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William M. Raines High School | |
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3663 Raines Avenue , 32209 United States | |
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Type | Public school |
Motto | Ichi ban![1] |
Established | January 25, 1965[2][3] |
Staff | 56.00 (FTE)[4] |
Number of students | 1,217 (2022-23)[4] |
Student to teacher ratio | 21.73[4] |
Campus | Urban |
Color(s) | Cardinal and silver |
Mascot | Viking |
Nickname | Raines |
Website | William M. Raines High School |
William Marion Raines Senior High School is a historically black high school in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.[5] The school is located off Moncrief Road in Jacksonville, Florida's northside at the corner Raines Avenue in northwest Jacksonville. Raines serves approximately 1000 students. The school is 97 percent African-American, 1 percent Hispanic, 1 percent Mixed and 1 percent Caucasian.[6] The campus was improved in 1990 & 2002 to include a new science wing, field house and administrative wing.
The school was named in honor of William Marion Raines, a prominent black educator in Jacksonville and principal at Matthew Gilbert High School from 1938 until his death in 1950.[7]
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