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Enrollment
1,853
High
DISTRICT 1,050 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERNANDO·NCES 120081000896
FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL
3300 MARINER BLVD, SPRING HILL, FL 34609 · (352) 797-7010 · Hernando County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,853 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
862 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 478 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 492 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 426 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 457 | 25% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
47.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
22.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 16.0% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL
FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,853 | 46.5% | 45.8% |
| CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 1,444 | 46.7% | 42.6% |
| SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL STUART | 1,775 | 47.6% | 52.8% |
| BELLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL BELLEVIEW | 1,904 | 45.7% | 46.8% |
| SEBRING HIGH SCHOOL SEBRING | 1,849 | 50.4% | 47.1% |
| GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGH LAKELAND | 2,469 | 47.0% | 52.5% |
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 FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hernando County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #392 of 555 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #483 of 549 ▲ 27 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #395 of 559 ▼ 126 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,853 | #201 of 830 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #270 of 575 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #186 of 594 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.5% | #285 of 630 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.4% | #151 of 246 | N/A |
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
1,853
+152 (+9%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 1,426
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 1,853 | 85 | 21.8:1 | 47% (862) |
| 2023-24 | 1,893 | 84 | 22.5:1 | 52% (992) |
| 2022-23 | 1,896 | 89 | 21.3:1 | 49% (922) |
| 2020-21 | 1,701 | 82 | 20.7:1 | 48% (824) |
| 2017-18 | 1,710 | 88 | 19.4:1 | 57% (972) |
| 2015-16 | 1,679 | 86 | 19.5:1 | 55% (916) |
| 2010-11 | 1,892 | 113 | 16.7:1 | 46% (871) |
| 2000-01 | 1,747 | 85 | 20.6:1 | 24% (419) |
| 1990-91 | 1,426 | 87 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL.
About FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL
FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL, a high-enrollment high school, is located in SPRING HILL, Florida. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,853 students. By comparison, high schools in Florida enroll about 1,035 students on average.
The district, HERNANDO, has 23,734 students enrolled across 29 schools.
White students make up 49% of enrollment at FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 34% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Hernando County's population at about 76%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL has 85 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1. Across high schools in Florida, the average ratio is 23.5:1. The school has 47% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 57.9% at FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.8%.
Hernando County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $66,058 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL shares Hernando County with 30 other public schools.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 45.8% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL is Suburb: Mid-size.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,853, up from 1,701 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 21.8 students per teacher, compared with 20.7 in 2020-21.
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Hernando County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,018
Census ACS
Median income
$66,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,734 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HERNANDO
- WINDING WATERS K-8Elementary · 1,613 students
- EXPLORER K-8Elementary · 1,544 students
- CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHElementary · 1,456 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,444 students
- WEEKI WACHEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,437 students
- HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
Other schools in SPRING HILL
- EXPLORER K-8Elementary · 1,544 students
- CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHElementary · 1,456 students
- CLASSICAL PREPARATORY SCHOOLCombined · 1,154 students
- SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 967 students
- JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 920 students
- DELTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 854 students
Nearby schools
- GULF COAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 106
- EXPLORER K-80.9 mi · 1,544
- GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY1.4 mi · 217
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS2.0 mi · 20
- JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 920
- FOX CHAPEL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 815
Frequently asked questions
About FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL?
FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,853 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 21.8:1 students per teacher at FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL?
At FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 49% White, 34% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL?
FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by HERNANDO in Hernando County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.