| Armwood High School | |
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12000 U.S. Route 92 , 33584 United States | |
| Coordinates | 28°00′11″N 82°17′48″W / 28.003089°N 82.296677°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1984 |
| School district | Hillsborough County Public Schools |
| Principal | Dina Langston |
| Faculty | 87.00 FTEs[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,400 (2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 27.59[1] |
| Color(s) | Blue Grey Maroon |
| Team name | Hawks |
| Website | Armwood High School |
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Armwood Senior High School is a public high school located in Seffner, Florida, United States, on U.S. Highway 92. It opened in August 1984. The school is named after Blanche Armwood, a longtime Tampa resident, educator and activist. The school's mascot is the Hawk.
The Armwood family lived in Seffner and became prominent community leaders in Tampa and Florida.[4][5] She married a lawyer and established schools teaching "household arts". She oversaw Hillsborough County's schools for African Americans and became a lawyer.[6]
As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,809 students and 104.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.4:1. There were 1,227 students (67.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 167 (9.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
- ^ a b c d School data for Armwood High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 19, 2024.
- ^ "FHSAA.org - Fall 2012 FHSAA member school student population report". fhsaa.org.
- ^ "Administration". Armwood High School. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ^ "Collection: Armwood Family papers | USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections ArchivesSpace".
- ^ Halderman, Keith (1996). "Blanche Armwood of Tampa and the Strategy of Interracial Cooperation". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 74 (3): 287–303. JSTOR 30148848.
- ^ "Tampa's Courageous Daughter". April 20, 2024.