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Alumni: what's one memory from HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,679
High
DISTRICT 1,261 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000960
HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
5000 N CENTRAL AVE, TAMPA, FL 33603 · (813) 276-5620 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,679 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Florida public high schools
- CTest 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
23.3:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
850 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 | 425 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 414 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 429 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 411 | 24% |
Student demographics
66%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
44.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 24.0% |
% 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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,679 | 50.6% | 44.9% |
| ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 1,896 | 49.6% | 37.0% |
| FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL TAMPA | 1,869 | 47.7% | 40.2% |
| LINCOLN PARK ACADEMY FORT PIERCE | 1,667 | 54.5% | 60.7% |
| PINELLAS PARK HIGH SCHOOL LARGO | 1,691 | 47.2% | 38.1% |
| MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 1,866 | 44.2% | 39.5% |
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 HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #408 of 555 | #22 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #296 of 549 ▲ 124 | #18 of 34 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #455 of 559 ▼ 73 | #27 of 34 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,679 | #249 of 830 | #22 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #358 of 575 | #3 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #130 of 594 | #19 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.6% | #229 of 630 | #10 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #89 of 289 | #6 of 18 |
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
1,679
-215 (-11%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 1,538
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 1,679 | 72.1 | 23.3:1 | 51% (850) |
| 2023-24 | 1,768 | 89 | 19.9:1 | 56% (991) |
| 2022-23 | 1,891 | 89 | 21.3:1 | 55% (1,049) |
| 2020-21 | 1,894 | 100 | 18.9:1 | 70% (1,321) |
| 2017-18 | 1,983 | 111 | 17.9:1 | 71% (1,400) |
| 2015-16 | 1,980 | 107 | 18.5:1 | 66% (1,303) |
| 2010-11 | 1,940 | 106 | 18.3:1 | 59% (1,146) |
| 2000-01 | 2,315 | 139 | 16.6:1 | 46% (1,061) |
| 1990-91 | 1,538 | 109 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
About HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in TAMPA, Florida. The school has 1,679 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in Florida average about 1,035 students, which makes this school 62% above average.
HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL falls under HILLSBOROUGH, which has 300 schools enrolling 221,318 students.
At HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 48%. Enrollment also includes 28% Black, 13% White, 7% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Hillsborough County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
With 72.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.3:1. It is about the same as the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, 51% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 27% of Florida public high schools.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 55.8%. HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL scores 44.9%.
Looking at the county, Hillsborough County, the median household earns about $79,540 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, Hillsborough County has 320 public schools.
The closest school to HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL is MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, located about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 44.9% against a local average of 37.1%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 18.9:1 to 23.3:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 TAMPA
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- SICKLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,398 students
- PLANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,391 students
- TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,181 students
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,130 students
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Other Hillsborough High schools
One other US public school is named Hillsborough High. HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Hillsborough High SchoolHillsborough, NJ · 2,377 students
Nearby schools
- MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 973
- WALTON ACADEMY0.2 mi · 157
- BROWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 138
- SEMINOLE HEIGHTS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 276
- SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 375
- EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOLHow large is HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL?
HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,679 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL serve?
HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 23.3:1 (72 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL?
At HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 13% White, 48% Hispanic, 28% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL?
HILLSBOROUGH 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.