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RICHARD O JACOBSON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AT SEMINOLE
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout RICHARD O JACOBSON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AT SEMINOLE
Located at 12611 86TH AVE, in SEMINOLE, Florida, RICHARD O JACOBSON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AT SEMINOLE is a low-enrollment high school that educates 546 students (grades 9 through 12), run under PINELLAS. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so RICHARD O JACOBSON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AT SEMINOLE sits 47% leaner than that benchmark.
PINELLAS comprises 151 schools with combined enrollment of 87,955 students; RICHARD O JACOBSON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AT SEMINOLE is among them.
On demographics, RICHARD O JACOBSON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AT SEMINOLE reports that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting RICHARD O JACOBSON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AT SEMINOLE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Pinellas County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RICHARD O JACOBSON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AT SEMINOLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.3%, the actual is 58.1%, a residual of -5.2 points.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Pinellas County) shows that median household earnings sit near $72,646, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. RICHARD O JACOBSON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AT SEMINOLE is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).
The closest other public school is BAUDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RICHARD O JACOBSON TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL AT SEMINOLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 67.3%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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