DURANT HIGH SCHOOL

DURANT HIGH SCHOOL, a big high school in PLANT CITY, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH, hosts 2,504 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 142% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

Within HILLSBOROUGH, which oversees 300 schools and 221,318 students, DURANT HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, DURANT HIGH SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 38% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DURANT HIGH SCHOOL has 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.8:1. The state averages about 23.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DURANT HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Hillsborough County shows median household earnings sit near $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which DURANT HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 2.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DURANT HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DURANT HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.6%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. DURANT HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 2,401 (now 2,504). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 52% to 46%. Class-load math has rose: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 in 2025.

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