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Published: March 20, 2009
PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL
One Raider Place, Plant City
YEAR OPENED: Original high school built in 1914; moved in 1954 to what is now Tomlin Middle School; existing school built in 1972
STUDENT POPULATION: 2,846
ETHNICITY: White, 58 percent; black, 11.4 percent; Hispanic, 26.5 percent; Asian, 1.8 percent; multiracial, 1.9 percent
STUDENTS WITH FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE MEALS: 48 percent
STUDENTS WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH: 2.5 percent
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: 17 percent
STATE GRADE IN 2008: B
PREVIOUS GRADES: Four Bs, Five Cs
MEDIAN COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM SCORES IN 2007: SAT, 1,008; ACT, 19.2
SCHOOL BOUNDARY: Includes Plant City and large areas of unincorporated Hillsborough County, east to the Polk County line, north to the Pasco County line, south almost to State Road 60 and west to McIntosh Road. In August, unincorporated areas to the north, south and west will be assigned to the new Strawberry Crest High School.
PRINCIPAL: Colleen Richardson, since January 2007
FORMER PRINCIPALS: David Steele, 2004-06; Buddy Raburn, 1998-2004; Bill Maxwell, 1993-98; Doug Erwin, 1990-93; James Jones, 1980-90; Glen Evers, 1961-80
FACULTY: 173 teachers, seven administrators, 10 clerical workers; one nurse
TEACHERS WITH MASTER'S DEGREES: 76
TEACHERS WITH DOCTORATES: Five
NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS: 10
FIRST-YEAR TEACHERS: Seven
MASCOT: Raiders
COLORS: Teal and orange
ATHLETICS: District champions, cheerleading, 2009; boys district soccer champions, 2008; flag football state runner-up, 2008
JUNIOR ROTC RANKING: Honor unit with distinction 34 years straight
MAJOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Plant City Rotary Club, Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce, Sunshine State Federal Savings and Loan, South Florida Baptist Hospital, Red Rose Inn and Suites
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