Schools
Fast Facts About Hillsborough Schools
As the new school year gets under way, here are some interesting facts about the Hillsborough County school district by the numbers.
193,757
Number of students enrolled in Hillsborough County schools
91,000
Number of Hillsborough County students who ride a school bus each day
10,924
Number of teachers the Hillsborough school district employs
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1,000
Number of school buses that transport Hillsborough County students each day
More than 700
Number of new teachers that were hired in Hillsborough County for this school year
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131
Percentage of students at Turner Elementary School in Tampa, which gives the school the highest capacity in Hillsborough; at 45 percent, Franklin Magnet Middle School in Tampa is at the lowest capacity.
100
Percentage of the Hillsborough school district’s regular high schools, as well as , which were listed on the 2012Washington Post High School Challenge (formerly Newsweek’s America’s Best High Schools) since the Challenge Index was created
97
Number of Hillsborough County schools that have a mandatory uniform policy
76
Number of Hillsborough schools that received an A grade in 2012
24
Number of Hillsborough schools that received a D or F grade in 2012
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