Fort Walton Beach High School | |
Streetaddress: | 400 SW Hollywood Blvd |
City: | Fort Walton Beach |
State: | Florida |
County: | Okaloosa |
Zipcode: | 32548 |
Country: | United States |
Coordinates: | 30.412°N -86.6404°W |
Schoolboard: | Okaloosa District Schools |
Ratio: | 20.15 |
Teaching Staff: | 80.40 (FTE) |
Superintendent: | Marcus Chambers |
Principal: | Lindsay Smith |
Established: | 1969 |
Enrollment: | 1,620 (2022–23)[1] |
Grades: | 9–12 |
Mascot: | Viking |
School Colors: | Navy Blue, Red, and White |
Free Label3: | Vice Principals |
Fort Walton Beach High School is a secondary school located in the center of Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Lindsay Smith is the current principal.[2] Placement classes have an open enrollment policy. The athletic program offers football, basketball, soccer, wrestling, softball, baseball, swimming, cross country, track, volleyball, girls and boys weightlifting. The Vikings have won two state championships in football, two state championships in girls basketball, and one state championship in boys weightlifting.
Fort Walton Beach High School serves residents of Fort Walton Beach, Navarre, Mary Esther, Crestview, and Destin.
On November 15 2022, during a visit to Fort Walton Beach High School, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced 114 Florida schools would be designated as Florida’s first class of Purple Star campuses.[3]