Sumner High School (Riverview, Florida)

Jule F. Sumner High School is a public high school in Riverview, Florida. It opened in 2020 and was built to relieve overcrowding at East Bay High School in Gibsonton and Earl J. Lennard High School in Ruskin, though it also took some students from Joe E. Newsome High School in Lithia and from Durant High School in Plant City. The school is named after Jule F. Sumner, who was an early settler of the Southshore area.

Jule F. Sumner High School
Address
Map
10650 County Road 672

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33579

United States
Coordinates27°46′09″N 82°19′28″W / 27.76917°N 82.32444°W / 27.76917; -82.32444
Information
TypePublic high school
Motto"Unity Through Diversity"
Established2020
School districtHillsborough County Public Schools
PrincipalRobert Nelson
Staff152.50 (FTE)[1]
Grades8, 9–12
Enrollment3,827 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio25.10[1]
Color(s)  Victory Blue
  Kelly Green
  Silver
MascotStingrays
Websitewww.sdhc.k12.fl.us/schools/0106/sumner

Grades

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Sumner High School serves grades 6 and 9-11 beginning in the 2020–21 school year. In the 2021–22 school year, the school will support grades 7 and 9–12. In the 2022–23 school year, the school will support grades 8–12. Beginning in the 2023–24 school year, Sumner High School will exclusively be a secondary school (grades 9–12). This is a part of the school's Academy 2027 program, to relieve overcrowding in middle schools in the area before a new one is built.[2]

Athletics

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The Stingrays' football field is one of three in Hillsborough County to have an artificial turf field. Sumner High School's fight song is The New Colonial March by R. B. Hall.

Demographics

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Demographic data includes the Academy 2027 program students. 51.3% of the students at Sumner are male, while 48.7% are female.[3]

Sumner High ethnic enrollment[4][5][6]
Race 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
Hispanic or Latino 1,024 43.21% 1,426 41.05% 1,557 40.74%
Black (NH) 627 26.46% 1,034 29.76% 1,171 30.64%
White (NH) 530 22.36% 707 20.35% 768 20.09%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) 139 5.86% 240 6.91% 259 6.78%
Asian (NH) 48 2.03% 63 1.81% 61 1.60%
Native American (NH) 2 0.08% 4 0.12% 6 0.16%
Total 2,370 100.00% 3,474 100.00% 3,822 100.00%
Sumner High lunch status[3]
Status 2021-2022
Free lunch eligible 1,617 46.75%
Neither 1,572 45.45%
Reduced-price lunch eligible 270 7.80%
Total 3,459 100.00%

References

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  1. ^ a b c "NCES Sumner High School Statistics". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "Sumner High School Academy 2027". ABC Action News. 20 November 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "NCES Sumner High School Statistics". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Ethnic Enrollment 2020-21" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  5. ^ "Ethnic Enrollment 2021-22" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  6. ^ "Ethnic Enrollment 2022-23" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2023-06-13.