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Which teacher or staff member at NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
3,157
High
DISTRICT 1,261 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087004091
NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL
16550 FISHHAWK BLVD, LITHIA, FL 33547 · (813) 740-4600 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL3,157 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.8:1
118 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
439 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 | 743 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 778 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 802 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 834 | 26% |
Student demographics
56%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
78.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.5% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.4% | 43.0% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL
NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL this school | 3,157 | 13.9% | 71.4% |
| TOCOI CREEK HIGH SCHOOL SAINT AUGUSTINE | 2,616 | 15.4% | 70.2% |
| PLANT HIGH SCHOOL TAMPA | 2,391 | 14.3% | 70.0% |
| VIERA HIGH SCHOOL VIERA | 2,334 | 14.8% | 68.1% |
| SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 2,206 | 15.7% | 66.8% |
| SPANISH RIVER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 2,730 | 18.6% | 77.1% |
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 NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #88 of 555 | #4 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #201 of 549 ▲ 6 | #12 of 34 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #67 of 559 ▼ 3 | #3 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,157 | #15 of 830 | #2 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.8:1 | #514 of 575 | #21 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #325 of 594 | #30 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.9% | #584 of 630 | #31 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #136 of 246 | #4 of 12 |
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
3,157
+179 (+6%) vs 2020
+42% since 2010-11, when it was 2,216
Student : Teacher
26.8:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 3,157 | 117.6 | 26.8:1 | 14% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 3,340 | 131 | 25.5:1 | 18% (592) |
| 2022-23 | 3,203 | 131.5 | 24.4:1 | 18% (562) |
| 2020-21 | 2,978 | 128 | 23.3:1 | 18% (533) |
| 2017-18 | 2,857 | 131 | 21.8:1 | 18% (523) |
| 2015-16 | 2,594 | 130 | 19.9:1 | 17% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 2,216 | 113 | 19.6:1 | 14% (320) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL.
About NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL
NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL is a public high school in LITHIA, Florida. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 3,157 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Florida is about 1,035 students, so this school is 205% bigger than average.
HILLSBOROUGH oversees NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL and 299 other schools, with 221,318 students in total.
A majority of students at NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL, 63%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Asian. Among all residents of Hillsborough County, the White share is about 51%. The chance that two students picked at random at NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
Its teaching staff equals 117.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 26.8:1. For comparison, high schools in Florida average 23.5:1. Around 14% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Hillsborough County, the average eligibility rate is 43%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 71.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 74.2%.
NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL is located in Hillsborough County, where median household income is about $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 320 public schools in Hillsborough County, with a combined enrollment of about 223,193.
Nearest public school: RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 72.6%; NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL's is 71.4%, ranking 6th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL went from 2,978 students to 3,157. The ratio was 23.3:1 in 2020-21 and 26.8:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
- DURANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,504 students
Other schools in LITHIA
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,373 students
- BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,345 students
- FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 921 students
- STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 867 students
- BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 826 students
- PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 614 students
Nearby schools
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,373
- FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 921
- LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 609
- BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 826
- CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 789
- DURANT HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 2,504
Frequently asked questions
About NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL?
NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 3,157 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL serve?
NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 26.8:1 students per teacher at NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL?
At NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 63% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL in?
NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
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