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Enrollment
2,208
High
DISTRICT 1,261 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087002562
BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL
1700 BLOOMINGDALE AVE, VALRICO, FL 33596 · (813) 744-8018 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,208 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Florida public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
90 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
603 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 | 548 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 539 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 610 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 511 | 23% |
Student demographics
66%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
70.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.5% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.5% | 52.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
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 BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL
BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,208 | 27.3% | 66.6% |
| BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 2,819 | 27.1% | 68.4% |
| SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL GROVELAND | 2,137 | 29.6% | 43.8% |
| WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL WELLINGTON | 2,689 | 24.4% | 69.0% |
| SEMINOLE RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL LOXAHATCHEE | 2,246 | 31.0% | 53.5% |
| OLYMPIC HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HIGH BOCA RATON | 2,239 | 22.3% | 57.9% |
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 BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #120 of 555 | #7 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #95 of 549 ▲ 37 | #3 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #114 of 559 ▲ 52 | #6 of 34 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,208 | #125 of 830 | #13 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #432 of 575 | #11 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #128 of 594 | #18 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.3% | #504 of 630 | #26 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #192 of 289 | #12 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
2,208
-55 (-2%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 2,024
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 2,208 | 89.6 | 24.6:1 | 27% (603) |
| 2023-24 | 2,311 | 96.5 | 23.9:1 | 34% (796) |
| 2022-23 | 2,304 | 101.5 | 22.7:1 | 45% (1,046) |
| 2020-21 | 2,263 | 114 | 19.9:1 | 48% (1,092) |
| 2017-18 | 2,346 | 125 | 18.8:1 | 44% (1,032) |
| 2015-16 | 2,263 | 118 | 19.2:1 | 40% (914) |
| 2010-11 | 2,407 | 124 | 19.4:1 | 27% (647) |
| 2000-01 | 2,712 | 130 | 20.9:1 | 7% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 2,024 | 119 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL.
About BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL
BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in VALRICO, Florida, under HILLSBOROUGH. Enrollment totals 2,208 students across grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Florida enroll around 1,035, and this school is 113% larger than that mark.
HILLSBOROUGH has 300 schools and 221,318 students, and BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
No group is above 50% at BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 46%. The rest of enrollment is 33% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
With 89.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 24.6:1. High schools in Florida have an average ratio of 23.5:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL, 27% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Hillsborough County averages 43%, higher than here.
BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of Florida public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL would score about 67.5%. It scores 66.6%, within a point of that figure.
Census data for Hillsborough County show the median household earns about $79,540 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Hillsborough County number 320, with about 223,193 students.
The closest school to BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL is ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 63.3% on proficiency, and BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL is above that at 66.6%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (2,263) to 2024-25 (2,208). The ratio was 19.9:1 in 2020-21 and 24.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Other schools in VALRICO
- MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,027 students
- NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP VALRICOElementary · 906 students
- CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 789 students
- VALRICO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 733 students
- BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 667 students
- LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 609 students
Nearby schools
- ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 568
- NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP VALRICO0.7 mi · 906
- BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,108
- BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 667
- CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 789
- MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,027
Frequently asked questions
About BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL?
BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,208 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 24.6:1 students per teacher at BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 46% White, 33% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL in?
BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.