Cocoa High School

I just graduated in 2009 and I think CHS is a great school. Every year they try to make the school better than before. I think it is a great foundation for academic learning because now im at a Florida college, and I am doing great!
--Submitted by a student

The students and staff are friendly and caring.
--Submitted by a parent

I am a student at Cocoa High class of 2010 and I love Cocoa High. Alot of people say our grades are horid but our grades are improving and I think its because of the new staff who are really trying to make a good learning enviroment. I think people should give this school a chance.
--Submitted by a student

I went to cocoa high and graduated in 2003. I know that there was a drive to improve the school that we knew was the lowest ranking in the county. I was in some extracurriculars, but there were many that other schools in the county had but we did not. When I visited other schools durring county wide compitions or preformances, the students from the others schools looked surprised that we were even there. And for good reason there was enough funding provided for anything the other students had. I suppose you can blame it on test scores, but test scores arent going to go up until the kids have fun going to school. Although some of the students who go to the school actully care about learning their lights are quickly extenquished as my own was by senior year. Its the school everyone forgot.
--Submitted by a student

Cocoa High is a great school. The addition of the 'Senior Experience' in the 2003-04 school year was a very good thing. It Gives the seniors a chance to think about career choices and options they have once they Graduate. While attending Cocoa High I was apart of several extracurricular activities and still found time for classwork because of the flexibility of the activity directors.
--Submitted by a former student

The principal at CHS has fostered an atmosphere of mediocracy by skirting responsibility for low student achievement. Mrs. Backkus has been my child's principal through Fairglen, Clearlake and Cocoa. She has repeatedly made excuses for low test scores and low grades on the state's scale. The administration has taken three weeks to return repeated phone calls regarding summer school registration. We are frustrated and glad our child is a senior.
--Submitted by a parent

If you are thinking of buying a home in the area and education is important, be wary of this school. It recieved a D rating this year and C ratings over the 3 previous years.
--Submitted by a parent

I think CHS has been improving. There are some teachers that I think need some more training. I've had some problems with some things at the school, but they have always been resolved in a professional manner (most of the time).
--Submitted by a parent

The band program is lacking, and needs an overhaul of board members and director.
--Submitted by a parent

Cocoa High School has done a lot of changes in the past few years and its FCAT scores Do not give the school the credit for all its hard work. The teachers at this high school truly care for their students and are willing to work with the parents to help make their child's high school experience the best it can be. For a student who wants to duel enroll in the local community college, this is the place for that student. The local community college is in walking distance.
--Submitted by a parent