Avon Park High School, is located in Avon Park, Florida

Avon Park, Florida

Avon Park is a city in Highlands County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population in 2009 at 8,824. It is the oldest city in Highlands County, and was named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England.-History:...

. It is a four year high school with a total student enrollment of 1164.

Fight Song

Fight on for Avon Park

We will cheer you on your way

Fight on for Avon Park

We will cheer you as you play

As we march along, on the road to victory

We will fight for all our might for dear old Avon Park

and the dear old red and white.

Middle schools

• Avon Park Middle School
• Lake Placid Middle School
• Sebring Middle School
• Hill-Gustat Middle School

Elementary schools

• Avon Elementary School
• Lake Country Elementary School
• Cracker Trail Elementary School
• Fred Wild Elementary School
• Lake Placid Elementary
• Memorial Elementary
• Park Elementary
• Sun 'n Lake Elementary
• Woodlawn Elementary
• The Kindergarten Learning Center

Notable alumni

• Thomas "Flash" Gordon
  Tom Gordon
  Thomas Gordon , nicknamed "Flash", is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played with the Kansas City Royals , Boston Red Sox , Chicago Cubs , Houston Astros , Chicago White Sox , New York Yankees , Philadelphia Phillies and the...
  
  , Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
  
   pitcher
  Pitcher
  In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
  
  
• Shelby Dressel
  Shelby Dressel
  Shelby Kathleen Dressel is an American Country Singer-Songwriter from Avon Park, Florida, who made the top 50 on the ninth season of American Idol. In describing Dressel's ambitions, Rachel Pleasant Chambliss of Lakeland, Florida's "The Ledger" wrote, "At 19, Shelby Dressel still has a lot of...
  
  , Country Singer-Songwriter
• WASP Deanie Bishop Parrish, WASP World War II