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Hillsborough Senior High School
5000 N Central Avenue, Tampa, FL, 33603-2214 -  Map
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School Overview:
Definition of Terms Hillsborough Senior High School
School Level High school
School Type Magnet School
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Hillsborough County, FL
Students & Faculty
Total Students 2066 students
% Male / % Female 50%  /  50%
Total Classroom Teachers 90 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 709 students
Grade 10 - 551 students
Grade 11 - 441 students
Grade 12 - 365 students
This School ( FL ) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:23 1:16
Students by Ethnicity
This School ( FL ) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 6% 2%
% Hispanic 31% 22%
% Black 33% 28%
% White 29% 47%
% Unknown 1 % 2%
Additional Student Information
This School ( FL ) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 40% 42%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 10% 9%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
( FL ) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Hillsborough County School District
This School's Agency ( FL ) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 261 20
Number of Students Managed 193,379 students 12,279 students
District Total Revenue $1,590,138,000 $110,828,000
District Expenditure $1,653,812,000 $112,427,000
District Revenue / Student $8,223 $7,795
District Expenditure / Student $8,552 $7,471
District Graduation Rates 87% 81%
School Notes:
  • Hillsborough High School is the oldest high school in Hillsborough County, Florida. It is also one of the oldest high schools in the South of the United States. It is one of three county schools with an International Baccalaureate program.
  • Hillsborough High School was established in 1885 on Franklin St., in a very small building. After several relocations, Hillsborough moved to its current location (5000 North Central Avenue, 33603) in 1927. Hillsborough's exterior is known to be one of the most beautiful and historic in the Seminole Heights region of Tampa, Florida.
  • Renovations and additions: In the 1980s, the Alumni Building, commonly referred to as the 400 Hall, was added to the school. In around 1995, another addition was made, the 500 Building/English Hall, in which most 10th grade homerooms and English classes are housed at this time.
  • Major improvements from the renovation include removing the tiling, and restoring the wood floors throughout all of the original building's classrooms, building a new gym, fully refurbishing all music rooms, installing centralized air-conditioning in all rooms, as well as extensive re-wiring (behind the walls), and restoring the ceilings to their original height (in all classrooms, hallways, and the cafeteria). Other minor changes include new student and teacher desks, shelving (or lack thereof) for teachers, refurbished restrooms, and recoated hallway floors.
  • The renovation of Hillsborough High School during the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years focused primarily in Area 100 (the original buildings). The construction consisted of restoration, replacement, renovations, upgrading, intsallation and electrical renovations, such as new lighting, restoration of the original hardwood floors in all possible classrooms, and reverting back to the tall ceilings from before the 1980s.
  • Academic Achievement: 2006 -- The school newspaper, The Red & Black, placed second in the country as ranked by the National Scholatic Press Association at its fall convention in Chicago.
  • Awards: In 2005, Newsweek magazine ranked Hillsborough as the number 10 school in the nation, though many consider this ranking questionable (the school received a "D" ranking from the school district of Hillsborough County in 2004, 2005, and 2006, and failed No Child Left Behind standards), as said ranking is based on the number of AP/IB tests taken by the "average" senior at the school, and so it is therefore contestable that HHS' high ranking is due exclusively to the fact that it hosts the IB program. As a counter-argument, some pose that the school ranking system in Florida is itself flawed.
  • Sports Achievements: Football -Practice and Home games occur at Chelo Huerta Field. Won the State Championship in the late '40s.
  • Men's Baseball Won the State Championship in 1966.
  • Men's Basketball.
  • Women's Basketball.
  • Men's Rowing Although technically a club sport, the HHS men's crew rows on the Hillsborough River, and has won many awards.
  • Women's Rowing Although technically a club sport, the HHS women's crew rows on the Hillsborough River, and were state champions in 2006.
  • Men and Women's Swimming - Won the 2004 Districts Swim Meet in Hillsborough County. Operates at the Memorial Public Swimming Pool several blocks from school.
  • Men's Track and Field - Practice and Home meets occur at Chelo Huerta Field.
  • Women's Track and Field - Practice and Home meets occur at Chelo Huerta Field.
  • Men's Cross-Country - Practice throughout the city of Tampa.
  • Women's Cross-Country - Practice throughout the city of Tampa.
  • Men's Tennis - Practice at Riverfront Park. Won the 2004 District Championships for Hillsborough County. Won the 2004 Regional Tennis Meet. Placed 5th out of 8 teams at the State Championships.
  • Men's Soccer - Won 2006 Distict Championship.
  • Women's Soccer - Won 2004 and 2006 District Championship.
  • Notable alumni: Braulio Alonso (1935); Dwight Gooden; Darryl Strawberry (1980); Gary Sheffield; Don Garlits (Drag Racer); Willard Brimm: First Floridian to pole vault 14 feet; Carl Everett.
  • Interesting or Unusual Facts: In Winter of 2000, the Disney Television Channel filmed their show, "The Jersey," on HHS's campus.
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (33603)
School Zip (33603) (FL) State Average
Population (Approximate) 20,947 people 15,366,089 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 22% 27%
Population Average Age 34 years old 38.7 years old
Average Household size 2.5 persons 2.3 persons
Median Household Income $30,335 $38,451
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 4.9 rooms 5.0 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 54 years old 32 years old
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% Owning / % Renting 61% / 39% 67% / 33%
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