Gibbs High School
850 34th Street, S, St. Petersburg, FL, 33711-2208 -  Map
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School Overview:
Definition of Terms Gibbs High School
School Level High school
School Type Magnet School
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Pinellas County, FL
Students & Faculty
Total Students 2315 students
% Male / % Female 46%  /  54%
Total Classroom Teachers 127 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 791 students
Grade 10 - 568 students
Grade 11 - 516 students
Grade 12 - 440 students
This School ( FL ) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:18 1:16
Students by Ethnicity
This School ( FL ) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 5% 2%
% Hispanic 7% 22%
% Black 40% 28%
% White 48% 47%
Additional Student Information
This School ( FL ) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 33% 42%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 9% 9%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
( FL ) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Pinellas County School District
This School's Agency ( FL ) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 173 20
Number of Students Managed 120,929 students 12,279 students
District Total Revenue $956,195,000 $110,828,000
District Expenditure $948,950,000 $112,427,000
District Revenue / Student $7,907 $7,795
District Expenditure / Student $7,847 $7,471
District Graduation Rates 72% 81%
School Notes:
  • Gibbs High School is a public high school of the Pinellas County School District serving in St. Petersburg, Florida. Gibbs is home to the Pinellas County Center for the Arts (PCCA) and Business, Economics, and Technology Academy (BETA). Gibbs' current principal is Antelia Campbell.
  • History: Before 1928, Pinellas County had no school for blacks that educated past 6th grade. Families wishing for higher education had to enroll in private, mostly church-run black schools. Even though there was increasing demand for black secondary school, the School Board began construction on an additional white-only elementary school for $49,490. However, expansion slowed due to economic trouble, and the school became the 34th Street Colored School. In 1970, public schools in Florida were finally truly integrated, and whites began attending Gibbs. Gibbs, however, was still primarily black. To assist their integration goals, the district approved the creation of a magnet program at Gibbs, the Pinellas County Center for the Arts, that would instruct those with artistic gifts. In 2004, Gibbs High School was included in the federal grant received by Pinellas County Schools for the establishment of small learning communities (SLCs). Today, the high school is host to smaller learning communities that have curriculum pathways in Communication Arts, Travel & Tourism, Global Studies and a freshmen Renaissance program. The Pinellas County Center for the Arts program offers high class and one on one training with students in varied art fields. The fields range from Theater to music (vocal and instrumental), Technical theater to Visual Arts as well as Dance. Today, the school named for the first black secretary of state in Florida is the largest high school in Pinellas County with over 2500 students. It now also has a brand new campus and state of the art facilities that opened to the students in the 2005-2006 school year.
  • Notable alumni:
  • James Meredith: The first African American to be enrolled at the University of Mississippi graduated from Gibbs High School.
  • Shaun King: He was a Consensus All-America pick as a prep quarterback at Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg. Though heavily recruited as a prep football star, chose Tulane for challenge of helping to revive a losing program. A five-year veteran, King owns a 14–8 record as a starter and guided the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to an appearance in the NFC Championship game following the 1999 season.
  • Michelle Dowdy: She is the first Broadway performer PCCA has ever produced. She graduated in the 2004-2005 year as a Musical Theatre major in the Theatre department of PCCA, and after a call-back for an audition she had in January of 2005, she found out in the middle of the JFK International Airport in New York, the day of her PCCA commencement, that she was the new understudy for the leading role of Tracy Turnblad in the Broadway musical "Hairspray."
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (33711)
School Zip (33711) (FL) State Average
Population (Approximate) 19,915 people 15,366,089 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 26% 27%
Population Average Age 35 years old 38.7 years old
Average Household size 2.5 persons 2.3 persons
Median Household Income $31,272 $38,451
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 4.9 rooms 5.0 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 42 years old 32 years old
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% Owning / % Renting 69% / 31% 67% / 33%
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  Nearby Schools:

1. Boca Ciega High School - 1937 students - view location
2. Lakewood High School - 1759 students - view location
3. Life Skills Center Of Pinellas County - 127 students - view location
4. St. Petersburg High School - 2255 students - view location
5. St. Petersburg Collegiate High School - 159 students - view location
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All levels of academic courses are available. Administrators are open with parents and engaged with the students. Guidance Dept is responsive. I'd ...more
 
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