GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL

GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL is one of the sizable senior highs in TAMPA, Florida, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH, with 2,040 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 97% bigger than the state mean of about 1,035.

HILLSBOROUGH runs 300 schools in total, collectively educating 221,318 students. GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 35% White, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL lists 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.8:1. The state averages about 23.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 36% of students at GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.3%, the actual is 55.1%, a residual of -8.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) reports that median household earnings sit near $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 62.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 2,020 (now 2,040). Hispanic enrollment moved from 44% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 in 2025.

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