| A.P Leto High School | |
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Where Students EXCEL beyond their highest expectations
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| 4409 W. Sligh Avenue Tampa, Florida, 33614 USA |
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| Type | Free public |
| Established | 1965 |
| School district | Hillsborough County Public Schools |
| Principal | Victor Fernandez |
| Faculty | 98 |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,790 |
| Campus type | Suburb |
| Color(s) | Red, Gold, and White |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Website | http://www.sdhc.k12.fl.us/~leto.high |
A. P. Leto Comprehensive High School is a public high school within the Hillsborough County School District and is located at 4409 West Sligh Avenue in Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. Leto hosts grades 9-12 and adult night school.
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A.P. Leto Comprehensive High School is an inner-city school that is nestled in a predominantly Hispanic part of a coastal, central Florida city. The initial year of operation was 1965, opening with grades nine through eleven. The school now consists of grades nine through twelve and is a true comprehensive high school. The school recently went through a fifteen million dollar renovation restoring and upgrading this one of a kind facility.
The facility is an open-air design with Individual buildings connected by covered walkways. The facility includes football, baseball, and softball fields, as well as a gymnasium, auditorium and multi-purpose room. The school also has vocational facilities for automotive, computer repair, agriculture, cosmetology, family and consumer sciences, health occupations, and a new addition to be completed in March 2006 for culinary arts. There is a full service media center and seven student-centered computer labs.
The faculty of the school consists of 218 employees separated into administrative, instructional, non-instructional, clerical, and custodial classifications. Victor Fernandez is the current principal, appointed in April 2009.[1] There are five assistant principals and 98 teachers in the instructional classification.
| Number | Percent | ETHNICITY |
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| 1159 | 64.75% | Hispanic |
| 327 | 18.27 | White, Non Hispanic |
| 184 | 10.28% | Black (African-American), Non Hispanic |
| 81 | 4.53% | Multi-Racial |
| 36 | 12.01% | Asian / Pacific Islander |
| 3 | 0.17% | American Indian / Alaskan Native |
| 1790 | 100% | Total |
The school currently operates as a Title I school (receiving additional funds from the federal government) with 66.4% of the student population free or reduced lunch eligible. [2]
The school is named in honor of Ateo Phillip Leto, a former principal at Jefferson High School and at Chamberlain High School in Tampa. He was originally to serve as the school's first principal, but he died before the school year began. The first principal of Leto was Frank M. Farmer. After Leto, Farmer became the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction for the Hillsborough County School System until his retirement in 1986. His retirement celebration took place in the Leto High School library.
Leto was established in 1965 with grades 9-11, and the first graduating class was in 1967. Although the largest school in Hillsborough County, it lacked a gymnasium and a stadium. Leto opened with 1,670 students its first year. The school is situated on 37 acres (150,000 m2).
The school colors are Vegas gold, scarlet red, and white. The school mascot is the Falcon. Several traditions continue to be upheld at Leto to include Class Capers, Spirit Week, and Night to Fly.
2004-05 = 86%
2003-04 = 81%
2001-02 = 69%
2000-01 = 67.9%
1999-00 = 59%
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2008-09 = D
2007-08 = C
2006-07 = B
2005-06 = C
2004-05 = C
2003-04 = D
2002-03 = D
2001-02 = D
2000-01 = C
1999-00 = C
1998-99 = C
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Leto was one of 16 schools nation-wide selected by the College Board for inclusion in the EXCELerator School Improvement Model program beginning the 2007-2008 school year. The project was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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