PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS

PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS is one of the very small senior highs in TAMPA, Florida, one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH, with 46 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. That puts it 96% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

HILLSBOROUGH runs 300 schools in total, collectively educating 221,318 students. PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS reports that 57% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 26% Hispanic, 15% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the resource side, Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Hillsborough County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

Nearest neighbor: MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 58 students in 2018 compared to 46 in 2025.

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