Henry B. Plant High School

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Henry B. Plant High School
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Henry B. Plant High School in January 2007
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Henry B. Plant High School
2415 South Himes Avenue

Tampa, Florida
33629

United States
Coordinates 27°55′25″N82°30′8″W / 27.92361°N 82.50222°W / 27.92361; -82.50222
Information
Type Public high school
MottoStrength Through Unity
Established1927
School district Hillsborough County Public Schools
PrincipalKimi Hellenberg
Staff117.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,456 (2020-2021) [1]
Student to teacher ratio21.74 [1]
Color(s)   Black and gold
Team name Panthers
Rivals Thomas Richard Robinson High School
Hillsborough
Jesuit High School
AccreditationFlorida State Department of Education
Website plant.mysdhc.org

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.

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Academics

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]

Music

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.

Athletics

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]

JROTC / AFJROTC

The H. B. Plant High School AFJROTC, founded in 2005, is a 4-year; 2 semester program sponsored by the U.S. Air Force.

Notable alumni

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