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Dr. Phillips High School

6500 Turkey Lake Rd, Orlando, FL, 32819-4718

Tel: (407)355-3200

Grades: 9-12 | 3,624 students

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SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS:

Dr. Phillips High School serves 3,624 students in grades 9-12.
The school's student:teacher ratio of 21:1 is higher than the FL state average of 15:1.
The school's 70% graduation rate is equal to the FL state average of 70%.
Minority enrollment is 64% of the student body.
Dr. Phillips High School is one of 52 public high schools within Orlando, and operates within the Orange School District.

The nearest elementary school is Dr. Phillips Elementary School (1.1 miles away), the nearest middle school is Southwest Middle School (1 miles away), and the nearest high school is Universal Education Center (0.7 miles away).

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Source: 2011 NCES data, FL Dept. of Educ.	Dr. Phillips High School
School Type	Magnet School
Grades Offered	Grades 9-12
Total Students	3,624 students

% Male / % Female	47% / 53%
Total Classroom Teachers	175 teachers

Students by Grade

	This School	(FL) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	21:1	15:1

	This School	(FL) School Average
% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	7%	2%

% Hispanic	23%	27%

% Black	31%	23%

% White	36%	44%

Unknown	3%	4%


	This School	(FL) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch	34%	48%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch	5%	7%

School Statewide Performance	View Education Department Test Scores
School District Name	Orange School District
	This School's Agency	(FL) District Average
Number of Schools Managed	264	23
Number of Students Managed	172,257 students	9,989 students

District Total Revenue	$1,810,528,000	$137,781,000

District Expenditure	$1,836,844,000	$158,642,000

District Revenue / Student	$10,511	$13,793

District Expenditure / Student	$10,663	$15,882

District Graduation Rates	70%	70%

Nearby Schools:

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Dr. Phillips High School
Grades: 9-12 | 0 mi. away

Universal Education Center
Grades: 10-12 | 0.7 mi. away

Southwest Middle School
Grades: 6-8 | 1 mi. away

Dr. Phillips Elementary School
Grades: PK-5 | 1.1 mi. away

Palm Lake Elementary School
Grades: PK-5 | 1.5 mi. away

Tangelo Park Elementary School
Grades: PK-5 | 1.8 mi. away

View all schools in: Orlando, Orange County, Zip 32819

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Police: Student stabbed girlfriend, himself at high school
posted on October 15, 2012 at 10:38:00 pm
A student at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando stabbed a girl with a pocketknife before stabbing himself, according to police. Investigators said Antonio Acevedo, 17, stabbed his girlfriend of three years, who is also 17-year-old. Orlando police said Acevedo is at a local hospital, where he is being medically evaluated. The teenager has been charged with ...
Police: Student stabbed girl, himself at high school
posted on October 15, 2012 at 01:20:00 pm
A student at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando stabbed a girl before stabbing himself, according to police. The incident happened around 8 a.m. Monday in the parking lot of the school, which is located at 6500 Turkey Lake Road. According to Orlando police, a school resource officer discovered that two students were ...
Orange biology teacher wins president’s award for environmental educators
posted on October 9, 2012 at 10:16:00 pm
Deborah Wasylik, a longtime biology teacher at Dr. Phillips High School, has been chosen as one of 18 top national environmental educators by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The ...

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