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Lacovia High School | |
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Location | |
Coordinates | 18°04′49″N 77°45′39″W / 18.0802°N 77.7607°W |
Information | |
Motto | Per Ardua Ad Astra (Through Toil to the Stars) |
Founded | 1970 |
Founder | Government of Jamaica |
School district | Ministry of Education Region V [1] |
Chairperson | Mr.Valdino Pengs |
Principal | Mr. Andrew Morris- Acting 2022-Present |
Grades | 7 - 13 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 12 to 18 |
Student to teacher ratio | 21:1[2] |
Hours in school day | 07:00 - 17:00 |
Campus size | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
Nickname | COBY (See Lacovia) |
Lacovia High School (COBY) is a government-owned, co-educational, first-to-sixth form, non-traditional, secondary school located in Lacovia in the parish of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. According to Go-Local Jamaica, an online branch of the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper, Lacovia High has recently been noticed by the upper echelons of society. The school has outperformed a number of other well-known similar institutions, with some students sitting CXC and CSEC exams passing in as many as ten subjects.[3]