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 2014âÂÂone of the highest rates in the United States. For the 2010âÂÂ2011 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 2014âÂÂ15, and the attendance rate was 92% in 2005.
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.
King High School hosts an International Baccalaureate (IB) Program, which began in 1994. King High also offers advanced placement courses (KAPS).
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