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Simmons Career Center School

Serves grades PK - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1202 W Grant St
Plant City, FL 33563
Phone
(813) 707-7430
District
HILLSBOROUGH
County
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
Type of School
Other
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
163
Classroom Teachers
13

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Florida

1

(10 is best)

Better than 5.2% of all FL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Simmons Career Center School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
22%
50%
29%
50%
14%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
13
18
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 7 4.3%
Kindergarten 0 0.0%
Grade 1 0 0.0%
Grade 2 0 0.0%
Grade 3 0 0.0%
Grade 4 0 0.0%
Grade 5 0 0.0%
Grade 6 0 0.0%
Grade 7 0 0.0%
Grade 8 0 0.0%
Grade 9 6 3.7%
Grade 10 11 6.7%
Grade 11 57 35.0%
Grade 12 82 50.3%
Total 163 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 31.2% 31.3% 37.2%
Black 7.6% 21.8% 21.8%
Hispanic 61.1% 41.8% 37.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 4.7% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 71.2% 49.1% 52.2%
Free lunch eligible 63.8% 45.2% 48.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.4% 3.9% 3.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,489,634 22,610,726
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,456.8 416
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 16.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.4% 31.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.2% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 14.8% 21.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 569,998 8,550,911
Single Parent Households With Children 9.3% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.6% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 37.2% 33.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.1% 18.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.0% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.9% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.9% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.0% 15.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.5% 10.8%
$15,000 or less 8.6% 8.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,181 $1,385,448,000 52.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $480 $107,497,000 4.1%
Staff $712 $159,685,000 6.1%
General Administration $93 $20,913,000 0.8%
School Administration $509 $113,988,000 4.3%
Operation $875 $196,220,000 7.5%
Transportation $299 $67,023,000 2.5%
Other $144 $32,345,000 1.2%
Total Support $3,112 $697,671,000 26.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,451 $549,349,000 20.9%
Total Expenditures $11,744 $2,632,468,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,069 $17,407,883,000 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $527 $1,512,050,000 4.5%
Staff $633 $1,814,776,000 5.4%
General Administration $105 $300,687,000 0.9%
School Administration $536 $1,538,939,000 4.6%
Operation $1,086 $3,114,724,000 9.3%
Transportation $337 $967,831,000 2.9%
Other $284 $815,478,000 2.4%
Total Support $3,509 $10,064,485,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,051 $5,882,029,000 17.6%
Total Expenditures $11,628 $33,354,397,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%