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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 | 58.00 (FTE)[4] |
| Number of students | 1,331 (2023-2024)[4] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 22.95[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]
- ^ "About RHS". Archived from the original on December 28, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
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dcpswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "William Raines Alumni Celebrate Rich Legacy by Giving Back Through Scholarships". Jacksonville Free Press. February 1, 2018. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
- ^ a b c "WILLIAM M. RAINES HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
- ^ "The History of Raines". Archived from the original on July 12, 2009. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 19, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Garrison, D. K. (November 13, 2010). "My William M. Raines". November 13, 2010. A Black Man in an Obama World. Retrieved September 6, 2013.