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Sickles High School

7950 Gunn Highway, Tampa, FL, 33626 -

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Definition of Terms

Sickles High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Hillsborough County, FL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2660 students

% Male / % Female

48% / 52%

Total Classroom Teachers

107 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 759 students

Grade 10 - 818 students

Grade 11 - 567 students

Grade 12 - 516 students

This School

(FL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:25

1:19

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(FL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	3%	2%
% Hispanic	20%	18%
% Black	7%	26%
% White	69%	52%
% Unknown	1 %	1%

Additional Student Information

This School

(FL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

26%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(FL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Hillsborough County School District

This School's Agency

(FL) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	261	24
Number of Students Managed	195,331 students	15,852 students
District Total Revenue	$1,590,138,000	$150,286,000
District Expenditure	$1,653,812,000	$148,035,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,141	$9,481
District Expenditure / Student	$8,467	$9,339
District Graduation Rates	87%	90%

Bulls Ink Five For 2011 Season (WCTV Tallahassee)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 10:32:28 pm
University of South Florida softball head coach Ken Eriksen announced today the signing of five players, Stephanie Medina, Kourtney Salvarola, Sara Nevins and twin sisters Ashli Goff and Courtney Goff, to NCAA Letters of Intent during the November signing period.
Bedeviled by texting, eating and Lil' Wayne rapping, new teen drivers find out how dangerous distractions can be (St. Petersburg Times)
posted on October 1, 2009 at 11:29:57 am
A class puts teens in a car, throws noise and cell phones at them, and teaches them to focus.
Giants faithful leave Bucs fans feeling blue (The Tampa Tribune)
posted on September 27, 2009 at 05:10:04 am
With seven minutes remaining, the chant began in the south end zone of Raymond James Stadium. Nah, nah, nah, nah … nah, nah, nah, nah … hey, hey, hey … GOOD-BYE! …. Nah, nah, nah, nah … nah, nah, nah, nah … hey, hey, hey … GOOD-BYE! That chant came from the visiting fans.
Tampa sports briefs (St. Petersburg Times)
posted on August 13, 2009 at 08:30:27 am
High school tryouts Tryouts for the Sickles High school cross country team is Monday. Call (813) 631-4742 or visit sickles.us.Baseball
UNC recruiting report: High expectations for Class of 2009 (The Fayetteville Observer)
posted on May 31, 2009 at 04:40:09 am
ow this is certainly a tough act to follow. If you thought North Carolina’s star-studded recruiting class in 2005 had its work cut out for it, that group has nothing on its successors here in 2009.

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Walter L. Sickles High School is a high school in Tampa, Florida. Constructed in 1997, it was named for the former superintendent of Hillsborough County Public Schools.
Academics
As of 2008, Sickles High School was not meeting the Adequate Yearly Progress mandated under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
According to the Florida Department of Education's 2007-08 School Accountability report, Sickles is currently graded as an "A" school.
Student life
Athletics
The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and in football, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, and track & field. Young women may also compete in cheerleading, softball, and volleyball. Young men may also compete in baseball, flag football, football, and wrestling.
Band
Sickles High School is home to two concert bands: Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds. The Wall of Sound is the Sickles marching band. It is under the direction of Joshua D. Blair.
Controversy
In May, 2009 Sickles High School became nationally known because of a controversy when it was alleged that a student's vulva was inadvertently featured in a yearbook photo.

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