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ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL
Located at 6311 S LOIS AVE, in TAMPA, Florida, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL is a moderately sized 9-12 campus that instructs 1,438 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by HILLSBOROUGH. Enrollment runs roughly 39% larger than the state mean of about 1,035.
Within HILLSBOROUGH, which oversees 300 schools and 221,318 students, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 24% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Hillsborough County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.9%, the actual is 59.3%, a residual of -7.6 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.9%.
ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL has fell 12%, going from 1,637 students in 2018 to 1,438 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 26.6:1 today.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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