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Enrollment
2,501
High
DISTRICT 1,261 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087007001
STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL
4691 GALLAGHER RD, DOVER, FL 33527 · (813) 707-7522 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,501 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
103 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
964 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 | 641 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 628 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 633 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 599 | 24% |
Student demographics
67%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
60.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 41.0% |
% 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
56.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL
STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (56.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,501 | 38.5% | 56.9% |
| UNIVERSITY HIGH ORLANDO | 2,514 | 38.0% | 53.6% |
| SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL SANFORD | 3,807 | 49.6% | 51.5% |
| DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOL KENNETH CITY | 1,934 | 47.8% | 44.9% |
| ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 1,736 | 35.3% | 53.0% |
| SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL RIVIERA BEACH | 1,522 | 25.0% | 88.3% |
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 STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #219 of 555 | #13 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #261 of 549 ▼ 41 | #14 of 34 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #218 of 559 ▼ 15 | #13 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,501 | #75 of 830 | #7 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #412 of 575 | #9 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #121 of 594 | #17 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.5% | #375 of 630 | #19 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.9% | #122 of 246 | #3 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
2,501
+236 (+10%) vs 2020
+34% since 2010-11, when it was 1,862
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 2,501 | 103 | 24.3:1 | 39% (964) |
| 2023-24 | 2,531 | 106.5 | 23.8:1 | 43% (1,091) |
| 2022-23 | 2,558 | 105.5 | 24.3:1 | 44% (1,133) |
| 2020-21 | 2,265 | 107 | 21.2:1 | 54% (1,223) |
| 2017-18 | 2,235 | 124 | 18.0:1 | 51% (1,131) |
| 2015-16 | 2,288 | 128 | 17.9:1 | 48% (1,089) |
| 2010-11 | 1,862 | 101 | 18.4:1 | 45% (839) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL.
About STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL
This page covers STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL, a large high school in DOVER, Florida. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 2,501 students enrolled. It has 142% more students than the average for high schools in Florida (about 1,035).
HILLSBOROUGH includes 300 schools. Together they enroll 221,318 students.
The student body at STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 46%. The next largest groups are 32% White, 15% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 15 points above the 30% share among Hillsborough County residents. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
With 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 24.3:1. High schools in Florida have an average ratio of 23.5:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL, 39% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
After adjusting for student poverty, STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.9%; the prediction is 61.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for Hillsborough County show that the median household earns about $79,540 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Hillsborough County has 320 public schools with about 223,193 students, including STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL.
About 0.2 miles separate STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, BAILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL is 1st of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 2,265 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 2,501. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 24.3:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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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
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
Other schools in DOVER
- INDEPENDENCE ACADEMYElementary · 811 students
- BAILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 719 students
- NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 630 students
- DOVER ELEMENTARYElementary · 530 students
- WILLIS PETERS EXCEPTIONAL CENTERCombined · 61 students
Nearby schools
- BAILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 719
- INDEPENDENCE ACADEMY0.6 mi · 811
- DOVER ELEMENTARY2.7 mi · 530
- WILLIS PETERS EXCEPTIONAL CENTER2.8 mi · 61
- BURNETT MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 636
- MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL?
STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,501 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL serve?
STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 24.3:1 students per teacher at STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL?
STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 32% White, 46% Hispanic, 5% Black, 15% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL in?
STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.