JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL

JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized high school in TAMPA, Florida, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 1,310 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 27% above the state mean of about 1,035.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment; the rest looks like 25% Black, 7% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 28.1:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.6%; this one delivers 40.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put 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%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ROLAND PARK K-8 MAGNET SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 79.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 1,818 (now 1,310). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 57% to 63%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 28.1:1 today.

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