Frank W. Cox High School
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Frank W. Cox High School is a secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

 located in the Great Neck subdivision of Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, Virginia
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, Virginia
Virginia
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. It was founded in 1961 as the Northeast Junior High School, but upon opening, it was named after a former superintendent of Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Frank Woodard Cox, who led the school division from 1933 to 1968. The original building, at 1848 Great Neck Road, is now Great Neck Middle School. A replacement building, also designated as a primary hurricane shelter, was built nearby, at 2425 Shorehaven Drive. The high school was moved into the new building in the fall of 1983.

The current administration at Cox includes former principal of Kemps Landing Magnet School and Lynnhaven Middle School, Dr. Randi R. Riesbeck

Academic and Athletic honors

Frank W. Cox has an academically advanced student body with an 80% annual passing rate on Advanced Placement tests. Also, two out of three diplomas awarded each year are advanced diplomas. The school has been recognized by major organizations such as Newsweek
Newsweek
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, which named the high school as a "top" public high school. As far as extracurricular activities go, Cox has an excellent array of sports teams to choose from. It has won 3 state athletic titles so far in the year 07-08 school year. Also, its music program, student newspaper, and student yearbook all won Blue ribbon awards in 2006.

The high school, which has won 35 state athletic titles, has been awarded the Virginia High School League Wachovia Cup for outstanding academic and athletic achievement eight out of 17 times, more than any other school.

Cox is one of five Virginia Beach high schools ranked in the top 2600 in Newsweek's 2006 ranking of American high schools.
Cox High School recently won its first match at the regional Worldquest competition, a challenge of geopolitical knowledge.

Notable alumni

  • Zachary Knighton
    Zachary Knighton
    Zachary Andrew Knighton is an American actor who currently stars as Dave Rose on the ABC comedy series Happy Endings. Prior to that, he co-starred as Dr. Bryce Varley on ABC's science fiction series FlashForward from 2009–2010....

     - actor
  • Jason Dubois
    Jason Dubois
    Jason Bradford Dubois is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians. He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft...

     - MLB player for the Cubs
  • Felicia Barton - American Idol
    American Idol
    American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...

    finalist
  • Brooks Williams - NFL tight end for the New Orleans Saints

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