SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL

SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL, a sizable secondary school in TAMPA, Florida, one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH, serves 2,398 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL sits 132% bigger than that benchmark.

HILLSBOROUGH comprises 300 schools with combined enrollment of 221,318 students; SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 40% White, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL has 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.1:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

With demographic context factored in, SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.8%; this one delivers 65.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) shows that median household earnings sit near $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL TAMPA 6-12, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 50.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 2,306 (now 2,398). White enrollment moved from 46% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 26.1:1 in 2025.

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