C. Leon King High School opened in 1960 with 58 faculty members and 9050 students. The school was named in honor of C. Leon King, a distinguished and respected member of the Hillsborough County Board of Public Instruction for 18 years. It is located at 6815 North 56th Street, Tampa, FL 33610. King High School is a traditional/hybrid magnet. It has one of the three International Baccalaureate programs in Hillsborough County, Florida. The IB program of King began in July, 1993. Eighty-nine percent of IB seniors earned the IB Diploma in 2006--one of the highest rates in the United States. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into International Baccalaureate Organization. ... Hillsborough County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

Its total student population is 2117, attendance rate in 2005 was 92%, and the Class of 2007 includes 23 National Merit finalists, 4 National Achievement finalists, and 2 National Hispanic Scholars. The PSAT/NMSQT, or Preliminary-SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, is a multiple choice standardized test generally taken by high school juniors, sophomores, and freshmen in the United States. ...

Facts of interest

• Perhaps the current most famous alumni of C. Leon King High School is Patrick Hunter, also commonly referred to as Tango. Hunter appeared on the hit TV I Love New York where he beat out the heavily favored Chance and won the love of Tiffany Pollard, aka New York. He then proposed to New York who nervously accepted. During the reunion show he called off his engagement with New York saying,

"she dissed me more than the guys on the show did" and that "NOBODY disrespects my family, NOBODY!". He said he fell in love with Tiffany and proposed to Tiffany but got "New York" instead.

• The King High School orchestral program has experienced great success ^{[citation needed]} in the last few years, and received a superior rating this year under a new director. The King Orchestra has maintained their status as the county's top orchestra program and was one of few schools in the state to receive straight superiors at State MPA.

• The King High School Orchestra went to Festival Disney in April 2007 and received a Superior rating, Best in Class out of all the AAAA Orchestras, and Bronze out of all the orchestras.

• The King High School Marching Lions have received straight superior ratings at Florida Bandmasters Association Marching Festival for 33 consecutive years, most recently on November 4, 2006 with the theme Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

• The King High School National Honor Society is the largest chapter in the State of Florida. ^{[citation needed]}

• Attractor programs include Culinary Arts, Teaching Academy, and King's relationship with the University of South Florida as a Professional Development School.

• One of the history teachers at the school, "Downtown" Marvin Brown, is actually a DJ and a college professor in his spare time. Teaching over 120 students, his pass rate for the Advanced Placement United States History Exam is consistently in the upper eighties. Many other King High IB teachers teach or have taught at various prestigious academic institutions throughout the world as well.

• King High School's Boys Swimming team won the 2005 academic award for all of Hillsborough County Swim Teams with an average GPA of 3.539.

• The King High Football team broke their 18 game losing streak by beating Gaither 15-11 on September 1, 2006

• The King High Football team won their second home game, 21-14 against Brandon High School on September 15, 2006

 *In its first year (2005-2006 school year), the Mock Trial Club was very successful [citation needed], winning the two preliminary rounds at the FLREA district competition at the Edgecomb courthouse in downtown Tampa. They went on to place in the top ten at the state competition. The mock trial team placed second overall in their district, with two "Best Attorney" and one "Best Witness" awards for the three rounds they participated in, including the final against Riverview High School. 

• The 2005-2006 C. Leon King High School Prom King and Queen were Marshall Cone, a senior in the IB Program, and Amy Dawson, also of the IB program,respectively.

• King High School is home to one of the best Junior State of America chapters in the Southeast, consistently winning awards for superior public speaking and debating.

• The 2006 IB Senior Class achieved an 89% pass rate for the IB Diploma.

• On September 28 2006, The senior class won the homecoming float competition. The dance took place on September 28. The homecoming king was Senior Treece Lynch and queen Lamecha Mingo.

• On February 14, 2007 the varsity Baseball team won its opening game over Jefferson High School 5-4. Jared MacBeth picked up the win for the Lions as Jamie Tutko got the save. The Lions this year play in a tough District 5A-8 where the district tournament should be up for grabs.

• The crew intro for the WKHS morning Show were/are made by WKHS Director Justin Rodgers.

• Highlights of the Brandon/King Football game [which was made by Justin Rodgers] were featured on the Beef O' Bradys High School Scoreboard

• King High Speech and Debate team does very well. At the "Winter Springs" invitational, every student that participated broke to an elimination round, and Laura Kaufman got first place in the state of Florida for International Extemporaneous Speaking. A week later, at the Yale Invitational, Stephanie Buchman broke to quarterfinals in Original Oratory and Mohammad Gardezi broke to quarterfinals in Mixed Extemporaneous Speaking.

• Local Producer/Director Brian K Dery of Triple Knot Productions, Inc in Tampa graduated from King High School in 1992.

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In the news

• It has been recognized by Newsweek Magazine as being among the top 10% of all high schools in America, coming in at number 41. Its sister school, Hillsborough High School which had many incidents involving crime, is number 28.

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External links

• Official Site
• KHS Marching Lions
• SDHC Website