Crooms Academy/info Technology High School
2200 W 13th Street, Sanford, FL, 32771-1636 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Crooms Academy/info Technology High School
School Level High school
School Type Magnet School
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Seminole County, FL
Students & Faculty
Total Students 540 students
% Male / % Female 67%  /  33%
Total Classroom Teachers 34 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 179 students
Grade 10 - 152 students
Grade 11 - 122 students
Grade 12 - 87 students
This School
(FL) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:16 1:19
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(FL) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 3% 2%
% Hispanic 17% 18%
% Black 26% 26%
% White 55% 52%
Additional Student Information
This School
(FL) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 21% 26%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 12% 6%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(FL) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Seminole County School District
This School's Agency
(FL) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 77 24
Number of Students Managed 67,513 students 15,852 students
District Total Revenue $529,073,000 $150,286,000
District Expenditure $534,139,000 $148,035,000
District Revenue / Student $7,837 $9,481
District Expenditure / Student $7,912 $9,339
District Graduation Rates 92% 90%
School Notes:
  • Crooms Academy of Information Technology (CAIT), locally called Crooms, is a technology magnet school located in Sanford, Florida, known for being one of the few schools in the U.S. that issues laptops to every student. Crooms is much smaller than many U.S. high schools, having a little more than 600 students.
  • History
  • Crooms Academy was originally founded by Professor Joseph N.Crooms as the county's first high school for African-American students.
  • In 1970 Seminole County was desegregated and Crooms lost its identity as a community high school. Its role changed several times and has included an administrative center, a school for students with behavior problems, and a place for pregnant teenagers. Most recently, it was a school for academically struggling students. In 1973 the original building burned and in the past years the other school buildings have deteriorated. In 2000, the U.S. Justice Department agreed to lift Seminole's desegregation order by 2003 if the county met certain conditions. Included in this is rebuilding Crooms Academy and turning it into an academy of information technology.
  • The Buildings
  • The campus itself consists of a two story building consisting mostly of classrooms and computer labs (Building 1), a gym (Building 3), and a cafeteria (Building 2). The cafeteria building also houses four classrooms and a computer lab. The small size of the campus allows for a capacity of approximately 600 students.
  • The Technology
  • Dell is the number one supplier of the technology at Crooms. Each student is issued a laptop based on grade level and return condition of previously issued laptops.
  • Being a small, technology based school, it has many features that other high schools do not have. Because of the constant need to repair the students' laptops, the school has a repair location officially called Laptop Central, which is commonly called the Sickbay. While a student's laptop is in the Sickbay, there is usually a desktop computer for the student to use to do his/her work. Also, the school library is more technology based, with charging stations for the laptops, and only a few shelves of books and magazines. Because of this, it is called the Cyber Center. There is a Mac lab on campus which students use in conjunction with their core and elective classes to edit videos, create podcasts, and develop other multimedia projects while learning the Mac OS.
  • Students pay an insurance fee ($50) and a battery replacement/user fee ($60) to help cover the costs of upkeeping the laptops.
  • The school also features SMARTBoards in every classroom with the exception of computer labs. The SMARTBoards act like regular whiteboards except there is no ink or marker waste. Lessons "written" on the board can be saved to a computer, uploaded to BlackBoard, and easily accessed and downloaded by students from school or home.
  • Many students who are technologically savvy have shown their skills in various ways, some make programs, others build computers, and some have created websites.
  • Current
  • For the 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, and 2008-2009 school years Crooms was rated an A.
  • Crooms Academy was also recently ranked as one of U.S. New's Top 100 Best High Schools in the country for 2008, moving from a bronze to silver medal.
  • "2005-2009 School Grades." Florida School Grades. June 2007. Florida Department of Education. 18 Jun 2009 http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/scpsnews/newsArchive/2009_0623L-2009SchlGrades.pdf
  • "Best High Schools." Crooms Academy of Information Technology: Best High Schools - USNews.com. 03 Jan 2009http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/florida/crooms_academy_of_information_technology
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (32771)
School Zip (32771)
(FL) State Average
Population (Approximate) 30,491 people 15,366,089 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 24% 27%
Population Average Age 36 years old 37 years old
Average Household size 2.6 persons 2.3 persons
Median Household Income $32,826 $38,396
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.3 rooms 5.0 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 38 years old 32 years old
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Zipcode (32771)


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% Owning / % Renting 64% / 36% 67% / 33%
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