Ponce High School
Historic building in Ponce, Puerto Rico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ponce High School is public educational institution in Ponce, Puerto Rico, offering grades nine through twelve. The school's main building is a historic structure located on Cristina Street, in the Ponce Historic Zone. From its beginning the school has secured a unique place in Puerto Rico's educational history. Of over 3,000 schools erected in Puerto Rico in the first quarter of the twentieth century, Ponce High was the largest, "at a time enrolling more students than all the other Puerto Rico high schools combined", and for many years enrolling more students than any other high school in Puerto Rico.[2] The cost of the building in 1915 dollars was $150,000 USD ($4.52 million in 2023 dollars[3]).[4] The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on 4 August 1987.[5] The school has the only diamond-level DECA chapter in Puerto Rico.[6] The Ponce High School building is "among the most important public buildings ever built in Puerto Rico."[7] The school is the oldest continuously-operating high school in Puerto Rico.[1]
Ponce High School | |
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Address | |
37 Cristina Street , 00733 | |
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School type | Public secondary |
Founded | 1902 |
School district | Ponce District II |
Principal | Dra. Gloria Rodriguez[citation needed] |
Grades | 10–12 |
Enrollment | 1650+ (2010) |
Language | Spanish |
Area | Ponce Historic Zone |
Color(s) | Black, & Red |
Mascot | Lion |
Ponce High School | |
Location | Cristina Street, Ponce, Puerto Rico |
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Coordinates | 18.01155°N 66.61026°W / 18.01155; -66.61026 |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | by 1915 |
Architect | Adrian C. Finlayson[1] |
Architectural style | Neoclassical |
NRHP reference No. | 87001310 |
Added to NRHP | 4 August 1987 |