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Henry B. Plant High School | |
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Address | |
2415 South Himes Avenue 33629 United States | |
Coordinates | 27°55′25″N82°30′8″W / 27.92361°N 82.50222°W |
Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Motto | Strength Through Unity |
Established | 1927 |
School district | Hillsborough County Public Schools |
Principal | Kimi Hellenberg |
Staff | 109.00 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 2,507 (2022-2023) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 23.00 [1] |
Color(s) | Black and gold |
Team name | Panthers |
Rivals | Thomas Richard Robinson High School Hillsborough Jesuit High School |
Accreditation | Florida State Department of Education |
Website | plant |
H.B. Plant High School is a public high school located in the neighborhood of South Tampa in Tampa, Florida, United States. It opened in 1927 between South Himes Avenue on the east and Dale Mabry Highway on the west. The school is named in honor of railroad and hotel tycoon Henry B. Plant, who connected Tampa to the United States railroad system in 1884, helping the isolated village to grow into a large city over the following decades. The school mascot is the Panther, and its motto is "Strength Through Unity." Plant High School has an enrollment of more than 2,500 students.
U.S. News & World Report ranked Plant High School as the 36th-best high school in Florida and the 478th-best nationally in 2024. [2] The school has twice been named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence (1990 and 1997). [3]
The high school music program consists of musical theater, an orchestra, five chorale groups, two a cappella groups and a marching band, a wind ensemble, a symphonic band and a jazz band. The Marching Panther Band is a combination of all these groups and performs at all football games and various community events.
Interscholastic sports at Plant are sanctioned by the FHSAA. The following sports are available. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are non-sanctioned club sports. [4]
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