KING HIGH SCHOOL

KING HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-tier secondary school in TAMPA, Florida, operated by HILLSBOROUGH. The school works with 1,154 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 300 schools in HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students total), KING HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, KING HIGH SCHOOL records that 46% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 16% White, 11% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 29.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

With demographic context factored in, KING HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 53.0%; KING HIGH SCHOOL posts 36.6%, -16.5 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) reports that median household earnings sit near $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), KING HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FLORIDA AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KING HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KING HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.3%.

KING HIGH SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 34%: 1,748 students in 2018 compared to 1,154 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment decreased from 17% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 29.9:1 today.

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