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Robinson Senior High School
6311 S Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL, 33616-1617 -  Map
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School Overview:
Definition of Terms Robinson Senior High School
School Level High school
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Hillsborough County, FL
Students & Faculty
Total Students 1218 students
% Male / % Female 52%  /  48%
Total Classroom Teachers 63 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 393 students
Grade 10 - 289 students
Grade 11 - 272 students
Grade 12 - 264 students
This School ( FL ) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:19 1:16
Students by Ethnicity
This School ( FL ) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 6% 2%
% Hispanic 18% 22%
% Black 19% 28%
% White 57% 47%
Additional Student Information
This School ( FL ) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 37% 42%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 13% 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:
  • Thomas Richard Robinson High School was established in 1958 on South Lois Avenue in Tampa, Florida. The school is named in honor of Thomas Richard Robinson, a lifetime educator in Hillsborough County who began teaching in 1917.
  • The school's media center was named after former principal, Kevin J. McCarthy on January 19, 2004. McCarthy made many strides to improve the school's literacy levels; which included the application of a grant to update the media center's books and technologies. McCarty died in November 2003 due to a heart attack; however, the grant from New York Life was obtained by the school around October of the same year.
  • The school is currently the smallest high school in all of Hillsborough County, despite expansions during the 1960s and 1970s, and numerous renovations.
  • IB Program: The school is the third Hillsborough County high school to have a International Baccalaureate Program. The program was established in 2006 and is currently offering Pre-IB curriculum. The program will expand to the IB Diploma Program in the 2008-2009 school year.
  • Notable alumni: Terry Bollea, professional wrestler who used the alias "Hulk Hogan".
  • School Controversy: In the past two years, Robinson High has suffered a number of tragic deaths.
  • First was a recent student Andrew J. Aviles was killed in Iraq two weeks before his 19th birthday. Aviles 18 year-old former cheerleader, student body president, and honor student died April 7th. He was a Marines Reservist but he wanted to start classes toward a buisness degree at Florida State University. He was killed in Iraq when enemy fire hit his vehicle as it crossed a bridge.
  • In 2003, the school's then principal, Dr. Kevin McCarthy, died from a heart attack while he drove his family to church. McCarthy was most notable for his efforts to combat low literacy rates at Robinson and for starting the "Robinson Reads" program at the school. He also began efforts for the recent New York Life grant, mentioned above.
  • Kwane doster was shot and killed in 2004.He was a former standout runningback at Robinson High and was the SEC rookie of the year in 2003.He played for Vanderbilt University where he was a star running back. His brother jermaine is a standout running back at Robinson and will attend vanderbilt university to follow in his brothers footsteps.
  • Another tragic death came 2 days after the death of doster was Johnathon Simmons.He was shot and killed also. Simmons the high school freshman was only 15 at the time and a budding star on the basketball team.
  • Sister School: Robinson's campus design was used on King High School in northeast Tampa. Though the two schools opened within two years of each other the layout and size of King are different than Robinson's. This is especialy being that King is a much larger high school than Robinson.
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About This Zip Code (33616)
School Zip (33616) (FL) State Average
Population (Approximate) 12,014 people 15,366,089 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 23% 27%
Population Average Age 33 years old 38.7 years old
Average Household size 2.4 persons 2.3 persons
Median Household Income $36,144 $38,451
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 4.7 rooms 5.0 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 34 years old 32 years old
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% Owning / % Renting 51% / 49% 67% / 33%
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