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The highest-poverty public high schools in Hillsborough County, Florida

35 public high schools in Hillsborough County, Florida appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public high schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL leads the list at 61.9%, against a median of 39.9% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Hillsborough County, Florida

Top % FRL

61.9%

Median % FRL

39.9%

HIGHEST POVERTY · HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,183	61.9%
2	JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,310	56.9%
3	LETO HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,995	56.8%
4	KING HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,154	56.2%
5	ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL	SEFFNER, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,278	55.8%
6	BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL	BRANDON, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,835	53.5%
7	FOCUS ACADEMY	TEMPLE TERRACE, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	110	52.7%
8	SPOTO HIGH SCHOOL	RIVERVIEW, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,933	52.0%
9	PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL	PLANT CITY, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,572	50.7%
10	HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,679	50.6%
11	TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,181	50.5%
12	BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,608	50.4%
13	MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,637	48.1%
14	FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,869	47.7%
15	EAST BAY HIGH SCHOOL	GIBSONTON, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,809	43.7%
16	LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL	RUSKIN, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,553	41.8%
17	WHARTON HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,130	40.5%
18	JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL	RIVERVIEW, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	3,602	39.9%
19	STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL	DOVER, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,501	38.5%
20	DURANT HIGH SCHOOL	PLANT CITY, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,504	36.6%
21	GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,040	35.6%
22	ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,863	35.5%
23	PIVOT CHARTER SCHOOL	RIVERVIEW, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	205	35.1%
24	RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL	RIVERVIEW, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,387	29.1%
25	ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,438	28.5%
26	BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL	VALRICO, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,208	27.3%
27	WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY	FORT LAUDERDALE, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,055	26.2%
28	SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,398	22.6%
29	STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOL	LUTZ, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,396	16.1%
30	PLANT HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	2,391	14.3%
31	NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL	LITHIA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	3,157	13.9%
32	VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL TAMPA 6-12	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	145	11.7%
33	BROOKS DEBARTOLO COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	624	11.1%
34	BELL CREEK ACADEMY	RIVERVIEW, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	1,125	8.4%
35	DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL	TAMPA, FL	HILLSBOROUGH	High	639	7.2%

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