Other · Florida

Detention Center West

Alternative

Detention Center West, a public other school in Tampa, Florida: grades 3–12, 26 students, 5.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hillsborough.

Size and class size

Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 26
Teachers (FTE): 5.0
Students per teacher: 5.2
Grades: 3–12; Other

Fewer students per teacher than 75% of schools in Florida

Median 10.8 · 227 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 86% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Smaller than 81% of schools in Florida

Median 102 · 299 schools compared

Smaller than 87% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: Other · Grades 3–12
Type: District school · Alternative
Instruction: In person
Area: Large city
Run by: Hillsborough

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Location

Address: 3948 W Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tampa, FL 33614
Phone: (813)871-7650
City or town: Tampa
County: Hillsborough County

Quality of life in Tampa Schools in Tampa

Nearby schools

The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Lavoy Exceptional CenterSpecial educationFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	42	3.8	1.7 mi
Hillsborough Virt Instr PrgsFully virtual	K–12	0	—	3.0 mi
Hillsborough Virtual Franchise High SchoolFully virtual	K–12	3	—	3.0 mi
Medical Academy at D.W. WatersAlternativeFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	95	14.6	3.0 mi
Hillsborough Virtual SchoolFully virtual	K–12	491	10.2	3.0 mi
Caminiti Exceptional CenterSpecial educationFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	69	4.6	3.7 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 120087003390