1
What's one thing LETO HIGH SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,995
High
DISTRICT 1,261 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000972
LETO HIGH SCHOOL
4409 W SLIGH AVE, TAMPA, FL 33614 · (813) 872-5300 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,995 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% 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.
- B-Beats 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
25.0:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
1,133 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 | 470 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 549 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 523 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 453 | 23% |
Student demographics
33%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
School pathway
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
41.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 38.0% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 LETO HIGH SCHOOL
LETO HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LETO HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,995 | 56.8% | 45.3% |
| FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 1,923 | 56.7% | 44.1% |
| TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 2,929 | 53.1% | 53.0% |
| JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL GREENACRES | 3,262 | 55.4% | 42.3% |
| HIALEAH-MIAMI LAKES SENIOR HIGH HIALEAH | 1,367 | 56.5% | 34.6% |
| OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 2,345 | 50.9% | 43.4% |
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 LETO HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #405 of 555 | #21 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #164 of 549 ▲ 83 | #9 of 34 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #483 of 559 ▲ 4 | #29 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,995 | #166 of 830 | #17 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #451 of 575 | #13 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #520 of 594 | #33 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #141 of 630 | #3 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #110 of 289 | #8 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
1,995
-32 (-2%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,913
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 1,995 | 79.9 | 25.0:1 | 57% (1,133) |
| 2023-24 | 2,025 | 94 | 21.5:1 | 63% (1,285) |
| 2022-23 | 2,062 | 90.5 | 22.8:1 | 66% (1,369) |
| 2020-21 | 2,027 | 104 | 19.5:1 | 86% (1,745) |
| 2017-18 | 2,298 | 133 | 17.3:1 | 82% (1,884) |
| 2015-16 | 2,126 | 118 | 18.0:1 | 82% (1,747) |
| 2010-11 | 1,719 | 104 | 16.5:1 | 79% (1,359) |
| 2000-01 | 2,157 | 126 | 17.1:1 | 46% (985) |
| 1990-91 | 1,913 | 120 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LETO HIGH SCHOOL.
About LETO HIGH SCHOOL
LETO HIGH SCHOOL is a public high school run by HILLSBOROUGH in TAMPA, Florida. The school serves 1,995 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in Florida average about 1,035 students.
The district, HILLSBOROUGH, operates 300 schools serving 221,318 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at LETO HIGH SCHOOL, with 81% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 8% White, 7% Black, and 2% Asian. In Hillsborough County overall, about 30% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at LETO HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.
The school reports 79.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 25.0 students per teacher. For comparison, high schools in Florida average 23.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 57% of students. Among public schools in Hillsborough County, the average eligibility rate is 43%.
allk12 grades LETO HIGH SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with Florida public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for LETO HIGH SCHOOL is 52.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.3%.
In Hillsborough County (population about 1,522,748), median household income is about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 320 public schools operate in Hillsborough County, serving about 223,193 students.
CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. LETO HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 39.1%, lower than LETO HIGH SCHOOL's 45.3%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 2,027 in 2020-21, 1,995 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 19.5:1 in 2020-21 to 25.0:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about LETO HIGH SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Nearby schools
- CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 731
- PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 858
- ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 579
- EGYPT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 488
- DETENTION CENTER WEST2.2 mi · 26
- LES PETERS ACADEMY2.2 mi · 20
Frequently asked questions
About LETO HIGH SCHOOLHow large is LETO HIGH SCHOOL?
LETO HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,995 students in grades 09-12.
Is LETO HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LETO HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does LETO HIGH SCHOOL have?
LETO HIGH SCHOOL employs 80 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.0:1.
What is the student diversity at LETO HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LETO HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 8% White, 81% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is LETO HIGH SCHOOL in?
LETO HIGH SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.