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NINA HARRIS ESE CENTER → PINELLAS TELESCHOOL → DISSTON ACADEMY → PAUL B. STEPHENS ESE CENTER → LEALMAN INNOVATION ACADEMY → BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL → PINELLAS JUVENILE DET CENTER → SLAM ACADEMY AT APOLLO BEACH →At a glance
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Richard L. Sanders School compares for families
What families should know about Richard L. Sanders School.
- ▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: NINA HARRIS ESE CENTER, PINELLAS TELESCHOOL, DISSTON ACADEMY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Florida
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $6,541/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NINA HARRIS ESE CENTER PINELLAS PARK |
Public | 1.1 | 99 | -5.7% |
| PINELLAS TELESCHOOL CLEARWATER |
Public | 5.7 | 80 | — |
| DISSTON ACADEMY GULFPORT |
Public | 5.7 | 63 | -44.7% |
| PAUL B. STEPHENS ESE CENTER CLEARWATER |
Public | 10.0 | 90 | -17.4% |
| LEALMAN INNOVATION ACADEMY ST PETERSBURG |
Public | 2.5 | 135 | -36.6% |
| BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL CLEARWATER |
Public | 4.2 | 139 | -20.1% |
| PINELLAS JUVENILE DET CENTER LARGO |
Public | 4.0 | 47 | — |
| SLAM ACADEMY AT APOLLO BEACH APOLLO BEACH |
Public · charter | 18.4 | 81 | — |