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What's the biggest difference between BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,608
High
DISTRICT 1,261 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087003179
BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL
1701 N BOULEVARD, TAMPA, FL 33607 · (813) 272-3422 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,608 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
811 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 409 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 429 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 407 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 363 | 23% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
40.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
21.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.5% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 31.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL
BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,608 | 50.4% | 38.3% |
| SPOTO HIGH SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 1,933 | 52.0% | 49.1% |
| WEKIVA HIGH APOPKA | 2,148 | 51.9% | 40.2% |
| SOUTH TECH ACADEMY BOYNTON BEACH | 1,141 | 52.4% | 67.5% |
| ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL ROYAL PALM BEACH | 2,353 | 47.7% | 45.5% |
| EDGEWATER HIGH ORLANDO | 2,000 | 48.3% | 49.3% |
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #503 of 555 | #31 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #494 of 549 ▼ 166 | #32 of 34 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #494 of 559 ▼ 73 | #31 of 34 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,608 | #266 of 830 | #24 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.9:1 | #515 of 575 | #22 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #75 of 594 | #12 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #231 of 630 | #12 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #224 of 289 | #15 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,608
-16 (-1%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 1,725
Student : Teacher
26.9:1
was 19.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,608 | 59.7 | 26.9:1 | 50% (811) |
| 2023-24 | 1,584 | 72 | 22.0:1 | 54% (852) |
| 2022-23 | 1,537 | 71 | 21.6:1 | 55% (844) |
| 2020-21 | 1,624 | 84 | 19.3:1 | 68% (1,111) |
| 2017-18 | 1,671 | 98 | 17.1:1 | 65% (1,083) |
| 2015-16 | 1,708 | 107 | 16.0:1 | 65% (1,117) |
| 2010-11 | 1,535 | 94 | 16.3:1 | 59% (900) |
| 2000-01 | 1,725 | 113 | 15.3:1 | 32% (553) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
About BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL
In TAMPA, Florida, BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school. The school has 1,608 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Florida enroll about 1,035 students on average.
Within HILLSBOROUGH, BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 300 schools. The district enrolls 221,318 students.
The student body at BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL has no majority group. Black students lead at 41%. The next largest groups are 33% Hispanic, 19% White, and 5% multiracial. The school's Black share is 25 points above the 16% share among Hillsborough County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
For every teacher at BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, there are about 26.9 students; the school has 59.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 50%.
BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL is a bottom-10% school in Florida on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.3% against a predicted 55.9%.
The school is in Hillsborough County, where median household income comes to about $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hillsborough County's 320 public schools enroll about 223,193 students and include BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
About 0.3 miles separate BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, STEWART MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL places 5th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (1,624) and 2024-25 (1,608). Federal data show the ratio rising from 19.3:1 to 26.9:1.
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Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILLSBOROUGH
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- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
Other schools in TAMPA
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- SICKLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,398 students
- PLANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,391 students
- TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,181 students
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,130 students
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Nearby schools
- STEWART MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL0.3 mi · 793
- PATRICIA SULLIVAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES PARTNERSHIP SCHOO0.6 mi · 68
- DUNBAR ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL0.7 mi · 324
- HILLSBOROUGH VIRTUAL FRANCHISE HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 3
- HILLSBOROUGH VIRTUAL SCHOOL0.7 mi · 491
- MEDICAL ACADEMY AT D.W. WATERS0.7 mi · 95
Frequently asked questions
About BLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL?
BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,608 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 26.9:1 students per teacher at BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 19% White, 33% Hispanic, 41% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.