   43
AP Scholars with Honors    31
AP National Scholars   13
AP tests administered 2008:  1640
Number of students tested:   722
Number of tests w/a 3 or higher:  889
Percent of LBHS students passing:   54

Honors Level Offered
9-12 English Honors
Alg. I and II, Geometry, Trig/Analyt Math Analysis, Pre-Calculus, Analysis of Functions
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Anatomy & Physiology
World History, American History, American Government, Economics
Third year of any foreign language is given honors credit.

AP Classes Offered
Art Portfolio
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Comparative Government
Macroeconomics
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
Environmental Science
French Language
German Language
Government and Politics
Human Geography
Latin Literature
Latin Vergil
Music Theory
Physics B
Physics C
Psychology
Spanish Language
Statistics
U.S. History
World History