Cuyahoga Falls High School
| Cuyahoga Falls High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
2630 13th Street , 44221 United States | |
| Information | |
| Funding type | Public |
| School district | Cuyahoga Falls City School District |
| Principal | Jason Smith[1] |
| Teaching staff | 83.00 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,247 (2023-24)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.02[2] |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Black and gold |
| Athletics conference | Suburban League American Conference |
| Team name | Black Tigers |
| Rival | Stow-Munroe Falls Bulldogs[3] |
| Accreditation | Ohio Department of Education |
| Communities served | Cuyahoga Falls, Silver Lake |
| Website | www |
Cuyahoga Falls High School (CFHS) is a public high school in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Cuyahoga Falls City School District. As of the 2023–24 school year it has an enrollment of 1,247 students in grades 9–12. The school's athletic teams are known as the Black Tigers and compete in the Suburban League.
The high school is also part of the Six District Educational Compact, a joint program of six area school districts (Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Kent, Stow-Munroe Falls, Tallmadge and Woodridge) to share access to each of their vocational training facilities and career resources.[4]
History
Cuyahoga Falls High School is located in the Cuyahoga Falls 6–12 Campus, which officially opened for classes in January 2026. It replaced the previous home of CFHS, located on Fourth Street, which dated to 1922.
Clubs and activities
Cuyahoga Falls High School offers a number of co- and extracurricular clubs and activities, such as Academic Challenge (Ohio), National Honor Society, Art Club, Project Love, Book Club, Science Olympiad, Chess Club, Ski Club, DECA, Spanish Club, German Club, French Club, spring musical, fall play, Stage Crew, the M&M's and New Horizons Vocal Jazz groups, the Cuyahoga Falls High School Jazz Ensemble, Gold Tones Jazz Ensemble, the Cuyahoga Falls Marching Tiger Band, and a Latin Club, which functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)[5] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).[6]
State championships
Notable alumni
- Jim Ballard, former professional football player in the National Football League (NFL)
- Robert Berdella, serial killer
- Scotty Bierce, former NFL player
- Jim Boeke, former NFL player
- Dain Clay, professional baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball from 1943 to 1946
- Jim Jarmusch, independent film director
- Albert Kingsbury, inventor and engineer
- Bill Lund, former NFL player
- Michael Morell, acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2012 to 2013
Notes and references
- ^ "Profile - Cuyahoga Falls High School". www.cfalls.org. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Cuyahoga Falls High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ "Stow baseball earns season sweep of Falls". Record Publishing Co, LLC. May 3, 2009. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
If anything is clear about this memorable rivalry…
- ^ "The Six District Educational Compact Overview". SixDistrict.com. Six District Educational Compact. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
- ^ "Executive Board Pre-File Application". OhioJCL.org - June 2007. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ "OJCL Constitution". OhioJCL.org - July 2002. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2002. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
... by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.
- ^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved December 31, 2006.
- ^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Softball". Archived from the original on January 13, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2007.