Seven of the students simultaneously received Associate of Arts degrees from being co-enrolled in the local community college .

[2] In 2010, Florida Today described the school: "predominately serves children of the working middle class.

"[2] The original school was located in the former city of Eau Gallie, overlooking the Indian River.

This is a program that encourages middling students to aim for higher education at the four year university level and provides them the tools and advice needed to achieve that goal.

It is believed that the first principal of Eau Gallie High School was a graduate from Vanderbilt University, whose mascot is also the Commodore.