Central Bucks High School South

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Central Bucks High School South, also known as CB South, is a public high school serving students in tenth through twelfth grades (realigns to ninth through twelfth grades 2026-27 year[3]), one of three high schools in the Central Bucks School District. The school is located in Warrington, Pennsylvania in Bucks County.

Coordinates40.262°N 75.163°W / 40.262; -75.163
Established2004
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Central Bucks High School South
Location
1100 Folly Road
Warrington, PA 18976

United States
Coordinates40.262°N 75.163°W / 40.262; -75.163
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TypePublic high school
Established2004
School district
Central Bucks School District
NCES School ID
420531000785
Principal
Jason H. Bucher
Senior House Principal
Brian J. Scholl
Junior House Principal
Jennifer M. Opdyke
Sophomore House Principal
Joseph A. Piselli
Teaching staff
109.40 FTEs[1]
Grades10-12 (realigns to 9-12 in 26-27 year)
Enrollment1,719 (2024-2025)[2]
  Grade 10553
  Grade 11579
  Grade 12587
Student to teacher ratio
15.27[1]
LanguageEnglish
Colors  Black and Blue
AthleticsPIAA AAAA - Suburban One League
Athletics conference
Suburban One Continental
MascotThe Titan
Feeder schools
Tamanend Middle School, Unami Middle School
Websitehttps://cbsouth.cbsd.org/
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As of the 2024-25 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,719 students and 112.58 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.27. There were 232 students (13.50% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 27 (1.57% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Completed in late 2004, the school opened in January 2005, meaning the first graduating class attended classes in the school only during the spring semester of that year. CB South is the most recent high school in the Central Bucks School District, following Central Bucks High School East and Central Bucks High School West. The high school hosts grades 1012 and is built for just under 2,000 students. Its two feeder schools are Unami Middle School and Tamanend Middle School.

CB South is located on Folly Road. The school cost approximately $69.9 million to build and is the largest school in the Central Bucks School District.[4]

Academics

CB South is ranked among the best high schools in Pennsylvania.[5][6] CB South students consistently place in the top 10% of the state in test scoring.[citation needed] The majority of students (78%) are Caucasian, with 9% Asian, 2% African American, 7% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial.[7] They spend about $9,500 on every student.[citation needed] Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, after a successful pilot at Holicong Middle School, all sophomores and juniors received laptops as a part of the district’s 1:1 initiative for use in the classroom.

Athletics

CB South competes in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, in the Suburban One Conference. The School offers 22 sports, both boys and girls, with strengths in football, field hockey, boys/girls indoor and outdoor track, boys/girls basketball, girls soccer, softball, wrestling, and ice hockey. In Central Bucks South's inaugural year of 2004, it received its first state championship, in men's swimming. In 2012, the Central Bucks South softball team was the first team sport to bring a PIAA AAAA State Championship back to Warrington. The Central Bucks South Ice Hockey team won the class AA State Championship in 2014 and 2016.

Societal impact

In 2015, CB South gained national attention when the students selected two of their classmates with Down syndrome as Homecoming King and Queen.[8][9]

Notable alumni

Images

Panorama of city with mixture of five to ten story buildings
CB South panorama

References

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