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Enrollment
1,111
High
DISTRICT 923 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001693
TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
1411 GULF RD, TARPON SPRINGS, FL 34689 · (727) 943-4900 · Pinellas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,111 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Florida public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
426 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 4 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 288 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 296 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 263 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 260 | 23% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
65.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +13.3pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.7% | 26.0% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,111 | 38.3% | 52.0% |
| SOUTH SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL BUSHNELL | 1,077 | 41.9% | 51.2% |
| DUNEDIN HIGH SCHOOL DUNEDIN | 1,221 | 35.0% | 57.4% |
| WENDELL KRINN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 765 | 37.5% | 70.4% |
| EAU GALLIE HIGH SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 1,398 | 41.5% | 41.6% |
| CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL PUNTA GORDA | 1,872 | 36.5% | 52.6% |
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 TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #291 of 555 | #10 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #456 of 549 ▼ 61 | #17 of 18 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #172 of 559 ▲ 100 | #7 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,111 | #376 of 830 | #14 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #297 of 575 | #18 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #316 of 594 | #14 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.3% | #377 of 630 | #14 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #61 of 289 | #6 of 17 |
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
1,111
-84 (-7%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 1,552
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 1,111 | 50 | 22.2:1 | 38% (426) |
| 2023-24 | 1,086 | 51 | 21.3:1 | 43% (465) |
| 2022-23 | 1,139 | 51.7 | 22.0:1 | 45% (518) |
| 2020-21 | 1,195 | 54 | 22.1:1 | 36% (436) |
| 2017-18 | 1,398 | 69 | 20.3:1 | 40% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 1,389 | 65 | 21.4:1 | 45% (622) |
| 2010-11 | 1,760 | 100 | 17.6:1 | 31% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 1,665 | 80 | 20.8:1 | 8% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 1,552 | 85 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL.
About TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL serves students in TARPON SPRINGS, Florida, as a mid-sized high school. It had 1,111 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12.
TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is one of the 151 schools that make up PINELLAS (87,955 students in total).
The student body at TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is 62% White. It is also 21% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 6% multiracial. Pinellas County's residents are about 74% White, 12 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.2:1. The school has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Florida, the average ratio is 23.5:1. Federal data show 38% of students (426) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 41% of Florida public high schools.
TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.0% and a predicted 62.0%.
In Pinellas County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $72,646 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Pinellas County number 155, with about 87,955 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 59.0%; TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL's is 52.0%, ranking 5th of 9.
TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 84 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Pinellas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
963,481
Census ACS
Median income
$72,646
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
87,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PINELLAS
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,934 students
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGHHigh · 1,706 students
Other schools in TARPON SPRINGS
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 649 students
- BROOKER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 501 students
- SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
- EAST LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERINGMiddle · 392 students
Nearby schools
- SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 428
- TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 649
- TARPON SPRINGS FUNDAMENTAL ELE1.8 mi · 267
- TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 417
- GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 393
- PAUL R. SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL2.5 mi · 830
Frequently asked questions
About TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHow large is TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL?
TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,111 students in grades 09-12.
Is TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 22.2:1 students per teacher at TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL?
At TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 62% White, 21% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL?
TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by PINELLAS in Pinellas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.