Irondequoit High School

Irondequoit District Number 3 renamed their original Irondequoit Union Free School as Irondequoit High School in 1924. A larger property, the Williams farm, was bought on Cooper Road in 1927 for $72,000. By 1931 a middle school - Reuben A. Dake School - had been built on the Cooper Road site. A new high school was built just to the south in 1949-1950 for $1,000,000. The building was dedicated on October 26, 1950. The high school building was erected in 1924, as the Irondequoit Free Union School, District Number 3. This district was joined to District Number 4 in 1953 to become the West Irondequoit Central School District.

First Addition The high school was enlarged in 1957 at a cost of $1,750,000: 25 regular classrooms were added; music rooms for band, chorus and orchestra; a library; two art rooms; a cafeteria for 500 students; a pool (and locker room); and enlarged offices. The highschool was as well involved in adding extra bathrooms. So too many were not being used at one time.

Second Addition In 1961 another $28,000 was spent to connect the cafeteria with the south end of the 1957 wing.

Third Addition As the town continued to grow, more classrooms were needed. Twenty-six more were added, as well as a 300-student cafeteria, rooms for shop classes, and more locker rooms and shower rooms for athletics. To match this expansion in school attendance, the kitchen, library, chemistry and biology labs, and offices were expanded. All of this cost $1,602,650. The new space was occupied at the start of the 1964–1965 school year.[3]

Statistics from the Department of Education:[4]

• Total Students(2004–2005): 1393
• Full-time teachers: 87.4
• Student/Teacher Ratio: 15.9
• Eligible for discounted/free lunch: 204 ( 15%)

The Irondequoit High School Eagles face off against the en:Canandaigua Academy Braves at Irondequoit High School Stadium

The Irondequoit lacrosse team has earned a reputation as one of the premier programs in the country. In November 2006, it was the subject of a documentary film called "Irondequoit: Lacrosse Town USA".[5] From its founding in 1957 through the 2007 season, the lacrosse team has never finished a season with a losing record. Irondequoit lacrosse teams have won 28 championship titles and have produced 30 High School All-Americans, plus a long list of college lacrosse coaches.

The Irondequoit High School mascot is the Eagles. It was formerly the "Indians" but was changed in the early 2000s. To the Eagles, which still remains the name.

• Robert H. Babcock (class of 1949), labor historian
• Richard Brookhiser (class of 1973), historian and biographer[6]
• Paul Cantabene, professional lacrosse player and coach
• Cito Culver, first-round draft choice of the New York Yankees in 2010
• Thomas Fenton, screenwriter
• Rory Fitzpatrick, professional hockey player
• Glenn Frankel, Pulitzer Prize winning Journalist and NYT bestselling author
• Tom Golisano, founder of Paychex and a three-time New York State gubernatorial candidate
• Sean Lahman, journalist and writer
• Stephen Minarik, former head of the Monroe County and New York State Republican Committees
• Mike Sigel, billiards player
• Kent Syverud, chancellor and president of Syracuse University[7]
• David Walker, star running back at Syracuse University and assistant coach for Indianapolis Colts
• Joe Walters, professional lacrosse player
• David Wiegand, journalist and writer

• Irondequoit High School Web Site
• West Irondequoit Central School District Website