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What's the biggest difference between DURANT HIGH SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
2,504
High
DISTRICT 1,261 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087002997
DURANT HIGH SCHOOL
4748 COUGAR PATH, PLANT CITY, FL 33567 · (813) 757-9075 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL2,504 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Florida public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
23.8:1
105 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
917 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 | 702 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 541 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 631 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 630 | 25% |
Student demographics
64%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
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
53.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.7% | 34.0% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 DURANT HIGH SCHOOL
DURANT HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DURANT HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,504 | 36.6% | 52.3% |
| SARASOTA HIGH SCHOOL SARASOTA | 2,359 | 37.6% | 52.7% |
| CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 2,008 | 38.4% | 46.0% |
| IDA S. BAKER HIGH SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 2,191 | 35.9% | 45.4% |
| MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS PALMETTO | 2,051 | 40.4% | 49.3% |
| MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUART | 2,055 | 35.6% | 53.8% |
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 DURANT HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #285 of 555 | #16 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #268 of 549 ▲ 29 | #15 of 34 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #312 of 559 ▼ 9 | #17 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,504 | #73 of 830 | #6 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #383 of 575 | #5 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #183 of 594 | #23 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #403 of 630 | #20 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #198 of 246 | #8 of 12 |
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
2,504
+140 (+6%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 2,360
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 2,504 | 105.4 | 23.8:1 | 37% (917) |
| 2023-24 | 2,459 | 112 | 22.0:1 | 41% (1,006) |
| 2022-23 | 2,589 | 116 | 22.3:1 | 42% (1,093) |
| 2020-21 | 2,364 | 121 | 19.5:1 | 55% (1,310) |
| 2017-18 | 2,401 | 131 | 18.3:1 | 51% (1,221) |
| 2015-16 | 2,413 | 122 | 19.8:1 | 47% (1,145) |
| 2010-11 | 2,263 | 115 | 19.7:1 | 38% (867) |
| 2000-01 | 2,360 | 132 | 17.9:1 | 14% (339) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DURANT HIGH SCHOOL.
About DURANT HIGH SCHOOL
DURANT HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school. Its address is in PLANT CITY, Florida. The school counts 2,504 students across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Florida is about 1,035 students.
DURANT HIGH SCHOOL is one school in HILLSBOROUGH, a system of 300 schools with 221,318 students.
White students are the largest group at DURANT HIGH SCHOOL, with 46% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 38% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at DURANT HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.8:1 at DURANT HIGH SCHOOL, with 105.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Florida, the average ratio is about 23.5:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 37% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for DURANT HIGH SCHOOL is C+. Compared with Florida public high schools, the school scored higher than 41% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 62.8%.
Hillsborough County census figures show that median household income is about $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 320 public schools operate in Hillsborough County, serving about 223,193 students.
Nearby, NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 2.4 miles away. DURANT HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts DURANT HIGH SCHOOL at 5th of 9.
DURANT HIGH SCHOOL falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The number of students climbed from 2,364 to 2,504 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 19.5:1 to 23.8:1.
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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
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 5,748 students
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,602 students
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,157 students
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
Other schools in PLANT CITY
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,340 students
- MARSHALL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOLMiddle · 1,066 students
- TURKEY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,000 students
- WALDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 809 students
- SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 750 students
Other Durant High schools
One other US public school is named Durant High. DURANT HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Durant High SchoolDurant, OK · 1,036 students
Nearby schools
- NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 630
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 3,157
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL3.0 mi · 1,373
- PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 614
- LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 609
- MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL3.8 mi · 1,027
Frequently asked questions
About DURANT HIGH SCHOOLHow large is DURANT HIGH SCHOOL?
DURANT HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,504 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does DURANT HIGH SCHOOL serve?
DURANT HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DURANT HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DURANT HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 23.8:1 (105 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at DURANT HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DURANT HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 46% White, 38% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees DURANT HIGH SCHOOL?
DURANT HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.