Ridge Community High School or RCHS is a public high school located on the Davenport, Florida and Haines City, Florida Line. RCHS was established in 2005 in Polk County. Ridge Community High School is one of many schools with a separate 9th Grade campus with its own front office. The main campus holds students in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade with some exceptions. Ridge Community High School sits on 76 acres (310,000 m2) of land. Ridge Community High School is zoned for Davenport and Haines City. Ridge Community High School's rivals include Haines City High School, Lake Wales High School and others in Polk County. The principal of RCHS is Matthew Blankenship. Ridge Community High School is part of the Polk County School Board. RCHS's mascot is the Bolt, and the school motto is Once a Bolt, always a Bolt.
RCHS serves grades 9 - 12. RCHS is also referred to as Ridge by fellow students and alumni.
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Departments
The following departments are offered at Ridge Community High school:
Agriculture Department
Exceptional Student Education Department
Family and Consumer Science Department
Music Department
Visual and Digital Art Department
JROTC Department
English Language Arts Department
Math Department
Physical Education Department
Science Department
Social Studies Department
World Language Department
Theatre and Dance Department
Athletics
The Following sports teams are available for students at Ridge Community High School:
Fall sports
Girls' Volleyball
Cross Country
Swimming
Girls' Golf
Boys' Golf
Cheerleading
Football
Winter Sports
Wrestling
Boys' Basketball
Girls' Basketball
Girls' Soccer
Boys' Soccer
Girls' Weightlifting
Color Guard
Spring Sports
Boys' Weightlifting
Track
Girls' Tennis
Boys' Tennis
Baseball
Softball
Notable alumni
Joe Jackson, college football running back for the Kansas State Wildcats
Mike James, running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Dazeran Jones, center for Jacksonville Giants
Karlos Williams, running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, former running back for the Buffalo Bills
Vince Williams, linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Overview
Ridge Community High School was ranked as a D school from 2005 to 2010, the school has been recognized for their high standardized Advanced Placement and honors classes. RCHS is now listed as a B Rank school as of late 2012. Students at RCHS can participate in Dual enrollment, chiefly Polk State College. Polk State College is also part of Ridge Community High School, and provides evening classes bearing college credit to students of RCHS for no cost. As of 2015, a new Dual enrollment program with Southeastern University will be introduced starting for the 2015–2016 school year.