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How has PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
2,572
High
DISTRICT 1,261 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087001000
PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL
1 RAIDER PL, PLANT CITY, FL 33563 · (813) 757-9370 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,572 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Florida public high schools
- B-Test 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
24.3:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
1,303 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 | 622 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 697 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 652 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 601 | 23% |
Student demographics
60%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
48.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 54.0% |
% 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL
PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,572 | 50.7% | 53.6% |
| ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOL ST CLOUD | 2,596 | 50.8% | 46.7% |
| PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL NAPLES | 2,054 | 50.6% | 54.0% |
| DELTONA HIGH SCHOOL DELTONA | 1,716 | 51.2% | 58.9% |
| ISLAND COAST HIGH SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 1,477 | 51.0% | 31.3% |
| DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOL DAVENPORT | 2,731 | 49.3% | 41.5% |
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 PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #262 of 555 | #15 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #134 of 549 ▼ 15 | #6 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #384 of 559 ▼ 13 | #19 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,572 | #64 of 830 | #4 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #411 of 575 | #8 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #262 of 594 | #28 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #226 of 630 | #9 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #177 of 246 | #6 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
2,572
+231 (+10%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 2,110
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 2,572 | 105.9 | 24.3:1 | 51% (1,303) |
| 2023-24 | 2,580 | 116 | 22.2:1 | 59% (1,520) |
| 2022-23 | 2,474 | 112 | 22.1:1 | 58% (1,439) |
| 2020-21 | 2,341 | 122 | 19.2:1 | 75% (1,745) |
| 2017-18 | 2,434 | 136 | 17.9:1 | 71% (1,723) |
| 2015-16 | 2,389 | 130 | 18.4:1 | 64% (1,525) |
| 2010-11 | 2,056 | 113 | 18.2:1 | 55% (1,130) |
| 2000-01 | 2,365 | 144 | 16.4:1 | 25% (584) |
| 1990-91 | 2,110 | 148 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL.
About PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL
PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL runs as a high-enrollment high school in PLANT CITY, Florida. The school enrolls 2,572 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Florida average about 1,035 students, which makes this school 149% larger than average.
HILLSBOROUGH runs 300 schools with a combined 221,318 students. PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL is Hispanic: 55%. Other groups make up 30% White, 12% Black, and 2% multiracial. Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL is 24.3:1, based on 105.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On the allk12 Grade, PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 59% of Florida public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL would score about 55.8%. It scores 53.6%, 2.2 points below that figure.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hillsborough County show that median household income comes to 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. Hillsborough County counts 320 public schools with about 223,193 students.
Of the public schools around it, PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL is closest to ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH, about 0.8 miles away. PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 46.9% on proficiency, and PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL is above that at 53.6%.
Federal data place PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 2,572 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 2,341. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.2:1 in 2020-21, and 24.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
- DURANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,504 students
Other schools in PLANT CITY
- DURANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,504 students
- TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,340 students
- MARSHALL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOLMiddle · 1,066 students
- TURKEY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,000 students
- WALDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 809 students
- SPRINGHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 750 students
Nearby schools
- ADVANTAGE ACADEMY OF HILLSBOROUGH0.8 mi · 457
- SIMMONS EXCEPTIONAL CENTER1.0 mi · 29
- SIMMONS CAREER CENTER1.0 mi · 127
- BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 357
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL1.8 mi · 510
- TRAPNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL?
PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,572 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 24.3:1 (106 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 30% White, 55% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.