LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 2002 E SHELL POINT RD, in RUSKIN, Florida, LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL is a heavily attended 9-12 campus that works with 2,553 students (grades 9 through 12), run under HILLSBOROUGH. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL sits 147% above that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 27% White, 25% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 32.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 60.2%; LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL posts 42.9%, -17.3 points below that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household income runs about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

THOMPSON ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LENNARD HIGH SCHOOL has declined 12%, going from 2,902 students in 2018 to 2,553 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 52% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 32.6:1 today.

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