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Enrollment
639
High
DISTRICT 1,261 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087008643
DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL
10721 RAULERSON RANCH RD, TAMPA, FL 33637 · (813) 694-7667 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Florida public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
26.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
46 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 | 170 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 151 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 171 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 147 | 23% |
Student demographics
77%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
80.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.8% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.8% | 70.0% |
% 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
79.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL
DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (79.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 639 | 7.2% | 79.9% |
| WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 948 | 10.5% | 96.5% |
| COLLEGE ACADEMY AT BROWARD COLLEGE DAVIE | 487 | 25.1% | N/A |
| WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 2,218 | 16.0% | 67.0% |
| ANGELINE ACADEMY OF INNOVATION LAND O LAKES | 1,088 | 13.6% | 75.8% |
| BELL CREEK ACADEMY RIVERVIEW | 1,125 | 8.4% | 82.9% |
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 DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #54 of 555 | #2 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #35 of 549 ▲ 22 | #2 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #58 of 559 ▲ 14 | #2 of 34 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #461 of 830 | #31 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.6:1 | #506 of 575 | #20 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.5% | #2 of 594 | #1 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.2% | #610 of 630 | #35 of 35 |
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
639
+199 (+45%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
26.6:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 639 | 24 | 26.6:1 | 7% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 35 | 18.7:1 | 13% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 751 | 35 | 21.5:1 | 12% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 22 | 20.0:1 | 8% (37) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL.
About DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL
DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school in TAMPA, Florida, one of the schools in HILLSBOROUGH. It had 639 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 1,035 students for high schools in Florida.
HILLSBOROUGH counts 300 schools and 221,318 students, including DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL.
No group is above 50% at DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 31%. The school is also 27% Hispanic, 18% Black, 16% Asian, and 7% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 51%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 77, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL, there are about 26.6 students; the school has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Florida, 23.5:1, is lower. There are 46 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 7% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Hillsborough County is 43%.
Among Florida public high schools, DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL outscored 86%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL scores 79.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 77.6%.
In the wider Hillsborough County area, the median household earns about $79,540 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL shares Hillsborough County with 319 other public schools.
DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 79.9% compares with 51.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
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. DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL is run as a public charter school.
Federal counts for DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL: 440 students in 2020-21, 639 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 26.6:1.
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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
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Nearby schools
- TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 660
- DR. KIRAN C. PATEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 510
- LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 546
- FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 484
- GRECO MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL1.6 mi · 764
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY2.0 mi · 5,748
Frequently asked questions
About DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL?
DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 639 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL serve?
DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 26.6:1 students per teacher at DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL?
DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 31% White, 27% Hispanic, 18% Black, 16% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
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