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Enrollment
2,398
High
DISTRICT 1,261 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087003181
SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL
7950 GUNN HWY, TAMPA, FL 33626 · (813) 631-4742 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,398 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
542 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 | 579 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 605 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 603 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 611 | 25% |
Student demographics
65%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
69.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.5% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
65.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL
SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (65.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,398 | 22.6% | 65.4% |
| COOPER CITY HIGH SCHOOL COOPER CITY | 2,399 | 23.3% | 70.6% |
| TIMBER CREEK HIGH ORLANDO | 3,383 | 19.0% | 65.6% |
| WINTER PARK HIGH WINTER PARK | 3,277 | 24.0% | 62.6% |
| WEST ORANGE HIGH WINTER GARDEN | 2,752 | 20.3% | 57.6% |
| WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 2,376 | 22.6% | 72.0% |
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 SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #134 of 555 | #8 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #147 of 549 ▼ 6 | #8 of 34 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #121 of 559 ▲ 20 | #8 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,398 | #89 of 830 | #8 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.1:1 | #492 of 575 | #18 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #157 of 594 | #21 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.6% | #540 of 630 | #28 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #199 of 246 | #9 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
2,398
+36 (+2%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 2,983
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 2,398 | 92 | 26.1:1 | 23% (542) |
| 2023-24 | 2,389 | 99.5 | 24.0:1 | 29% (687) |
| 2022-23 | 2,368 | 102 | 23.2:1 | 36% (857) |
| 2020-21 | 2,362 | 114 | 20.7:1 | 40% (951) |
| 2017-18 | 2,306 | 121 | 19.1:1 | 37% (845) |
| 2015-16 | 2,253 | 111 | 20.3:1 | 38% (856) |
| 2010-11 | 1,836 | 97 | 18.9:1 | 32% (585) |
| 2000-01 | 2,983 | 147 | 20.3:1 | 7% (213) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL.
About SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL
SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school that serves part of TAMPA, Florida. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 2,398 students enrolled. For comparison, high schools in Florida average about 1,035 students.
The district for SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL is HILLSBOROUGH, with 300 schools and 221,318 students.
At SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 42%. After that, the student body is 40% White, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census figures show Hillsborough County is about 30% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL total 92 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 26.1:1. That is 2.6 students per teacher above the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 23%. The 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County is 20 points higher.
SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 65.4% and a predicted 69.8%.
In Hillsborough County (population about 1,522,748), the median household income is $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in the county.
VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL TAMPA 6-12 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 50.4% on proficiency, and SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL is above that at 65.4%.
Federal data place SICKLES 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 at SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL was 2,362 in 2020-21 and 2,398 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The ratio was 20.7:1 in 2020-21 and 26.1:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Nearby schools
- VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL TAMPA 6-120.2 mi · 145
- VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL TAMPA0.2 mi · 170
- SERGEANT PAUL R SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 595
- CITRUS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 514
- PLATO COLLEGIATE ACADEMY TAMPA0.5 mi · 393
- SLAM ACADEMY TAMPA ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About SICKLES HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL?
SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,398 students in grades 09-12.
Is SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 26.1:1 (92 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL?
At SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 40% White, 42% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
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